Neumann USM69i
Neumann U89i
Neumann U87AiUA News: UA announce UAD-2 Lexicon 224 & Friends!
Please welcome the latest additions to the UAD platform: firstly a faithful recreation of one of the greatest studio reverbs in history - the Lexicon 224. Additionally we introduce the first third-party plugins to the UAD platform - the immense Brainworx bx_digital V2 M/S mastering tool and the classic SPL Vitalizer. Let's take a closer look...
UAD-2 Lexicon 224
From the moment it was unleashed on the audio industry in 1978, the original Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb - with its tactile, slider-based controller and famously lush reverb tail - almost single-handedly defined the sound of an entire era, and remains one of the most popular and influential digital reverb units of all time.
The result of UA's acclaimed modeling expertise, the Lexicon 224 plug-in for UAD-2 precisely captures all eight reverb programs available in original 224 firmware version 4.4, including every tunable parameter, with unique fader-style controls - inviting easy experimentation and sonic exploration. In UA's exhaustive modeling tradition, the Lexicon 224 emulation also incorporates the original unit's input transformers and early AD/DA converters - nailing the entire signal path right down to the last detail.
Additionally, the Lexicon 224 emulation for UAD-2 features direct input and presets from famous Lexicon 224 users, including Chuck Zwicky (Prince, Jeff Beck), Eli Janney (Jet, Ryan Adams), David Isaac (Eric Clapton, Luther Vandross), E.T. Thorngren (Talking Heads, Bob Marley), and Kevin Killen (U2, Peter Gabriel).
"The Lexicon 224 has been a significant player on hit records for three decades," said Matt Ward, President of Universal Audio. "But as with so many great vintage hardware units, original Lexicon 224's are getting harder and harder to find. Luckily, with Lexicon's assistance and our own elite DSP team, we can offer the true, iconic sound of the 224 to anyone making music with a UAD-2 DSP Accelerator on their Mac and PC."
Brainworx bx_digital V2
The Brainworx bx_digital V2 EQ is an award-winning mastering EQ, named as the "Gear of the Decade" by FutureMusic magazine. The bx_digital V2 EQ offers three modes - M/S Mastering, M/S Recording, and L/R Stereo - with a unique "SixPack" Master Section, 11-band EQ with Shifter EQs to 22kHz, and built-in M/S De-Esser, Dynamic EQ, and extensive metering options. An included bx_digital V2 Mono plug-in provides the same Mastering EQ-quality sound for mixing applications. For many engineers, this incredibly smooth-sounding processor is simply the ultimate software equalizer, and for the first time it's available as a UAD plug-in.
SPL Vitalizer MK2-T
The SPL Vitalizer MK2-T is an authentic emulation of the popular tube-based Vitalizer hardware unit, a longtime staple of top mixing and post-production engineers.
Offering a patented technology for greater perceived loudness and clarity without unnatural artifacts, the Vitalizer provides independent Bass and Mid-Hi processing that works in both the time and frequency domains to effectively unmask overlapping sounds. As both a fixative and an enhancement tool, the Vitalizer MK2-T is a mixing must-have.
These two new UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins are noteworthy both in their unique sonic capabilities, as well as their being developed in their entirety for the UAD-2 platform by the software engineers at SPL and Brainworx - two of the audio industry's most respected brands - as part of a new UAD-2 SDK (software development kit).
With the opening of the UAD platform to third party developers, update 5.9 is only the beginning of what we will discover the UAD card is capable of hosting...
For more information contact Production Room on 0845 539 3000 or email info@production-room.com.