NEWS - Universal Audio Unveils Revolutionary New UAD-2!
Universal Audio, a manufacturer of high-quality vintage audio hardware and DSP software plug-ins for digital audio workstations, today announced the UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins & PCIe DSP Accelerator Card for DAWs.
The UAD-2 is the successor to the revolutionary, award-winning UAD-1 Powered Plug-Ins & DSP Card Platform. UAD-2 offers scalable DSP power via 3 different types of cards (Solo, Duo or Quad) which can be mixed or matched in any combination up to 4 cards. Each UAD-2 is powered by the same Analog Devices® 21369 SHARC® floating-point DSP in single and multi-chip configurations. UAD-2 offers 2.5X (Solo), 5x (Duo) and 10X (Quad) the power of UAD-1. The UAD-2 is designed and manufactured in the USA, is now shipping and immediately available in 9 different hardware/software bundles ranging in price from £399 (UAD-2 SOLO) to £1599 (UAD-2 Nevana 128).
KEY FEATURES:
2.5X (Solo), 5X (Duo), 10X (Quad) the power of UAD-1 on a single PCI Express card
VST and AU support, cross platform Mac OS X Leopard/Tiger, Win XP/Vista (NOTE: RTAS support to follow in a future 5.x release)
Easily Expandable DSP - Use up to 4 UAD-1 & 4 UAD-2 cards in one system
LiveTrack™(low-latency track/monitor mode)L.O.D.E™(Live Optimizing DSP Engine)
SessionMap™(bi-directional UAD-1<>UAD-2 session compatibility & DSP manager)
“The UAD-2 is set to shake up the audio industry even more radically than UAD-1 did.” said Mike Barnes, VP of Marketing for Universal Audio. “We listened hard to the power, feature and plug-in requests from our loyal UAD-1 user base. Then we designed the new potent UAD-2 DSP platform for DAWs to be “the one” that delivers all the sound and channel counts of large-format analog consoles plus all the authentic tone of classic outboard FX inside the box. You can Track, Mix and Master to the next power.”
“The icing on the cake is all our existing UAD plug-in partners including Neve, Roland, SPL, Valley People and Empirical Labs are not only ready to get onboard UAD-2, but will be joined by new partners: Harrision, Moog, and Little Labs. “ enthused Matt Ward, President of Universal Audio. “ These partnerships have helped us to create the most authentic plug-in emulations on the market and now those plugs run on the platform with the most power all in a package that’s within the price range of a small project studio.”
“What makes UAD-2 truly unique is that it not only sounds stellar due to our proprietary UAi modeling technology but it’s deliberately priced to be accessible to all types of studio’s from bedroom, to project to full pro facility.” added Bill Putnam Junior, UA’s CEO & Founder. “From the basic UAD-2 Solo/Duo/Quad to the Flexi (make your own bundle) and Nevana 32/64/128 (exclusive Neve® console bundles), the UAD-2 is one of those rare products which brings UA’s superior sonic quality and legacy of professional recording know-how within the reach of everyone.”
For further information, please contact
Howard Jones
Director of Distributed Brands
Source Distribution
Unit 6, Pembroke Buildings
Cumberland House Business Park
London NW10 6RE
Tel 020 8962 5080
Fax 020 8968 3218
Email: howard.jones@sourcedistribution.co.uk
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