OLDIES, BUT GOODIES FROM UA
By Graeme Hague
19 November 2013
Universal Audio has released two new plug-ins for the UAD Platform and Apollo audio interfaces. The Maag 4 originated from Cliff Maag’s self-professed quest for “audio perfection”. Maag designed the EQ4 to provide transparency and top-end presence while maintaining a true, natural sound. Based on his classic — and long-discontinued — NTI EQ3 from the ’80s, the EQ4 features Maag’s Air Band control, a major component to the vocal mix chain on Madonna’s Ray of Light as well as Celine Dion’s Taking Chances. Also new, modelled on the Fairchild 670 and 660 tube limiters, is the Fairchild Tube Limiter Plug-In Collection. Universal Audio first released the Fairchild 670 Legacy plug-in in 2004. Or this version UA improved the original time constants and gain reduction curves while modelling the complete tube-powered amplifier and transformer sections of the hardware. The Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection offers “digital only” features such as sidechain filtering, dry/wet parallel blend, and headroom controls. The Maag 4 is $229, Fairchild Collection $299, both are included in UAD Software 7.4. Everything is explained at www.uaudio.com
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