UAD Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection - Universal Audio

Product Description

Get The Rich Sound Of The World's Most Famous Compressors

Now compatible with any soundcard on Mac and PC

The Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection gives you the silky warm compression heard on hundreds of hit records from The Beatles and Pink Floyd to countless Motown classics.* Now you can add the same analog "glow" to your vocals, drums, and entire mix with the most accurate plug-in emulations ever made of these one-of-a-kind tube compressors.

The World’s Most Coveted Compressor

The first Fairchild limiter that audio genius Rein Narma created on Les Paul’s kitchen table transformed recording forever. Soon, these 20-tube, 14-transformer, 67-pound behemoths resided in world-class studios, many of which still employ their vintage Fairchilds. For a half-century, the Fairchild 670 — and its aggressive little brother, the Fairchild 660 — have defined popular music’s most revered vocal and drum sounds. In fact, the world’s elite mixers often employ a 670 simply for the “glow” it brings to their final mixes, even without compression happening.

The Closest You Can Get to Vintage Fairchilds in a Plug-In

In 2004, Universal Audio released the Fairchild 670 Legacy plug-in, which was quickly heralded as the best 670 emulation available. Today, UA’s team of DSP experts have improved the original Time Constants and gain reduction curves, while modeling — for the first time ever — the complete tube-powered amplifier and transformer sections of their hardware counterparts. Far beyond other Fairchild emulations, only the new UAD Fairchild Collection is based on an accurate circuit models of Ocean Way Studios' “golden-reference” units.

New Features — Classic Tones

Although the Fairchild Tube Limiter Plug-In Collection nails the classic sonics of yesteryear, it also sports useful new features for modern workflows.

Blend Sounds with the Wet/Dry Mix Control

A Parallel Mix control lets you blend your unprocessed signal with the compressed signal, opening worlds of textural possibilities on everything from a drum bus to a mix bus.

Enhance Drums with Sidechain Filters

By using the Fairchild’s Sidechain Filtering, you gain another level of control over your tracks. Use it to punch up the drum bus to enhance its impact without triggering the threshold of the compressor with the kick drum.

Add Grit with the Headroom Control

The Headroom (HR) control can be increased to make mastering applications a breeze, raising the gain reduction threshold and lowering distortion. Conversely, you can decrease headroom, lowering the gain reduction threshold and raising distortion for grittier textures that work on everything from vocals and drums to guitar and bass.

The Ultimate Companion to the LA-2A & 1176 Collections

Combined with the Electro-Optical (LA-2A) and FET-based (1176) compressor plug-ins, the Fairchild’s unique tube-driven sound completes the compression “Triple Crown.” Renowned for its aggressive power on piano, bass, and guitar, the 660 is a stereo/mono version of the original mono compressor, while the flagship 670 is a full stereo compressor that can inject vibe and color into tracks or add the final touch to mixes.

Features

Use any audio interface, with both UAD Native and Apollo Realtime/UAD-2 versions included
Give your tracks and mixes classic Fairchild tube warmth and character
Add harmonics and punch to vocals, drums, and more using Fairchild’s tube-driven gain control and transformer sections
Control your compression easily with simple Wet/Dry, Sidechain Filter, and Headroom controls
Enjoy the only accurate emulations of “golden-reference” vintage Fairchilds from OceanWay Studios

Versions Included with your Purchase

UAD Native: Runs on your Mac or PC without any UA hardware
Apollo Realtime & UAD-2: Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 hardware

System Requirements

macOS 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12 Monterey, 13 Ventura
Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit only Editions)
Intel, AMD, or Apple silicon processor
Internet connection to download software and authorize UADx plug-ins
Free iLok account with iLok Cloud or iLok USB (2nd generation or higher)
A physical iLok dongle is NOT required to activate this product

DAW Compatibility

Pro Tools 2022 (AAX)
Logic Pro (Audio Units)
Ableton Live 11 (VST 3, Audio Units)
Cubase 12 (VST 3)
Studio One 5 (VST 3)
LUNA Recording System

You can activate this software on an online system (using iLok Cloud) or an offline system (using an iLok USB):

Online: an active internet connection and a FREE iLok account are required to authorise UAD Plug-ins using iLok Cloud
Offline: you will need a physical iLok USB (2nd generation or higher) to authorise this software

Important Notes:

This product is a plugin and not a physical product. It is available after purchase as a digital download.
UAD plugins do not work in Apple's Garageband DAW

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