56 Plugins, Zero Limits
UAD Signature Edition 2 Delivers Legendary Studio Sound, Native Performance, and Endless Inspiration

UAD Signature Edition 2 redefines in-the-box production with its unmatched collection of studio-grade tools. Craft radio-ready vocals using Topline Vocal Suite’s analog chain and pitch correction, shape mixes with SSL 4000 E Channel Strip and Pultec EQs, or add tape warmth via Studer/Ampex emulations. From the LA-6176 tube channel strip to the lush Capitol Chambers reverb and Manley Vari Mu mastering compressor, this bundle bridges vintage authenticity and modern workflow. Compatible with all major DAWs (excluding GarageBand) and optimized for native performance, it’s the ultimate toolkit for producers, mixers, and sound designers across genres.
what's included?
56 Plugins
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Topline Vocal Suite

Topline Vocal Suite is the only plug-in of its kind — perfectly marrying modern vocal tuning with best in class UAD analog studio effects. So you get everything you need to create perfect vocal mixes, effortlessly.
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UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier

The native UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier plug-in gives you the essential American tube amp sounds used by artists and producers for more than 60 years, from Muddy Waters to The Beatles to Elvis Costello*.
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UAD Lion '68 Super Lead Amp

The native UAD Lion '68 Super Lead Amp plug-in gives you the classic British amp sounds made famous by decades of legendary artists including Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and more*.
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UAD Ruby '63 Top Boost Amplifier

The native UAD Ruby '63 Top Boost Amplifier plug-in gives you the quintessential British valve amp tones beloved by artists and producers for over 60 years, from Queen to U2 to Radiohead*.
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SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor

Discover the rich sound of legendary British compression with the authentic SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor — now available as a UAD Native plug-in, no Apollo required! Integral to the hit-making SSL sound, the G Bus Compressor has been a secret weapon for artists like Michael Jackson on "Thriller" and modern stars like Adele on "25," making mixes bigger, more powerful, and punchy while enhancing cohesion and clarity.
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SSL 4000 E Channel Strip Collection

Unlock the iconic sound of the SSL 4000 console with the SSL 4000 E Channel Strip, now available as a UAD Native plug-in. This authentic British channel strip brings the warmth, punch, and unmistakable analog character that has shaped countless hit records from Nirvana’s “Nevermind” to Bruno Mars’ - "24K Magic". With precise EQ, dynamic control, and the classic VCA compressor, the SSL 4000 Channel Strip provides unparalleled versatility and sonic excellence.
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Verve Analog Machines Essentials

Give your recordings the colorful analog saturation and effects heard on countless hip-hop, lo-fi, electronic, rock, and experimental tracks. Designed for the modern musician, beatmaker, and producer — Verve Analog Machines Essentials puts four playful vintage sounds right in your DAW.
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Verve Analog Machines

Verve Analog Machines puts vintage sound at the ready. Giving you 10 colorful UA‑designed effects with settings that are super easy to dial in. Shape tones quickly with simple controls like drive, tone, and tape warble
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LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip


Experience Universal Audio’s 70+ year analog heritage with a supercharged plug-in version of our flagship tube channel strip, the 6176. The LA‑6176 Signature Channel Strip plug-in gives you three iconic UA products in one: the 610 mic preamp, the 1176 Limiting Amplifier, and the LA‑2A Leveling Amplifier.
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Ampex ATR-102

The Ampex ATR-102 UAD plug-in and LUNA Extension provides the final “analog glue” for your music, turning your recordings into records. The only emulation that’s fully authenticated by the Ampex Corporation, and trusted by producers and engineers the world over, the Ampex ATR-102 puts the colorful saturation, warmth, and harmonics of this industry-standard tape machine at your command.
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Manley® Variable Mu Limiter Compressor

As Manley Labs' flagship compressor since 1994, the Vari Mu is a tube and transformer-driven classic that exudes handmade craftsmanship and is the gold standard among mixing and mastering engineers. The Manley Variable Mu Limiter Compressor plug-in gives your stereo buses or your entire mix the same clarity and cohesion as the high-end hardware.
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UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier

Helios Type 69 Preamp and EQ Collection gives you the same fat midrange, assertive growl, and unmistakable attitude used to craft hundreds of iconic albums from Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and many more.*
Sound City Studios
Get the authentic sound of the world's most famous rock & roll studio, including its legendary rooms, mic collection, iconic British console, analog outboard gear, and reverb chamber.
Capitol Chambers
Record and mix with the world's only authentic plug-in emulation of Capitol Studios' prized underground echo chambers and add dense, natural reverberation to vocals or drums — far beyond plate, digital, or simple convolution reverb.
Capitol Mastering Compressor
Give your tracks the velvet touch of Capitol's handbuilt mastering compressor and easily increase perceived loudness, tighten low end, and expand your stereo width with the same compressor used on catalogs from Capitol, Blue Note, Motown, and more.
Hitsville EQ Collection
Get instant "Motown Sound" on vocals, drums, bass and more with the only EQ emulations officially licensed by the legendary Hitsville U.S.A. studio. Plus, produce fuller stereo mixes using Hitsville's rare mastering EQ and custom Motown filters.
Hitsville Reverb Chambers
Immerse yourself in the glorious sound of the attic reverb chambers that shaped the Motown Sound with easy-to-use controls, including distinct speaker and mic selections in each chamber, to make your vocals, drums, and hand claps soar.
API Vision Channel Strip Collection
Get the sound of API's flagship analog console, and add the same unmistakable punch, presence, and color used on everything from Stevie Wonder's Innervisions to Radiohead's In Rainbows.
API 2500 Bus Compressor
Create energy, movement, and tone for your stereo mixes and subgroups unlike any other compressor with an exacting emulation of the hardware that's a permanent fixture on the stereo bus of many of the world's top engineers and producers.
Manley Massive Passive EQ
Dial in punch, air, sizzle, and clarity without adding harshness using Manley’s ultra-boutique tube EQ, perfect for mixes or mastering.
Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip
Get luxurious vocals, bass, acoustic guitars, voiceovers, and more with Manley’s high-fidelity, flagship tube channel strip.
Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip
Get consistently polished results full of radio-ready gloss and detail with Avalon's flagship VT-737 channel strip —the best-selling standalone channel strip ever made — and the dominant player in chart-topping pop, hip-hop, and R&B productions.
dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter
Whether you’re using it on synths, bass guitar, or a drum bus, the dbx 160 plug-in gives you the original hardware’s grabby, low-end glue and old-school character — a must-have for any engineer’s compressor toolkit.
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor
Add the versatile, super-fast compressor that's the choice for modern producers looking to add creative colors to drums, vocals, and guitars.
Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection
Get the same silky, warm compression heard on hundreds of hit records from The Beatles and Pink Floyd to countless Motown classics with the most accurate emulations ever made of these rare tube limiters.*
Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb
Add the famously lush ambience that defined the sound of an entire era with a bit-for-bit emulation of the classic '80s studio hardware that remains one of the most popular digital reverb units of all time.
Manley Tube Preamp
Add instant life to vocals and bass, punch up acoustic guitars and drums, or push synths forward with the authentic sound of Manley tube hardware.
Studer A800 Tape Recorder
Add warmth, presence, cohesion, and low-end punch that only genuine tape can provide with the proven hit-making sound of a genuine Studer tape machine.
Teletronix LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler
Famous for pushing sounds right to the front of your speakers with a unique, aggressive character, get all the tone and dynamics control of this highly-coveted hardware — perfect for vocals, acoustic guitar, drums, and more. UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection. Based on a pair of UA's 1960s golden units, this Collection gives your vocals, drums, and synths all the ultra-musical harmonics and colorful saturation of the original ultra-rare hardware.
Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard Studio
Get the album-ready sound of a 1974 Eighty Eight Suitcase Mark 1 electric piano,* along with a fully stocked "vintage" studio of pro production tools — for in‑the‑box tones nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
Moog Minimoog
Add the fat, musically expressive sounds of the most iconic synthesizer ever made — from Kraftwerk to Parliament-Funkadelic, Yes to Dr. Dre — with our industry‑leading expertise in circuit modeling, synthesis, and signal processing.**
Opal Morphing Synthesizer
An epic-sounding flagship synth that's perfect for producers, sound designers, and musicians, Opal is our analog-meets-wavetable synth that gives you huge-sounding morphing filters and powerful UA effects, for album-ready sounds, no matter how deep you explore.
Ravel Grand Piano
Perfect for modern music productions from pop to rock, R&B to hip‑hop, get album-ready sonics and inspiring playability with our breathtaking emulation of a Steinway Model B grand piano* that goes far beyond other piano plug-ins and sample libraries with its unprecedented realism.
Waterfall B3 Organ
Explore the world's most thorough emulation of the classic Hammond B3 organ and its companion Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet,* giving your music the same rich tone and three‑dimensional sound heard on decades of legendary albums.
Waterfall Rotary Speaker
Immerse yourself in the jaw-dropping sounds of the classic Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet,* and envelope your guitars, vocals, keyboards, and more in chewy, three-dimensional modulation effects — far beyond chorus and flange — for classic textures heard on decades of legendary albums.
1176 Classic Limiter Collection
Give character and punch to vocals, guitars, bass, drums, and anything else with three distinct versions of this easy‑to‑use limiter, used on more records than any compressor ever made.
Studio D Chorus
An exacting emulation of a late-'70s Roland Dimension D,* add the same "secret sauce" analog widening effects used by the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brian Eno, M83, and more, for stunning analog modulation textures — with the push of a button.**
Brigade Chorus
Flatter your guitars, vocals, and synths with the luxuriant analog modulation effects of a vintage BOSS CE‑1 Chorus Ensemble* and enjoy three-dimensional movement and shimmer.
PolyMAX Synth
Our vintage-inspired synth gives producers, sound designers, and musicians fat analog tones from the golden age of polysynthesis with warm, analog-modeled oscillators and filters, professional UA effects, and curated presets that easily fit into any genre — for album‑ready sounds instantly.
Century Tube Channel Strip
Enhance your vocals, guitars, synths, and more with a vintage-style tube mic preamp, simple three-band EQ, and optical compressor designed to give you everything you need to capture "first take" magic.
Pultec Passive EQ Collection
Featuring three astonishingly accurate Pultec EQs that are indistinguishable from the original analog hardware, get the same silky curves used by the engineers of John Mayer, Daft Punk, and Mariah Carey, on your vocals, drums, keys and more.*
Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveler Collection
Get smooth, radio-ready vocals, guitars, and bass with three highly sought-after versions of the most famous optical tube compressor ever made — and the go-to for professional mixers worldwide.
Galaxy Tape Echo
Add subtle tape delay and colorful cacophony to drums, vocals, guitars, and synths with the definitive emulation of an iconic analog contraption used by everyone from Pink Floyd and David Bowie, to King Tubby, Scientist, and Lee “Scratch” Perry.*
Pure Plate Reverb
Experience UA's revolutionary plate reverb emulation in a simple, easy-to-use package — with all of the essential features. Revel in the sonic and mechanical nuances of the steel plate, transducers, and dampers, and give your vocals, guitars, strings, and synths lush, satisfying ambience.
Oxide Tape Recorder
Based on the award-winning Ampex and Studer tape machine emulations, Oxide Tape Recorder gives you the warmth, presence, and vibe of professional analog tape, with only the essential controls, so you can get sounds faster and make everything "sound like a record."
PRODUCT SUMMARY
- 56 Plugins, 12 New Titles: Topline Vocal Suite, SSL 4000 E/G, Verve Analog Machines, Ampex ATR-102, UAD Dream/Lion/Ruby guitar amps, and more.
- Legendary Studio Emulations: Sound City, Capitol Chambers, Hitsville Motown EQs, and API 2500 Bus Compressor.
- Vocal Production Suite: Topline Vocal Suite combines analog warmth, pitch correction, and SSL channel strips for polished vocals.
- Analog Warmth: Studer/Ampex tape machines, Manley Vari Mu, Fairchild 670, and dbx 160 for vintage grit.
- Creative Effects: Galaxy Tape Echo, Lexicon 224 Reverb, Brigade Chorus, and Oxide Tape Recorder.
- Instruments & Synths: Ravel Grand Piano, Waterfall B3 Organ, Moog Minimoog, and Opal Morphing Synth.
- Native Performance: Runs on Mac/PC without UA hardware; supports Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton, FL Studio, etc.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Formats :
VST3, AU and AAX
Operating System :
Mac OS 10.7 and up (including Native M1 Compatibility)
PC Windows 7 and up
DAWs :
Works with All major DAWs
including Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper, Reason etc.
Important note:
UAD plugins do not work in Apple's Garageband DAW
Now Compatible with Any Soundcard on Mac and PC
