UAD-2 Octo Core is Universal Audios most powerful PCIe DSP accelerator card and gives producers and sound engineers access to the highly acclaimed UAD power plug-ins on Mac or PC.
New! New you can buy a UAD Custom Bundle with plug-ins, see below.
Universal Audio programmers have worked with the manufacturers of the original hardware to create fully authentic plug-ins that accurately emulate the classic analog equipment down to the smallest detail.
The UAD-2 Octo Core is equipped with 8 SHARC processors and easily installed in a PCI-e card slot on a desktop computer or a compatible PCIe or Thunderbolt expansion chassis (Mac only). With a UAD-2 Octo card installed, you have plenty of DSP processing power available.
UAD-2 Octo Core comes with Universal Audio "Analog Classics" plug-in package, and provides access to UA's store with store with plug-ins of popular brands such as Ampex, Lexicon, Manley, EMT, Empirical Labs, Neve, Roland, Fairchild , Harrision, Little Labs, Studer, SSL, etc.
The UAD-2 Octo Core is compatible with Mac and Windows 7 and is quick to use. Install the software, insert the card and start mixing with the most well-sounding plug-ins on the market.
- Powerful 8-processor DSP Accelerator card (PCIe format) compatible with Intel-based Macs and Windows 7 PC.
- Provides compatibility with the large UAD Powered Plug-ins library
- Ideal for professional users with large audio tasks that require many simultaneous plugins and / or higher sample rates
- Compatible with Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Live and more.
- Comes with “Analog Calssics” plug-in bundle with versions of classic hardware such as LA-2A Classic Audio Leveler, 1176LN / 1176SE Classic Limiting Amplifier, Pultec EQP-1A, Pultec Pro and RealVerb Pro plug-ins
- Can be combined with other UAD-2 PCIe cards, UAD-2 Satellite and Apollo interfaces
- Can be used with Macs with Thunderbolt ports via a compatible expansion chassis
- VST / AU / RTAS and 64-bit compatible
- Purchase a UAD-2 Custom Bundle to get your own selection of bundles at bundle price.
System requirements
- (Win) Windows 7 64-Bit SP1
- (Mac) OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion or 10.8 Mountain Lion
- 2 GB free hard disk space
- Available PCI Express (PCIe) card for each UAD-2 card
- 1024 x 800 or higher screen resolution
- Compatible VST, Audio Units or RTAS plug-in host software (DAW)
Save money and buy a UAD Custom Bundle!
Get the most out of your new interface with your own choice of UAD plug-ins at bundle price.
This offer can only be used at the same time as you buy your UA hardware, see more here.