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 and 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 at UA dealers worldwide in 9 different hardware/software bundles ranging in street price from US$499 (UAD-2 SOLO) to US$1999 (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-1UAD-2 session compatibility & DSP manager)
Versions:
– UAD-2 Solo ( $499) includes UA Mix Essentials 2 and a $50 UAD Plug-In Voucher
– UAD-2 Duo ( $899) includes UA Mix Essentials 2 and a $50 UAD Plug-In Voucher
– UAD-2 Quad ($1,499) includes UA Mix Essentials 2 and a $50 UAD Plug-In Voucher
– UAD-2 Solo Flexi ($799) includes UA Mix Essentials 2 and a $500 UAD Plug-In Voucher
– UAD-2 Duo Flexi ($1,199) includes UA Mix Essentials 2 and a $500 UAD Plug-In Voucher
– UAD-2 Quad Flexi ($1,799) includes UA Mix Essentials 2 and a $500 UAD Plug-In Voucher
– UAD-2 Nevana 32 ($749) includes UA Mix Essentials 2, a $100 UAD Plug-In Voucher and the Neve 88RS Plug-In
– UAD-2 Nevana 64 ($1,499) includes UA Mix Essentials 2, a $100 UAD Plug-In Voucher and all Neve Plug-Ins
– UAD-2 Nevana 128 ($1,999) includes UA Mix Essentials 2, a $100 UAD Plug-In Voucher and all Neve Plug-Ins