Universal Audio Announces "Flex Routing" for Apollo + New Plug-Ins
Universal Audio made a few announcements today surrounding the release of the latest UAD Software v7.1: firstly, that the new software provides enhancements for the Apollo Audio interfaces (Apollo and Apollo 16), including “Flex Routing”, and secondly, that it includes two new UAD plugs – the Millennia NSEQ-2 plug-in, and the Pultec Passive EQ Plug-In Collection.
According to the announcement, “Flex Routing” not only speeds up workflow, it adds another level of flexibility for Apollo and Apollo 16 users in studio and live situations. See the video demo below.
Flex Routing features include:
- Route up to eight Console channel inputs to hardware outputs (analog, ADAT, S/PDIF, and AES/EBU) with optional monitor mirroring
- Apollo headphone mix buses can be mirrored to any hardware output
- Pre/post fader switching for Aux mix buses
- Vertical resizing of the Console application window
Then, the new Pultec collection picks up where UA’s legacy Pultec emulations leave off with two more classic Pultec EQs — the EQP-1A and MEQ-5 — and adds the HLF-3C filter.
According to the announcement: “The EQP-1A Program EQ is famous for bringing out individual frequency ranges without significantly altering neighboring frequencies, remaining smooth and musical even with extreme levels of boost. With the companion MEQ-5 Mid-Range Equalizer, producers can skillfully tweak the mid-range thanks to its abundance of band overlap and unique filter interactions. Finally, the HLF-3C adds 12 dB per octave low and high cut filters, providing broad, retro-flavored tone sculpting.
Pultec Passive EQ Plug-In Collection
Available for purchase via UA’s Online Store, the new Pultec Passive EQ Plug-In Collection is selling for $299, or for $149 for current owners of the legacy Pultec Pro EQ plug-in.
Pultec Passive EQ Collection features include:
- Faithful circuit reproduction of the most popular outboard studio equalizers ever made
- Models entire electronic path of three Pultec EQs — including tube amplifiers and transformers — for colorful, highly-musical distortion characteristics
- EQP-1A Program EQ provides silky, vintage highs and tight, focused lows using combined boost/cut resonant shelf dip
- MEQ-5 Mid-Range EQ features broad, overlapping frequency selections for fine peak and dip midrange filter control
- HLF-3C EQ delivers 12 dB cut filter for tonal sculpting or special effects
- Includes artist presets from Neal Cappellino (Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley), Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M.,Taylor Swift), David Isaac (Prince, Eric Clapton, Robin Thicke) & more
- Requires UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface, available from authorized dealers worldwide
Finally, designed by UAD direct developer Brainworx, the new Millennia NSEQ-2 Parametric EQ emulation is also now available for $299 from UA’s online store.
Says UA: “By perfectly emulating Millennia’s exclusive Twin Topology circuit and pure Class A transformerless circuitry, the Millennia NSEQ-2 plug-in offers a less-is-more approach to the audio chain, yielding a powerful, sonically neutral, analog EQ that brims with spectacular clarity. With the ability to switch between an all-triode 300-volt vacuum tube signal path, and an all-discrete JFET solid-state signal path, you’re afforded two distinctly different EQs, each with colossal amounts of headroom and an array of sonic flavors and colors.
Millennia NSEQ-2 Plug-In, developed by brainworx
Millennia NSEQ-2 Plug-In features include:
- Faithful model of the legendary Millennia NSEQ-2 Class A Twin Topology (Vacuum Tube and Discrete Solid State) Parametric Equalizer
- Switch between tube and solid state topologies
- New features such as M/S (mid/side) mode, Link mode, and an Output Trim control
- Fully parametric stereo EQ with unprecedented sonic purity & integrity
- Developed for the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform by Brainworx
- Requires UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface, available from authorized dealers worldwide
Download the new UAD v7.1 Software here. And visit http://www.uaudio.com for more on all of these new products.