Universal Audio

Universal Audio are renowned in the industry for their professional audio interfaces, DSP Hardware and amazing software plugins. 

Universal Audio is one of the music industry’s leading studio brands, providing top of the range audio interfaces for commercial studios, backed by some of the best plugins currently on the market.

Short History of Universal Audio

Universal Audio was founded in 1958 by Bill Putnam Sr., the favourite engineer of big names like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles and many more. Not only that, he was a passionate innovator and is responsible for many studio and equipment designs we now take for granted.

Among his great list of achievements, Putnam was the inventor of the modern recording console, the Multi-band audio equaliser, the vocal booth and the first engineer to use artificial reverberation in commercial recording.

In 1999, Universal Audio was Re-founded by Bill’s sons, with 2 main goals: to faithfully reproduce classic analog recording equipment in the tradition of their father; and to design new digital recording tools in with the sound and spirit of vintage analog technology.

Since then they have built a range of hugely successful audio interfaces, a library of authentic software recreations of vintage hardware and powerful DSP hardware.

It’s from these illustrious beginnings that Universal Audio are perfectly placed to not only recreate the revered tools of the past, but to also create the classic gear of the future.

Universal Audio Apollo

The Apollo series has become the gold standard in professional recording interfaces; providing the best in A/D and D/A conversion with the feel and the sound of classic analogue recording. There's now a wide range of interface options to suit your needs and budget. Whether you're looking for Thunderbolt interfaces or USB interfaces, desktop or rackmount, you're still getting UA's amazing conversion, innovative Unison Preamps and powerful on-board DSP

UAD-2 DSP Hardware

The UAD2 Series offers a range of powerful DSP processing hardware so that you can take full advantage of UA plugins and others without it affecting performance of your recording system. Available in Duo, Quad or Octo core versions, choose the right amount of power to match your setup.

The Arrow

If you're a project studio owner on a budget, or a seasoned pro that needs a UA interface thats compact and durable, the Universal Audio Arrow offers the full experience in a compact interface under £500... Absolutely amazing value!

Universal Audio Plugins

Universal Audio are not just known for their hardware! Their fantastic range of industry leading plugins offer some of the best recreations of classic hardware units, Fender Amps and preamp emulations for their Unison preamps. UAD plugins can only be powered by the built in DSP of UAD hardware, But they are well worth it...even more incentive to get a Universal Audio setup in your studio!