UAD Sound City Studios Plug‑In
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Get the authentic sound of the world's most famous rock & roll studio.
Produce music in one of the most famous recording studios in history — including the room, mics, iconic console, and outboard gear — as heard on classic records from Nirvana, Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Rage Against the Machine, and more.*
Add the vibe and character of this legendary space to your drums, guitars, vocals, synths and more — right in your own bedroom or home studio.含まれるバージョン
UAD Native
UAハードウェアを使用せずに、MacやPCで動作します。システム要件：UAD Native プラグインは、macOS 10.15 Catalina 以降と Windows 10 と 11 の両方で動作します。システム要件は UAサポートページでご確認ください。
- Place your drums, guitars, vocals, and more inside Sound City Studios' famous Studio A
- Transform your sources with a collection of vintage hit-making mics
- Sculpt perfect guitar tones with expertly placed cabinet and mic setups
- Get the authentic tone of an iconic '70s custom British console, including 3-band EQ and inline compression, based on the legendary Sound City Studios' desk
- Smash your tracks with Sound City Studios' collection of analog outboard gear including "secret weapon" Dolby A-style effects**, 1176 limiting, and more
- Put your sources in Sound City Studios' lush-sounding reverb chamber
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Immerse Yourself in a Historic Room
Sound City Studios' famous Studio A is the birthplace of hundreds of hit records. Voiced with original multitrack recordings cut at Sound City Studios, we expertly captured the distinct "warts and all" character — with historical setup guidance from engineers who used it everyday — so you can easily put your productions in the same space where magic was made.
Easily Find Your Sweet Spot
Simply choose your source — vocals, drums, guitar, ensembles, or piano — and get proven room and mic setups, from the big reflective sound used on Nirvana's Nevermind to Tom Petty's intimate "wood" corner.* You can even re-mic your guitars with a selection of perfectly placed cabinets and room mics.
Reposition Vintage Mics with Dynamic Room Modeling
Go far beyond historic setups and customize your space by moving a stunning collection of classic condenser and ribbon mics from AKG, Neumann, and RCA — in realtime for authentic room sounds beyond the original chart-topping positions.**
Explore a Legendary Custom British Console
The centerpiece of Studio A since the early '70s, Sound City Studios' custom-made console artfully colored everything that ran through it. Now you can get the same satisfying analog character and tone with perfect emulations of a vintage British 3-band EQ and bus compressor on all your sources.
Crush, Gate, or Add "Air" with Secret Weapon Compression
Along with the legendary limiting of the iconic Rev E 1176 compressor, Sound City Studios gives you the first-ever emulation of the Dolby A301** noise reduction system — a multiband EQ/limiter used and abused by Sound City Studios' engineers — so you can get the same glossy-to-hyped background vocals and explosive drum sounds heard on decades of hit records.
Add Chart-Topping Ambience with Iconic Reverb Chamber
Put the finishing touch on your tracks with the same natural, open-sounding reverb used by Queens of the Stone Age, Phoebe Bridgers, Death Cab for Cutie, and more. Plus, you can season your ambient space using perfectly placed pairs of dynamic, small-diaphragm condenser, and ribbon mics.*
*Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of Sound City Studios software.
**All trademarks are property of their respective owners and used only to represent the effects modeled as part of Sound City Studio software.
Disclaimer: The famous Sound City Studios is located in Van Nuys, California where it was originally founded. Sound City Studios has no affiliation with Sound City Amplifiers of New Jersey. For information on Sound City Amplifiers visit their website at soundcityamp.com
UAD Sound City Studios Tour
Learn how to add classic drum ambience, re‑amp guitar tones, and craft unique airy background vocals using the UAD Sound City Studios plug-in.
“The UAD Sound City Studios plug‑in sounds amazing, letting you put your performances into one of the greatest sounding studios of all time!”
– Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters)
“The UAD Sound City Studios plug‑in sounds just the way I remember that room – and heck, I even own one of Sound City’s original AKG C24 microphones from the good old days.”
– Sylvia Massy (Tool, Johnny Cash, System of a Down)
“There’s an explosive magic to Sound City's live room that‘s electrified so many seminal records. UA not only captured the sound of that room, but has gone to great lengths to model the outboard gear that’s integral to those recordings.”
– Billy Bush (Garbage, Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney)
“The UAD Sound City Studios plug‑in can put any sound into the legendary studio's live room. The ability to change the mics and their positions is fantastic, you can really dial the room sound.”
– Richard Rainey (U2, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison)
“I’m doing percussion overdubs in hotel rooms on tour, and Sound City Studios makes everything sound finished. It’s nuts.”
– Joey Waronker (Atoms for Peace, Beck, Other Lives)
“Some of my favorite albums were recorded at Sound City, so it’s amazing to have such a faithful reproduction at my fingertips.”
– Jeff Balding (Taylor Swift, The Eagles, Florida Georgia Line)
“The Sound City Studios plug‑in adds life and vibe to dry drum tracks with its great mic configurations. And the console section sounds fantastic!”
– Mark Needham (The Killers, Neon Trees, P!nk)
“The UAD Sound City Studios plug‑in is more than just a room emulation – it’s a toolkit that can take your tracks to a whole new level of sonic Nirvana!”
– Adam Whittaker (The Damned, The Saw Doctors, Evergreen)
“UAD Sound City Studios is the perfect acoustic "space" plug-in, and its compression, reverb chamber, and EQ sections make it all-encompassing for re-amping.”
– Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, U2, Jason Mraz, Morrissey)レビュー
J. Keen
2023年12月1日
An addendum
I'm running this on a 2015 Mac Book Po with 16GB RAM and two instances applied to subgroups. Not a hiccup. Print the desired effects to new tracks, then remove the plugin and move on....
続きを読むB. Thomas
2023年11月28日
I really love It
It sounds so amazing especially with some of the presets on their own. I hope you come out with some real time apollo versions of some of these things because that's why I bought my Apollo...
続きを読むA. Norris
2023年11月27日
Virtual Room Mic's - Nailed
I've owned the Ocean Way Studios plug-in for years and it has certainly been an incredible tool for sessions I inherit without good room mic's for drum...
続きを読むr. walburn
2023年11月27日
not getting it
first of all,i am 100% a fan of UA ,and possibly do not understand the benefit of turning on the full plugin, which involves turning on the mic setup,and dealing with a boxy...
続きを読むM. Schisler
2023年11月26日
Great sounding rooms
I'm a big fan of virtual rooms in general in how they can make a dry recording sound like it was recorded in an actual room. And imo, these are among the best sounding virtual rooms out...
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UAD Sound City Studios Plug-In
E. LOPES DE OLIVEIRA
Great sound.
Got UAD complete....This plugin is amazing!
p. coultrup
blah plugin. cute ui, but does not sound good
i expect more from UAD i got this in a bundle and its just not good. The compressor in it is unique enough to use, but the room and mic emulations are no bueno. You can get better room tones with just random IR's from reddit. The eq and reverb are also not good. Eq is brittle in the top end, harsh and not musical. The lows lack impact and depth. Mids are just gross. Chamber reverb is 3/5 at best. If this is the way UAD is heading.... well, we'll see. im also a little disappointed in UAD in general right now because of their upgrade pricing / lack of customer loyalty, but oh well.
B. Lovette
Pretty heavy CPU usage.
Pretty heavy CPU usage. Added one instance to a reasonable size session, maybe 18 tracks and two other reverbs. Immediately killed my 2018 Mac mini intel i7. Even at the highest buffer setting. Maybe I’ll try freezing some tracks or getting rid of other plug-ins. Was really looking forward to experimenting with this plug-in. May have to look at a newer M2 now.
J. Keen
An addendum
I'm running this on a 2015 Mac Book Po with 16GB RAM and two instances applied to subgroups. Not a hiccup. Print the desired effects to new tracks, then remove the plugin and move on. Simple DAW workflow working with what you have.
B. jacques
NON APOLLO
Je viens d'acheter ce plugins ! grande déception.
Il ne fonctionne uniquement en vst ou natif. Je reconnais qu'il est de bonne qualité, mais pour un tiers du prix il y a plein de plugins vst beaucoup moins cheret aussi bon..
Pourquoi il n'est pas compatible Apollo? Je pensais que tout les plugins UAD etait par defaut
Apollo compatible. Comment faire pour l’échanger car je n'ai pas d’utilité en natif ?R. Burg
Satellite, headlines read. For you, I have no need.
I guess I should have bothered to check the details, but it never even crossed my mind that this would be NATIVE ONLY. EVERY SINGLE PLUGIN I have from UA is DSP and SOME are now native. Let's not become Waves and leave no reason to ever pay more than $20-$30 for a plug-in. It sure would be nice to be able to offload a few instances to the Apollo or Satellite.
A. Nine Music project
Cpu usage ....
Make this plug useless. 2 or 3 instances kill your daw for real
N. Rightnour
Sounds great, but CPU use is insane
For anyone wondering why it isn't supported on UAD-2 cards, it's because the cards can't run the plugin — it would probably use up an entire Quad or more. This is just the reverb module, with the extra effects turned off.
B. Thomas
I really love It
It sounds so amazing especially with some of the presets on their own. I hope you come out with some real time apollo versions of some of these things because that's why I bought my Apollo X8P. But other than that, it's definitely worth it. And for other readers reading this, always remember to be patient. UAD puts in a lot of work into what they do and they try their best to satisfy all of us. Thank You UAD
A. Norris
Virtual Room Mic's - Nailed
I've owned the Ocean Way Studios plug-in for years and it has certainly been an incredible tool for sessions I inherit without good room mic's for drum recording. To have yet another space available with the Sound City emulation is fantastic. Whilst I'm not about to state that a lack of room mic's is no longer an issue, both of these tools provide an excellent solution when drums and other instruments require an ambient addition to close mic' configurations.
r. walburn
not getting it
first of all,i am 100% a fan of UA ,and possibly do not understand the benefit of turning on the full plugin, which involves turning on the mic setup,and dealing with a boxy overbearing room sound. using it in its simplest form, added detail that was extremely desirable, but beyond that,im guessing I missed the point.i have strived for the cleanest pure sound, and UA has allowed that to happen,thru luna,and magnificent plugins. 100% fan. using this plugin turned up slightly without the microphones on vocal's worth what I paid for it, except it forces me to upgrade my 2015 Mac,because this thing loves eating cpu.5 stars for the small part I use.
M. Schisler
Great sounding rooms
I'm a big fan of virtual rooms in general in how they can make a dry recording sound like it was recorded in an actual room. And imo, these are among the best sounding virtual rooms out there. Of course they all have their own flavor and these get a lot of use. These also have excellent flexibility with the full chain and reverb only modes.
M. Orr
Why did I spend all this money on my UA interface and purchased plugins?
First things first. If Dave Grohl took the console out of Sound City, how am I able to use Sound City’s console? Did that emulation work happen in a different location?
With native only support. UA is alienating its best customers, apparently for the sole purpose of being able to tap into the subscription as a service model. I am starting to wonder if my $5k+ investment in UA was a wise move. Three stars until ARM compatibility.P. Vesic
More plugin like this
I like it, better than all the plugin I have who do the same (like Fame reverb etc...) more complete...
Ocean Way in Native will be great with the same option (EQ, dynamics, Chamber etc...)
And my dream is the possibility to select the console: SSL, Neve, API for example
Really great work here so thank you so much UAD for this plugin and for the fantastic black Friday (2 plugin for 99 USD)
UAD is definitely the best for meP. Vesic
More plugin like this
I like it, better than all the plugin I have who do the same (like Fame reverb etc...) more complete...
Ocean Way in Native will be great with the same option (EQ, dynamics, Chamber etc...)
And my dream is the possibility to select the console: SSL, Neve, API for example
Really great work here so thank you so much UAD for this plugin and for the fantastic black Friday (2 plugin for 99 USD)
UAD is definitely the best for meC. Jaeggi
Look The Other Way!
This is mine, you can't have one, I own the Ocean Way Sturio too. I want all the things! LOL
S. Waterman
Native only … no ARM!
Just mentioning for all users who are working with the Ocean Way Plugin and are maybe looking for some extra rooms.
I was very disappointed to realize that this so far really interesting Plugin is not able to run in ARM - Mode or as a recording effect. Why? This possibilities are the reason we love the UA ecosytem, right?
I was very pleased when UA started Spark and made many of the plugins available for using with other DAWs, but with „Only Native“ it’s going the complete wrong way!D. Calvin
Awesome, but!
I would, sound wise, give 5 stars, It’s an awesome plugin, the Sound of it is amazing and I love all of the functions, but!
The CPU Usage/performance must be updated,
I understand it’s the first official version, so I’ll guess there will be an update at some point.
It would have been awesome if the initial version had a better performance. Less CPU usage. It’s really heavy on the CPU.
Anyway, it’s an awesome plugin, I’m looking forward to a performance update!
Good JobK. Criado
Awesome sound. Not so awesome power requirements
Using this in my 2016 MacBook Pro...yes it's a little outdated, but I should be able to use the plugin on at least 2 tracks at the same time without maxing out my CPU. UAD, this is an amazing plugin, but I feel like it's almost reserved for the users with high end computers. Please fix this in some way to make it easier on the CPU so we can use it reasonably!
C. Göke
Roomy
I am a big fan of room sounds. Sold my Apollo Sound Cards few months ago. The Ocean Way Studio Plugin was my favorite and i still miss it. Until today! The Sound City is not the same like Ocean Way, but i love it. Very versatile and sounds awesome. Thank to the Spark Subscription i can use this plugin and with my Audient Interface. Well done Universal Audio
