
Lateral-Vertical mode for stereo imaging and balance control 5. Based on Ocean Way Studio’s famous, meticulously maintained Fairchild “golden units” 4. Models entire electronic path, including tube amplifiers and transformers for complete analog color and behavior 3.

Includes the Fairchild mono 660 and stereo 670, each with their own sonic attributes and feature sets 2. This new collection is part of the new UAD Software v7.4, which also includes the Maag EQ4 plug-in.įairchild Tube Limiter Collection Features: 1. The Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection also offers “digital only” features such as sidechain filtering, dry/wet parallel blend, and headroom controls, giving owners of Apollo audio interfaces and UAD-2 DSP Accelerator hardware modern workflow appointments.Īvailable for purchase via UA’s Online Store, the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection is selling for $299US, or $149US for current owners of the legacy Fairchild 670 compressor plug-in. Far beyond other Fairchild emulations, only the new UAD Fairchild Limiter Collection is based on an accurate circuit model of Ocean Way Studio’s “golden-reference” units. Today, UA’s team of DSP experts have improved the original time constants and gain reduction curves while modeling - for the first time ever - the complete tube-powered amplifier and transformer sections of their hardware counterparts. In 2004, Universal Audio released the Fairchild 670 legacy plug-in, which was quickly heralded as the best Fairchild 670 emulation available. Now, Universal Audio has fully captured Fairchild’s revered tube character with the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection for the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform and Apollo audio interfaces. NovemFor a half-century, the Fairchild 670 and 660 tube limiters have defined many of popular music’s most revered vocal and drum sounds, from Pink Floyd and the Beatles to classic Motown singles.

Both look fantastic and we’re looking forward to reviewing them soon.
