Universal Audio
23 mentions in 9 episodes.
Bob Vylan
“For me it's probably my UAD Apollo, because we've been in so many different rooms and I can bring that with me and track through it”
Johnny's can't-live-without piece of gear is his UAD Apollo interface for consistent tracking and mixing across studios.
Clean Bandit
“And then, yeah, an 1176 and an LA-2A. And a Pultec EQP-1A, and of course Auto-Tune.”
1176 emulation forms part of the stored vocal chain rack Jack drops on every vocal.
“an 1176 and an LA-2A”
LA-2A emulation sits alongside the 1176 in Jack's default vocal chain preset.
“And a Pultec EQP-1A, and of course Auto-Tune.”
Pultec EQP-1A emulation is part of the macro-controlled vocal chain rack.
Djo
“This UA Fairchild plugin was new around the time we were finishing things, so I ended up using this… everywhere.”
The then-new UA Fairchild 670 emulation was used across the drum kit on 'Charlie's Garden'.
“Oh, look at that, we got a little Studer.”
A Studer tape emulation sits in the piano chain on 'Charlie's Garden' and is described as being everywhere on the record.
“There is a 224 plugin, I think, that UA makes, but it doesn't sound the same to me.”
Adam compares UA's Lexicon 224 emulation unfavourably to the hardware unit at Electric Lady.
EJT
“I've got a really nice UAD interface. I've got some nice outboard stuff, kind of a mixture of in-the-box and out-of-the-box”
Emma Jean Thackray describes her home studio's core interface as a UAD unit (i.e. a Universal Audio Apollo), alongside outboard gear, mics and a powerful desktop computer.
Hayley Williams
“Or the UAD, uh, the Capitol Chambers reverb. I use that one a lot.”
UAD Capitol Chambers is named alongside Valhalla as his other frequent reverb choice.
Kae Tempest
“Compressors and Decapitator, which I use a lot, and Pultec EQ.”
A Pultec EQ sits in the plugin chain shaping the picky bass tone.
Kasabian
“It went through the sort of posh chain, maybe a Fairchild or something, but had a plugin on it emulating those Motown-y sounds.”
The Sam Cooke-style lead vocal on 'Goat' went through a Fairchild-style valve compressor chain plus a vintage-emulation plugin.
Myles Smith
“we have a Neumann U87 that we cut everything with Myles on and we have a little Apollo”
A small Apollo interface is the core of Peter Fenn's portable writing/recording rig.
“I love the UAD Sparks plugins. They're like a suite from UAD that is, you don't need an Apollo to run them on.”
Fenn praises the native UAD Sparks subscription suite and uses it across pianos, guitars, mandolin and drums on the album.
“and then a Lexicon reverb, also UAD Sparks”
A UAD Lexicon reverb emulation sits on the acoustic guitars in the Stargazing intro.
“There's this preset called Bass Squeeze that I love on the UAD Sparks 1176 compressor”
The UAD 1176 with the Bass Squeeze preset is the only processing on the live bass in Stargazing.
“This is a Capitol plugin that I absolutely love, a UAD Sparks Capitol Chambers plugin”
Capitol Chambers reverb puts room and legs on the live tambourine and shaker tracks.
“it's honestly just Decapitator, eleven seventy six, and Valhalla”
An 1176 compressor is part of the reusable Myles sauce backing-vocal chain.
“I love the Capitol Chambers on his vocal. It's like my favourite reverb for him.”
Capitol Chambers is Fenn's favourite reverb for Myles Smith's lead vocal.
“kind of the same, like 1176 compressor with the UAD Sparks Capitol Chambers plugin that I love”
The mandolin that anchors My Mess is processed with an 1176 and Capitol Chambers.
Rudimental
“I love the Eden in UAD... Vintage R&B preset. Eden sounds amazing on bass for UAD, it's my go-to”
UAD's Eden bass amp plugin with its Vintage R&B preset is his go-to for EQ/warmth on bass and loops.
“It's like the UA Vox thing that they modeled on the 251”
UA's modelling mic/Hemisphere 'Vox 251' setting is an alternative vocal mic in their chain.
“you can go straight into a UAD sound card, which are high quality, 57 UAD”
Describes a 57 straight into a UAD (Apollo) interface as all you need to capture a writing-session vocal, including at their Barbados writing camp.
“I like to put like the Studer on things because it gives it a bit of crunch”
The Studer tape emulation is routinely printed on parts such as the Green and Gold bass to add crunch.