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Two premium analog saturation tools now available for Apollo and UAD hardware
Long trusted by top mix and mastering engineers, the Black Box Analog Design HG-2 has earned areputation of making mixes sound rich, full, and finished. Now available as a UAD plug-in, it deliverssignature boutique tube saturation along with plug-in-onlyfeatures like Calibration voicing, and anadjustable Air control for opening up top-end.
The UAD elysia karacter Stereo Saturatoralso joins the UAD-2 platform, delivering the colorful toneof elysia’s boutique Discrete Class A processors, unlocking gentle solid-state saturation toaggressive harmonic destruction across tracks, buses, stems, and full mixes.
UAD Black Box Analog Design HG-2
$125 USD MSRP|Intro Price $29 USD MSRP
Key Benefits
- Rich Tube Sound. Top mix engineers rely on the HG-2 hardware every day—now it runs inrealtime on your Apollo DSP
- Pentode and Triode Blend. Dial in the exact flavor of warmth and grit that your track callsfor
- Parallel Saturation.Engage a separate saturation path and target the lows, full spectrum, ortop end
- Naturally Louder Mixes.Tame transients and push the perceived level of your trackshigher
- Extended Controls.Go beyond the original hardware with Density, Air, Calibration, Gainstaging, and Mix controls
UAD elysia karacter Stereo Saturator
$75 USD MSRP|Intro Price $29 USD MSRP
Key Benefits
- Two Essential Plug-Ins. Add weight and intensity to mono or stereo sources
- Three Distinct Settings.Go from subtle to heavy using Saturation, FET Shred, or TurboBoost
- Mid/Side Mode.Make stereo tracks sound more open and three-dimensional
- Drive and Color Controls.Quickly add character to tracks or subgroups
- Apollo Realtime DSP.Enjoy near-zero latency workflows with Apollo audio interfaces
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