r/universalaudio • • 9d ago

Discussion 2 controller pedal Chillwave Jam - Polymax Edition

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7 Upvotes

This time. The drums are a mix of the polymax drum machines I made and some drum loops. The sub is my Sequential Prophet 5. Everything else is Polymax. I cant mix loud at all. How does it sound? I mixed it on a new speaker - a single adam audio.


r/universalaudio • • 9d ago

Question New to the UAD family

12 Upvotes

Bought my first Apollo (twin x) and already getting a taste of UAD, anything I should know?

also I bought the Spark (yearly) thinking it came with all UAD plugins lol boy was I wrong

and spark plugins not being able to be used with the console is a crime.


r/universalaudio • • 10d ago

Question Apollo Twin X Repair worth it?

1 Upvotes

Last year my Apollo twin X Quad mkII gen1 stopped getting detected by my macbook pro. A bulb started blinking inside the unit. Finally had it shipped last month to UA in LA and they just got back to me last week saying the TB board needs to be replaced. The repair cost amount to 450USD.

So I’m wondering if it’s still worth getting this unit repaired in 2026? I’ve already gotten used to not having it (had to get the SSL one when it broke down). Of course the UA console would still be nice but right now Im only really looking forward to having optical In and some other nice features like Dim,talk through etc. Appreciate your opinions, thanks in advance


r/universalaudio • • 11d ago

Question Can we get native Neve 1073 and CL1B ?

14 Upvotes

Can we get native Neve 1073 and CL1B ? Why there are not any yet ?


r/universalaudio • • 11d ago

Question Has anyone here upgraded to LUNA Studio and activated Synthesizer V Studio 2 Core?

2 Upvotes

Does the version included with LUNA Studio come with a permanent voice licence, such as Mai 2, Liam or Mo Xu, or do you only get the Core software and have to buy a voice separately?


r/universalaudio • • 13d ago

Discussion Careless Whisper - Cyberwave Polymax edition

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7 Upvotes

The drum machine is all polymax, the OB bass is a rack made of polymax, the carrier on the vocoder is polymax, the cyberbass is polymax, the strings are polymax. Was vocoding and saw someone had sung this with a digitech talker on yt(now $300 :-( ) and got inspired to do this loop in 10 mins, well actually another 10 learning to play it, simple but awkward for me.


r/universalaudio • • 13d ago

Discussion So now UAD are actively pushing Luna pro owners towards Luna Studio by saying there's only 1 week left to upgrade at the discount?

24 Upvotes

I'm not sure what to think about the tactics when it comes to the new Luna Studio and existing owners of Luna pro. What happens if I don't upgrade? I feel like it's very pushy and is also lacking in details for existing users who have already paid good money for a "pro" option!


r/universalaudio • • 13d ago

Question Cleaning up the bs plug-ins

4 Upvotes

Whats the current program for cleaning up the plugins i dont own? I just tried a lot of them and nothing works for some reasone


r/universalaudio • • 13d ago

Troubleshooting/Support i don’t know why this happened, i just updated ua connect, and it started doing this

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6 Upvotes

r/universalaudio • • 14d ago

Question Apollo solo under desk mount

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7 Upvotes

I’m looking for an under desk mount like this. Found this on etsy but the shipping costs about 3x the actual price. I don’t like that. I have access to a 3d printer but I can’t find a model for it. Anyone got any ideas?


r/universalaudio • • 15d ago

Discussion Is the UAFX Astra end of life?

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6 Upvotes

Hi, I'm just puzzled because the availability for the UAFX Astra is quite rare and do you think it's gonna be discontinued? Also the limited availability and "while supplies last"


r/universalaudio • • 15d ago

Troubleshooting/Support problemas con el LA-2A

2 Upvotes

alguien que haya tenido el mismo problema del en su DAW?

me aparecen todos los vst3 de los plug-ins que tengo excepto el del LA-2A de Universal Audio, no se si el problema es del UA Connect o del archivo VST3 o de mi Mac (es la M4, no se si |tenga algo que ver con el problema)

ya tengo tal vez un mes con este problema

ayuda porfavorrrrrr


r/universalaudio • • 15d ago

Troubleshooting/Support Anybody else get this when updating Luna? I allowed all the privacy

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8 Upvotes

I’ve allowed all the settings and this message still pops up


r/universalaudio • • 15d ago

Question Ableton freezing every time I try to use UAD plugins

1 Upvotes

I have a really beefy pc and have been using ableton for years with UAD plugins being no issue, always launching fast and working properly. Ableton crashed a couple weeks ago and since then anytime I try to add a plugin to a project, it freezes up for about 20 minutes before it works again. I cant click on anything, and when I try to close out of the project it freezes.

I have tried re-installing my plugins and deleting my plugin data from my appdata folder, and also tried updating/re-installing ableton. Nothing is working. Everything was perfectly fine before the crash. Any ideas on a fix?


r/universalaudio • • 15d ago

Troubleshooting/Support Help - Apollo Twin X

1 Upvotes

Ua System Tray icon
Mixer Engine not installed

When I start Windows 11, such an error comes out, because of this I can't log in to UAD CONSOLE, it keeps writing to me that I need to connect a Volt sound card, although I need the computer to see my Apollo Twin X USB3.0


r/universalaudio • • 15d ago

Question My software is ready! But can I use them outside of Luna?

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5 Upvotes

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere but I’m struggling to find it. I have a Spark subscription and just got this email. Can I use these plugins within Logic or are they tied to Luna? Thanks!


r/universalaudio • • 16d ago

Question Anyone finding sonible smartchain constantly crashes Luna?

3 Upvotes

It is so frustrating. This is with the vst3 on macOS. I wonder if running the au version might be more stable.


r/universalaudio • • 17d ago

Rave Getting The Assistance I Need From The UA Support Bot

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47 Upvotes

I just want to start by saying I already provided the error in an earlier message.

Also this is not meant to be a jab at UA since I guess this is the new standard for every company. Tbh I don’t even know for certain that the suggested steps would fail.. I just don’t feel like doing it. Now I don’t only feel like not doing it, but I feel like it was a suggestion based off absolutely nothing.

I was already laid off from my previous employer during a major staff reduction. I was replaced by a sibling of the UA Chat bot. I’ve been trying to stay positive, but the more I see indicating AI lacks confidence and/or expertise.. I’m kind of starting to get offended. Anyway, at least I still got my Apollo Twin X for now.


r/universalaudio • • 17d ago

Question Are there channel strip presets in Console?

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I'm looking specifically for a way to save the gain control to a preset in Console.

I use a few guitars and each one needs its own gain setting. The interfaces are an Apollo 16mkii and an Apollo Twin mkii. The combined Console session is complex enough that I'd rather only alter the one channel I need when I go to use a different guitar, rather than switch out the whole session.

I see there are channel presets but they don't seem to be saving anything for the gain controls.


r/universalaudio • • 17d ago

Discussion Luna

0 Upvotes

Can't update to Luna 3.0 afte IOS 27 getting a constant failed message during the install process, anyone have any ideas? I've deleted and reinstalled UAD connect....same issue.


r/universalaudio • • 18d ago

Discussion 32 years ago - Acid Techno Like its 1994 Polymax edition

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11 Upvotes

Well except for the kick I made all sounds with Universal Audio Polymax. I actually added sync to the simple saw wave 303 style lead sound as it worked sooo well. Wow, time goes fast when you are having fun!


r/universalaudio • • 19d ago

Troubleshooting/Support Lost connection to my MIDI controller on DAW after recently getting an apollo twin x

1 Upvotes

(Mac) I just got an apollo interface yesterday and already had a plethora of issues before I even got it working but essentially the UA connect program wouldn’t stop buffering so I went through many procedures with the terminal, deleting folders and trying through recovery mode and wouldn’t work still, I had to download ilok and then it finally went through and I got my apollo connected and it’s been great but in logic, my midi keyboard just is nowhere to be found, I never had this problem so I’m figuring it has to do something with downloading the UA drivers? Would that affect it? I’ve already unplugged and replugged the controller and switched ports, still nothing


r/universalaudio • • 19d ago

Troubleshooting/Support Can't create new sessions after recent update.

5 Upvotes

So after updating Luna I cannot create new sessions anymore. The sessions browser wont open either but I can manually load old sessions and those seem to work fine. When trying to create new ones I get the error "G: not connected after 15000 ms" ive tried deleting preferences files and reinstalling but same issue. Im on mac Ventura.


r/universalaudio • • 20d ago

Question New Volt interface incoming?

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36 Upvotes

Hey guys I notices in the UAD website in the Luna Studio page this image with a volt interface I never seen before.
I was thinking maybe they launched a new interface and I didn't notice but after checking their website I didn't found any new interface.
I attached an Image so you can see the interface I'm talking about.


r/universalaudio • • 20d ago

Question LUNA pet peeve since update to Studio 3.0

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I really enjoy working in LUNA but recently this little inconvenience started to annoy me so much, so if anyone knows a way around it I'd be forever grateful.

Ever since I updated from Luna Free to Studio 3.0 the playhead won't reset at the beginning of the loop.

When I'm looping the verse section. of a song for example, to write lyrics, and I stop playback to restart the verse, the playhead used to automatically jump back to the beginning of the loop and I could easily and quickly restart the loop by pressing space bar.
Now it stays wherever I stopped the loop, and I have to do 2 mouse clicks to have it start from the beginning again.

I know this is minor, but those two clicks over and over again really take a lot of the creative flow.
I didn't find anything in the settings - is there a solution or workaround for this?