UAD Manley Massive Passive EQ｜Legendary Tube Mastering Passive Equalizer
Infuse Your Music with Unparalleled Musicality and Transparency
The Manley Massive Passive EQ has been the secret weapon of top studios and mastering engineers worldwide for decades. Its unique passive circuit design gives it the ability to shape incredibly sweet, natural tones. Universal Audio, with its leading modeling technology, has perfectly recreated the soul of this legendary hardware. This plugin is more than just an EQ; it's a tone-sculpting tool that breathes life and air into tracks and mixes. Whether adding silky high frequencies to vocals or injecting rich low frequencies into drums, the Manley Massive Passive plugin achieves this in the most natural way. Its core tube sound and Pultec-style curves make it an indispensable part of modern digital mastering workflows, offering unparalleled clarity and dynamic headroom.
This plugin perfectly captures all the complex interactive characteristics of the original hardware, from tube amplifiers to inductors and transformers, with every detail meticulously modeled. It combines the advantages of parametric, graphic, and Pultec-style EQs, allowing for precise yet musical adjustments without the harshness or brittleness often associated with digital EQs. Whether you're processing a single track or applying the final polish to an entire mix, this passive EQ delivers a warm, open, and three-dimensional sound, elevating your work to professional release standards.
Product Features
- Precise Hardware Emulation: Officially licensed and rigorously tested by Manley Labs®, perfectly recreating every circuit detail and sonic characteristic of the legendary Massive Passive EQ.
- Dual Version Design: Includes two plugins: Standard and Mastering versions. The Standard version offers continuously variable bandwidth control, while the Mastering version provides 16 stepped knobs, ensuring precise settings and perfectly symmetrical stereo processing.
- Unique Passive Filtering: Utilizes a passive filter circuit design, combined with tube amplifier compensation, to deliver extremely smooth, natural EQ curves, avoiding the phase issues and harshness that can arise from traditional active EQs.
- Musical Tone Shaping: Its unique band interaction and Pultec-style Boost/Cut design allow you to easily add air, weight, and punch to tracks without sounding unnatural.
- Wide Range of Applications: Whether meticulously sculpting individual instruments like vocals, drums, or guitars, or applying mastering-grade polish to an entire mix, it demonstrates exceptional sound quality and flexibility.
- Zero Latency Recording (Apollo): When used with Universal Audio Apollo interfaces, it enables near-zero latency real-time processing, allowing you to monitor and record with the classic Massive Passive tone during the recording phase.
Detailed Features
Software Purchase Information
- Guarantee: This product comes with an official license key, ensuring successful activation and registration.
- Delivery: The serial number and download information will be sent via email; no physical shipment is required.
- Support: We provide basic technical assistance for installation and activation. In case of activation issues, we will help coordinate with the manufacturer for resolution.
- Warranty: License and download rights are maintained according to the manufacturer’s policy; software updates, upgrades, and version changes are subject to the manufacturer’s announcements.
- Customer Service: For questions regarding license, compatibility, or installation, please contact THINK2 customer support for immediate assistance.
Reminder: Please confirm compatibility with your operating system, DAW, and plugin formats before purchasing. Digital products are not eligible for a standard trial/return period; if you need to modify your order before activation, please contact customer service first.
