Universal Audio Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip

UAD Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip｜Premium Tube Channel Strip Effect Plugin

The Legendary Sound that Infuses Life and Soul into Your Vocals

The Manley VOXBOX is a recognized top-tier vocal processing unit in studios, its warm, clear, and vibrant tube tone being the shared secret behind countless platinum records. Through precise circuit modeling, Universal Audio has fully infused the soul of this legendary hardware into the UAD Manley VOXBOX plugin. This full-featured channel strip plugin not only perfectly recreates its classic Class A tube microphone preamp but also includes a unique optical compressor, Pultec-style passive EQ, and an extremely natural de-esser. Combined with the Apollo interface's Unison Technology, you can enjoy a zero-latency, authentic hardware interaction experience during recording, from impedance matching to the gain stage's 'sweet spot,' precisely restoring the hardware feel, bringing unprecedented fluidity and musicality to your vocal processing workflow.

Whether processing delicate vocals, warm bass, crisp electric guitars, or adding punch to drums, the Manley VOXBOX delivers extraordinary professional results. It's not just a tool; it's a creative weapon that elevates tracks from ordinary to exceptional, allowing you to easily achieve the sound quality of a top-tier analog studio in a digital environment.

Product Features

• Flagship Hardware Fully Replicated: Precisely models every detail of the Manley flagship VOXBOX, including its acclaimed high-fidelity Class A tube microphone preamp, vactrol optical compressor, Pultec-style passive EQ, and de-esser/limiter circuits.
• Unison™ Preamp Technology: When used with Universal Audio Apollo interfaces, Unison technology is enabled, providing a zero-latency real-time recording experience. Perfectly matches the original hardware's line/mic preamp impedance, gain stage "sweet spot," and precise circuit behavior.
• Unique Pre-Compression Design: Identical to the hardware, the plugin allows you to place the optical compressor before the preamp, effectively taming input transients and ensuring a smoother, more controlled signal enters the tube circuit for an ultimately silky track.
• Musical Pultec-Style EQ: Features a three-band passive EQ based on the classic Pultec MEQ-5 design and expanded. Even with extreme boosts or cuts, it maintains sweet highs and clear, natural lows, offering broad and musical strokes for sound sculpting.
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• Ultra-Transparent De-Essing and Limiting: The built-in de-esser is renowned for its natural and smooth effect, easily controlling vocal sibilance with just two knobs, and also suitable for harsh electric guitars or overly bright cymbals. With frequency control turned off, this module can be used as a colorful and aggressive limiter.
• Versatile Applications Beyond Vocals: For years, the Manley VOXBOX has been a secret weapon for professional bassists. Its high-end tube signal path and flexible dynamics and EQ controls are equally perfect for electric guitars, strings, and drums, capable of elevating any sound source to an extraordinary level.

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