UAD Sound City Studios Plug‑In
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Get the authentic sound of the world's most famous rock & roll studio.
Produce music in one of the most famous recording studios in history — including the room, mics, iconic console, and outboard gear — as heard on classic records from Nirvana, Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Rage Against the Machine, and more.*
Add the vibe and character of this legendary space to your drums, guitars, vocals, synths and more — right in your own bedroom or home studio.Versions incluses
UAD Native
Fonctionne sur votre Mac ou PC sans le matériel d’UA.Configuration système requise : les plug-ins UAD natifs fonctionnent sur macOS 10.15 Catalina ou une version ultérieure, ainsi que sur Windows 10 et 11. Consultez notre page d’aide dédiée pour connaître la configuration système requise.
- Place your drums, guitars, vocals, and more inside Sound City Studios' famous Studio A
- Transform your sources with a collection of vintage hit-making mics
- Sculpt perfect guitar tones with expertly placed cabinet and mic setups
- Get the authentic tone of an iconic '70s custom British console, including 3-band EQ and inline compression, based on the legendary Sound City Studios' desk
- Smash your tracks with Sound City Studios' collection of analog outboard gear including "secret weapon" Dolby A-style effects**, 1176 limiting, and more
- Put your sources in Sound City Studios' lush-sounding reverb chamber
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Immerse Yourself in a Historic Room
Sound City Studios' famous Studio A is the birthplace of hundreds of hit records. Voiced with original multitrack recordings cut at Sound City Studios, we expertly captured the distinct "warts and all" character — with historical setup guidance from engineers who used it everyday — so you can easily put your productions in the same space where magic was made.
Easily Find Your Sweet Spot
Simply choose your source — vocals, drums, guitar, ensembles, or piano — and get proven room and mic setups, from the big reflective sound used on Nirvana's Nevermind to Tom Petty's intimate "wood" corner.* You can even re-mic your guitars with a selection of perfectly placed cabinets and room mics.
Reposition Vintage Mics with Dynamic Room Modeling
Go far beyond historic setups and customize your space by moving a stunning collection of classic condenser and ribbon mics from AKG, Neumann, and RCA — in realtime for authentic room sounds beyond the original chart-topping positions.**
Explore a Legendary Custom British Console
The centerpiece of Studio A since the early '70s, Sound City Studios' custom-made console artfully colored everything that ran through it. Now you can get the same satisfying analog character and tone with perfect emulations of a vintage British 3-band EQ and bus compressor on all your sources.
Crush, Gate, or Add "Air" with Secret Weapon Compression
Along with the legendary limiting of the iconic Rev E 1176 compressor, Sound City Studios gives you the first-ever emulation of the Dolby A301** noise reduction system — a multiband EQ/limiter used and abused by Sound City Studios' engineers — so you can get the same glossy-to-hyped background vocals and explosive drum sounds heard on decades of hit records.
Add Chart-Topping Ambience with Iconic Reverb Chamber
Put the finishing touch on your tracks with the same natural, open-sounding reverb used by Queens of the Stone Age, Phoebe Bridgers, Death Cab for Cutie, and more. Plus, you can season your ambient space using perfectly placed pairs of dynamic, small-diaphragm condenser, and ribbon mics.*
*Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of Sound City Studios software.
**All trademarks are property of their respective owners and used only to represent the effects modeled as part of Sound City Studio software.
Disclaimer: The famous Sound City Studios is located in Van Nuys, California where it was originally founded. Sound City Studios has no affiliation with Sound City Amplifiers of New Jersey. For information on Sound City Amplifiers visit their website at soundcityamp.com
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“The UAD Sound City Studios plug‑in sounds amazing, letting you put your performances into one of the greatest sounding studios of all time!”
– Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters)
“The UAD Sound City Studios plug‑in sounds just the way I remember that room – and heck, I even own one of Sound City’s original AKG C24 microphones from the good old days.”
– Sylvia Massy (Tool, Johnny Cash, System of a Down)
“There’s an explosive magic to Sound City's live room that‘s electrified so many seminal records. UA not only captured the sound of that room, but has gone to great lengths to model the outboard gear that’s integral to those recordings.”
– Billy Bush (Garbage, Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney)
“The UAD Sound City Studios plug‑in can put any sound into the legendary studio's live room. The ability to change the mics and their positions is fantastic, you can really dial the room sound.”
– Richard Rainey (U2, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison)
“I’m doing percussion overdubs in hotel rooms on tour, and Sound City Studios makes everything sound finished. It’s nuts.”
– Joey Waronker (Atoms for Peace, Beck, Other Lives)
“Some of my favorite albums were recorded at Sound City, so it’s amazing to have such a faithful reproduction at my fingertips.”
– Jeff Balding (Taylor Swift, The Eagles, Florida Georgia Line)
“The Sound City Studios plug‑in adds life and vibe to dry drum tracks with its great mic configurations. And the console section sounds fantastic!”
– Mark Needham (The Killers, Neon Trees, P!nk)
“The UAD Sound City Studios plug‑in is more than just a room emulation – it’s a toolkit that can take your tracks to a whole new level of sonic Nirvana!”
– Adam Whittaker (The Damned, The Saw Doctors, Evergreen)
“UAD Sound City Studios is the perfect acoustic "space" plug-in, and its compression, reverb chamber, and EQ sections make it all-encompassing for re-amping.”
– Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, U2, Jason Mraz, Morrissey)Avis clients
m. Sherman
10 décembre 2023
Try it…
…it may be a good fit, it may not, but dragging down the star rating over UAD’s current marketing strategy doesnt give anyone insight into the plugin itself. Which for me is great! So...
En lire plusJ. Beiling
10 décembre 2023
Convincing extension to my small recording rooms.
My drum cabin is really small but good sounding and this plugin is the perfect extension. The clue is the feature list, like mic moving flexibility, eq, and there's a big thump up for the...
En lire plusE. Rudnicki
10 décembre 2023
You need this!
This is one of my most exciting plugins to put on a track that doesn't really have much character on. Plus gradually mixing it in...
En lire plusA. Finkin
10 décembre 2023
Simply Amazing.
This is pure gold. when you don’t have the possibility to record a source in a proper room, or if your room is too dry, too small, if you need a better 3D definition and the ability to...
En lire plusT. Poe
9 décembre 2023
Great plugin… needs an update to help your CPU
This is an amazing plugin that is wayyyyy more than a reverb plugin. With this in mind, it is still WAY too cpu intensive for more than a few instances even on M2 Pro silicon hardware....
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UAD Sound City Studios Plug-In
O. Moesgaard
A white elephant
Sound: fenomenal. Absolutely no notes
Sadly, in practice it's virtually useless as it swallows your CPU like nothing i've ever seen in all of my career. Even my heaviest mastering plugins ain't got nothing on this frivolous bauble. Just a real dang shame. Luckily i bought it on a sale but i feel bad for people who pay top dollar for Sound City Studio. Brand loyalty: damagedm. Sherman
Try it…
…it may be a good fit, it may not, but dragging down the star rating over UAD’s current marketing strategy doesnt give anyone insight into the plugin itself.
Which for me is great! So far I have only been using it on drums but after experimenting with different configurations I found it enhanced my drum sound and gave me insight into why certain records recorded there sounded the way they did.
I can’t ask for more than that.
J. Beiling
Convincing extension to my small recording rooms.
My drum cabin is really small but good sounding and this plugin is the perfect extension. The clue is the feature list, like mic moving flexibility, eq, and there's a big thump up for the compressor curves. The GUI is fun to work with.
E. Rudnicki
You need this!
This is one of my most exciting plugins to put on a track that doesn't really have much character on. Plus gradually mixing it in on a bus can really add some nice glue to the sound
A. Finkin
Simply Amazing.
This is pure gold.
when you don’t have the possibility to record a source in a proper room, or if your room is too dry, too small, if you need a better 3D definition and the ability to put anything anywhere..and you don’t want to spend hours on tweaking any convolution tool parameters, stay focused on the music..
well, i think that tool might be the answer.
It is to me anyway.
Brilliant !M. Brown
Love it!
Now I sound like Dave Grohl! Nice.
A. Tullos
Can’t wait to hear it
Doesn’t want to load. Seems to have a licensing bug that won’t let it load. Still waiting for tech support to fix that
T. Poe
Great plugin… needs an update to help your CPU
This is an amazing plugin that is wayyyyy more than a reverb plugin. With this in mind, it is still WAY too cpu intensive for more than a few instances even on M2 Pro silicon hardware. Unacceptable for the price and native only specifics. I sincerely hope this gets updated to reduce strain.
J. Philippi
Super realistic room sound
I really cannot understand reviewers here who hear weird phasing and nulling issues. The sound of this plugin is superb. Super punchy drums, every instrument I run through this simulation just sounds better and fits in the mix suddenly. CPU usage is surprisingly low in my opinion, and native only is absolutely no problem for me. someone wrote there's an unpleasant boom with kick drums... well I think that's exactly what this studio sounds like and what it's famous for. I don't think that UA thought: let's just put in some weird and bad sounding boominess in this haha..
All in all, this one is really really amazing and instantly replaced Ocean Way and various sources. Well done UAA. Reverberi
Great, but CPU heavy
I love it, great way to add space and depth into your mix
T. Spielmacher
It's Sound City!
What's not to love! Very pleased so far and totally excited to have a little bit of Sound City in my recordings... Magic! For me a dream emulation .
N. Edwards
What?!?!
Absolutely amazing. Such a useable plug in. Makes everything sound wicked.
光. 杉
The desire to produce is increased tenfold.
I really felt like I was in the studio making sounds. It's just fun. The value of this plug-in is very high.
F. San Filippo
Holy buckets.
Sounds great on drums and guitar re-amping.
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AMAZING
I have no issue with the cost what a insane plugin
j. smith
It’s awesome
It legitimately sounds like recording in a large room. It makes drums sound huge, acoustics sounds spacious, and the cabs are great for electric guitar. It won’t be the right thing for every track in the mix, but definitely a good tool to have in the box.
A. Hunt
Iykyk
This will open the window on your mixes. Iconic again. It is native only so you’ll need to download UADx.
R. Araya Letelier
A great room
I'm still discovering its potential, but so far so good. It's the room ambience I always wanted to achieve with convolution reverb, but it's also a lot more thanks to the re-mic option, which is not something I'll always use, but it's been great with piano and sax.
c. michels
Sound City Exclu Natif.
Incontestablement un excellent plugin, néanmoins j ai quand même réussi à me faire piéger par votre marketing agressif voire fallacieux et j ai réalisé trop tard qu il s agissait d une version uniquement native ... Le vent tourne chez UA ... Dommageable !
J. Bru
Grandes resultados
Aunque no la recomiendo para todo, si que necesita tiempo para saber si su aplicación es correcta. En este caso no me han servido los presets, he tenido que configurar el plug-in a mis necesidades. Para instrumentos como Baterias, no he notado una mejoría al instante, para voces, guitarras y piano, me ha gustado mucho. Pero recomiendo dedicarle tiempo ya que las mejoras que aporta pueden ser muy buenas.
