Universal Audio Announces Version 4.3 Of UAD-1 DSP Card And Powerd Plug-Ins System

May 22, 2006

Universal Audio today announced the imminent web launch of v4.3 software for the UAD-1 DSP Card & Powered Plug-Ins system. Version 4.3 will ship immediately following AES and include a 14-day fully functional demo of the Neve® 1073 and 1073SE. Full authorizations of the Neve 103/SE plug-ins will be available to registered UAD-1 customers for US$249 (includes both plugs) from my.uaudio.com.

"The Neve® 1073 is the first result of the UA-Neve plug-in collaboration exclusively for the UAD platform." said Matt Ward, President of Universal Audio. "We have developed two versions: the 1073 for absolute sonic accuracy to the revered original and the 1073SE - a DSP-optimized version for higher instance counts. The icing on the cake is that UA will also release plug-in versions of the 33609 bus compressor and 1081 EQ, offering a full suite of UA-Neve Classic Console EQ & dynamics processing."

Key Features include:

• Exclusively Neve licensed and meticulously UA modeled
• Revered 3-band 'Wessex A88/8014' EQ
• High Shelving, Parametric Mid, Low Shelving & HPF
• Original RAF Cosmetics and concentric controls
• Includes DSP-optimized version (1073SE) for more instances

For more information, visit their web site at www.uaudio.com.