r/universalaudio

This is a long-standing annoyance, but essentially, you order plugins in a bundle and the only thing that shows on the receipt/invoice is the name of the bundle.

You can find some of the dates from iLok Manager, but that appears to be only native plugins. The plugin list under the account section is literally a useless paginated list of plugins with no functionality (I miss the old one that was a single page, but can't remember if that gave more details).

As plugins are preinstalled, you can't search for files that were installed in plugin folders, but there might be a local manifest that tracks activations.

I keep a spreadsheet of the orders, so I'm just trying to fill that out, but I'm not completely sure which ones I bought (52 total) and which were with what bundle.

It's not a major issue, just an annoyance as I would expect this information to be available somewhere in the account section.

It's been a while, iirc. I don't see what the holdup would be.

I'm particularly interested in all their neve stuff. So far only the 1073 has a native version.

I'm moaned a bunch of times about some things, but this is the first time I've seen such low prices on the plugins that it actually hoping things are okay with UA. Is everything okay?

Basically, a month ago I was pointing out that getting the third-party plugins from their respective sources made sense over getting versions that are locked to UAD hardware.

So I did just that. Spent about $185 on getting about 13 plugins on PluginAlliance, 12 of which were also offered by UA and locked to UAD hardware.

Well, when I checked the latest on UA plugins, I saw that the custom bundles were slashed in half AND had double the plugins.

At these prices, the 6 + 6 Custom Bundle is $12.42 per plugin, and the 10 + 10 Custom Bundle is $12.45 per plugin (slightly higher).

I went for the 10 + 10 and wound up buying most of the very same UAD plugins that I recently bought from PA because it's so cheap and it's nice to have alternates.

I guess I'll make a second pass and get all the amp sims and other plugins I don't need but would be nice to have.

Thanks UA!

Hello, I have 26 native UAD plugins (licenses managed via iLok), and I use Cubase 13 Pro on Windows 11.

I noticed a large folder at this location: `Program Files` > `Common Files` > `Universal Audio` > `Plug-ins`.

Inside this folder, there are 26 subfolders with names like `uaaudio_manley_preamp.lunacomponent`. All 26 folders are stamped .lunacomponent.

Since I work exclusively in Cubase and don't use Luna, can I delete this large 1.65 GB folder without causing issues with plugin connection, activation, or operation?

Thank you for your time and your knowledge.

Hello

I have both the Capitol mastering compressor , and the API 2500 compressor. Both have sidechain option.

I want to use them to free up the space for the vocal. Given that I’m not looking for too much coloring on that slot (I do have another compressor on instrumentals bus that gives me the color I like) is there anyone of these two you would prefer to just mildly attenuate the whole instrumental bus in reaction to vocal track?

*** I know everyone today is hyping the Sooth / multiband for that particular purpose. I want to try it with plugins I already have.

Hello everyone. I have tried to figure this out myself but have never really quite been able to get it. The effect can be heard on the 3rd repeat of the hook between :30-:33secs in. I’ve heard this on a handful of records throughout the years but have nvr been able to find a name or process for it. My best guess is it’s something that can be achieved using a multi-tap delay.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3oPl1jvNo&list=RDyY3oPl1jvNo&start\_radio=1&pp=ygUaSnVpY2Ugd3JsZCBzcHJheSBhbmQgbGVhdmWgBwE%3D

Hi everybody, I want to know if the Spitfire Audio instruments are only Luna plugins or will they work in Ableton?

I only use Luna for tracking vocals, haven't really tried producing on it.

Just curious how it sound on recording rap vocals.

Plugin Boutique has Luna Pro MK2 for $25!!. It comes with a ton of plugins to boot. I don't even use Luna, but for this price and the plugins that come with it, It's insane not to do it.

Edit: As of today, It's now $79. I have an account with Plugin Boutique, so I get their emails and was able to jump on it yesterday. $79 is still 60% off. So, still a good deal.

A few months ago I started to have some gremlin like issues on Channel 3 of my 4-710D. So I thought I'd just send it to their lab, and pay whatever is needed to have it fully inspected and repaired. Given that this device was traveling with me all over the world, I thought it's a good opportunity to have it cleaned, inspected, repaired and generally speaking - reset.

It was a challenge to just figure out how to open a ticket (thank you Reddit community for solving this problem for me!)

I've opened a ticket explaining very simply exactly what I explained here.

Few days later I get a long email with instructions of how to inspect and fix it myself.

I replied that I'd be happy if UA's ppl would do that. And since then I'm in back and forth emails of them asking me to do this and that inspection, and get back with the result. It's pretty exhausting and mostly time consuming, so instead of just shipping it and have it fixed, I'm stuck for weeks with a faulty machine and an endless emails.

I'm starting to doubt myself - is it too much to just ask for an inspection and repair service? Isn't it the most normal thing when dealing with high end products?

I just picked up an e1x after my pre-amp failed on me, needed something quick, and already had Dante in my system.

After figuring out kernel extension BS (why isn't there a DriverKit implementation in 2026?) I was able to get UA Connect & UAD Console setup. But now I'm running into some issues with the GUI in UAD Console, and configuration persistence of the e1x itself.

Every time I open UAD Console the e1x reports as 10dB, despite me setting it to 24dB. Is there really no way to view the current state of the e1x?

Update 2: Still no joy. Here is everything I've tried:

-Multiple legit, real, TB4 cables.
-Hardware resets of the apollo
-Manually white listing 4KAC9AX6CG in registry in recovery terminal per another reddit users success
-Recovery Terminal commands:
--kmutil trigger-panic-medic --volume-root "/Volumes/Macintosh HD"
Force kext reset:
--sudo kmutil load -p /Library/Extensions/UAD2System.kext

It shows up on System Information as a thunderbolt device, connected at 40Gbps. It is there, visible and connected. But yet "Connect UA Device" is all I've seen.

Guys, I'm really trying but this seems out of bounds. I had a conference call with two dudes from Universal Audio and even though they were super helpful and tried, their only solution after seeing everything via screen share was "try a different cable which I did.”

I'd say this thing was bricked if it wasn't literally visible in system info as a device. What's next here?

Update: Credit where it's due, Drew from UA just spent a bunch of time trouble shooting with me. Still no joy but definitely have a few possible solves left. Gain try a different TB cable which I'll have to go buy, and if that isn't it, it's likely a hardware defect and I'll be going back to GC anyway. Thanks again Drew. Likely that I beat my head against a wall trying to fix the drivers when looks like that isn't the root cause.

This is insanely frustrating and I'm about to return this thing... I've tried literally everything on the install guide multiple times, which is absurd that any of that is necessary at all, and even some terminal commands from some random post that said it helped to get the kernel extension to work. Am I doing something stupid or is it actually this cumbersome. Sunk cost may be getting the best of me and I'm about to give up but I keep hearing this thing is the best audio interface ever so here we are beating my head against the wall.

Basic facts:

Apollo Twin X, macOS Tahoe 26.3, M2 MacBook Air. Kernel extension not installing. systemextensionsctl list returns 0 extensions. Recovery Mode completed, Reduced Security set, Allow user management of kernel extensions enabled. Malwarebytes removed. Clean install of iLok and UAD software attempted multiple times. Hardware appears in System Information at 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 but Console shows Connect UA Device. UAD Meter & Control Panel not appearing in Privacy & Security Microphone list after install. No Allow button appearing in Privacy & Security Security section after install.

Edit to add I just did the whole thing again after full uninstall of everything with app cleaner and installed again in safe mode and still no joy, but now back to pace error banner in UA Connect which I thought I’d licked with the iLOK forced spyware nonsense. How is it possible this thing is so cumbersome to get working?

I’ve got an Apollo 8 and I have what I hope is a simple question about the inputs.

I want to plug my guitar into my UAFX Dream 65 pedal, then plug the pedal into the interface.

Should I be using the Hi-Z inputs, inputs 1-4, or inputs 5-8 for an electric guitar that is running through pedals and a UAFX Dream pedal?

Thanks!

Just a follow up on my days long frustration here but I can't get the kext extension to post and persist regardless of any relaxed csrutil settings and I'm becoming increasingly skeptical that this is possible in 26.3. It seems possible that it allows the kext db from a Sequoia install to persist when an update to Tahoe is performed, but I'm curious if anyone has successfully installed and connected a twin X to a computer in 26.3.

For the record:
-TB4 cable for sure (tried multiple)
-system info shows the device connected via TB at 40Gbps - not a hardware problem.
-UAD Meter said "Connect UA Device" indicating permission is granted, but invisible to UA software
-I have gotten the "allow" button in Priv and Sec multiple times through multiple instals and panic-medics and UAD Meter seems to be "happy" but not seeing the device.
-I have relaxed security boot settings in recovery disk startup and through terminal directly with the nuclear csrutil disable command.

My thought is that Tahoe is stripping the kext from the queue on restart, putting it in this doom loop of enabling the extension, doing a restart to secure it during boot, and then on reboot its security feature is stripping it before it can post in the kext database. Anyway, I'm over my skis at this point but trying everything I can before I give up on this and go back to an interface with native processing with a different interface.

I just really want this to work. Hopefully someone has an answer.

Your software is unusable. I am not uninstallin Pace to get it to work either. what un quality garbage you made. I did the trial on the software and it worked ok. Now I spent a little money and it doesn't work at all. You suck. How do I get a refund?

I'm creating this post to see if other people have the same issue or know how to fix it. Very often I find my MacBook Air M5 (brand new) overheating, when I check the activity monitor I see it's always because either UAD Meter & Control Panel or Console is using 100% of one core constantly. I believe it's a bug and have been in touch with customer service for few weeks but no help until now. Does someone else experience it or have a fix ? I already read about this issue a few times online. I'm a bit disappointed regarding the fact I spent more than 4000$ in UAD hardware and plugins, I would sell everything if I didn't already spent so much.
Thanks for your help, best.