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  • Overview
  • Features
  • Customer Reviews
  • 4.9/5
    (897)
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$299.00

Get the rich sound of the world's most famous compressors.

The Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection gives you the silky warm compression heard on hundreds of hit records from The Beatles and Pink Floyd to countless Motown classics.* Now you can add the same analog "glow" to your vocals, drums, and entire mix with the most accurate plug-in emulations ever made of these one‑of‑a‑kind tube compressors.

Included Versions

UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.

Apollo Realtime & UAD‑2
Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD‑2 hardware.

UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.

  • Give your tracks and mixes classic Fairchild tube warmth and character
  • Add harmonics and punch to vocals, drums, and more using Fairchild’s tube-driven gain control and transformer sections
  • Control your compression easily with simple Wet/Dry, Sidechain Filter, and Headroom controls
  • Enjoy the only accurate emulations of “golden-reference” vintage Fairchilds from Ocean Way Studios

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UAD Quick Tip
UAD Quick Tip

UAD Quick Tip

Learn how to thicken vocals, add aggressiveness to drums, and widen your mixes with the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection.

Add the Iconic Tone of Two Compressors

Add the Iconic Tone of Two Compressors

The Fairchild 670 and companion, the Fairchild 660, have defined some of popular music’s most revered sounds. Renowned for its aggressiveness, the 660 punches up piano, bass, and guitar, tracks, while the flagship 670 is a full stereo compressor that injects vibe and color onto channels, final mixes, and even masters.

The Closest You Can Get to Vintage Fairchilds in a Plug‑In

The Closest You Can Get to Vintage Fairchilds in a Plug‑In

Far beyond other Fairchild emulations, only the UAD Fairchild Collection is based on accurate circuit models of “golden‑reference” units from legendary Ocean Way Studios, giving you all the rich tube tone of the unattainable iconic hardware.

5-Minute Tip: Joel Hamilton
5-Minute Tip: Joel Hamilton

5-Minute Tip: Joel Hamilton

(Pretty Lights, Highly Suspect)
Add presence and texture to lead vocals with the Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection.

Blend Sounds with the Wet/Dry Mix Control

Blend Sounds with the Wet/Dry Mix Control

The Mix control lets you blend your unprocessed signal with the compressed signal, opening worlds of textural possibilities on everything from a drum bus to a mix bus.

Enhance Drums with Sidechain Filters

Enhance Drums with Sidechain Filters

Punch up your drum bus without triggering the threshold of the compressor with the kick drum, for drums with max impact using the Fairchild's Sidechain Filters.

Add Grit with the Headroom Control

Add Grit with the Headroom Control

The Headroom (HR) control can be increased to make mastering applications a breeze, raising the gain reduction threshold and lowering distortion. Conversely, you can decrease headroom, lowering the gain reduction threshold and raising distortion for grittier textures that work on everything from vocals and drums to guitar and bass.

Watch The Reviews

      *Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection software.

      Key Features

      Includes the mono 660 and stereo 670, each with their own sonic attributes and feature sets
      Models entire electronic path, including tube amplifiers and transformers for complete analog color and behavior
      Modeled after Ocean Way’s famous, meticulously maintained golden Fairchild channels
      Lateral-Vertical mode for stereo imaging and balance control
      Includes custom hardware Stereo Sidechain Link mod
      Six attack and release Time Constants (plus additional Time Constant variations with Sidechain Link)
      Includes all-new “digital only” features: Sidechain filtering, Dry/Wet parallel blend and Headroom
      Includes artist presets from Darrell Thorp, Michael Brauer, Ryan West, and more

      Customer Reviews

      Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection

      Overall Rating

      4.9/5
      (897)

      B. Wright

      February 6, 2024

      Get it

      Awesome plugin

      L. Motta

      February 1, 2024

      Good stuff!!

      very creamy

      N. Imamovic

      January 31, 2024

      Beast

      The Magic

      A. chandra

      January 30, 2024

      Smooth & Warm

      Exellent plugins and the most analog warm and natural sounding ones i have.

      R. Sheaves

      January 30, 2024

      Yes: it has THAT sound, but you have to be connected to the internet to use native versions

      I used a hardware 660 many years ago during some sessions in Nashville. Since then, I've wanted THAT sound on lots of other projects, but haven't been able to replicate it. These plugins are the closest I ever recall getting. They are fairly low in CPU usage, too, which makes them suitable for moderate mixing uses without having to bounce/freeze/print stems all over the place. Very nice to have quick access like that.

      The one complaint -- and this is why I knock off a star -- is that you have to be connected to the internet to use the native versions. I generally turn off my network connection while recording, but that disables these plugins after a short time. So, every few hours, I need to reconnect and refresh everything in UA connect.

      A. Rosell

      January 28, 2024

      The magic weapon for weight

      A go to in every mix for that beautiful color of vintage tone and weight to any instrument!

      D. Olsen

      January 16, 2024

      just smooth

      Just a real creamy smooth compressor and a real aggressive compressor. whatever your heart desires

      D. Olsen

      January 16, 2024

      just smooth

      Just a real creamy smooth compressor and a real aggressive compressor. whatever your heart desires

      N. Crouch

      January 15, 2024

      Must have for vocals

      I won’t track vocals without this.
      Sounds like the records that made me want to make records.
      Your fav pre + tube EQ + Fairchild = warm sonic bliss

      L. Morandi

      January 14, 2024

      Ottimo

      Bellissimo compressore Mu eccezionale emulazione valvolare preciso e limpido con un campo di utilizzo molto Ampio eccellente.

      M. Jahns

      January 12, 2024

      Awesome!

      I've used some other brand's take on this legendary compressor, but this is simply the best incarnation. Totally recommended!

      L. Alder

      January 11, 2024

      Meh...

      Just meh.... At least the price was ok.

      J. Velez

      January 10, 2024

      Increible

      Esto suena impresionante, moldea las transientes y le da un carácter brutal a todo lo que paso por el

      B. Rosas

      January 9, 2024

      The color and character that I needed

      It is wonderful for my master buss

      M. M

      January 5, 2024

      Great

      a must have for producers of music......

      P. Bernardini

      January 2, 2024

      Excellent !!!

      Je suis ravi il est vraiment au Top !

      P. Bernardini

      January 2, 2024

      Excellent !!!

      Je suis ravi il est vraiment au Top !

      J. Ferge

      December 28, 2023

      THESE GUYS ARE HORRIBLE

      MY ACCOUNT GOT DELETED BY AN ERROR IN THE COMPANYS RECORDS HAVE CARDS THAT ARE 8 YEARS OLD BUT MY ACCOUNT GOT DELETED 3 YEARS BACK I LOST ALMOST $2000 WORTH OF PLUGINS THEY DONT CARE UAD IS A JOKE DONT BUY THEIR GARBAGE ITS HYPE

      D. Beneke

      December 27, 2023

      Use it for Voice Over!

      By far the best compressor/limiter for Voice Over and Audio Book Production! Smooths out those digital nasties in this type of audio work. Adds a soft fidelity to spoken word, as a trick, use it with no compression, just going through the circuits and tubes, adds an beautiful ambient halo of sorts.......

      B. Baldwin

      December 26, 2023

      Interesting

      Slightly odd layout, i appreciate the tone of this plugin so much though.