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  • 4.9/5
    (246)
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$299.00

Get the rich tube compression that changed recording.

Often cited among the crowning achievements of audio pioneer and UA founder Bill Putnam Sr., the 175B and 176 compressors are prized for their rich tube gain reduction character and sonic flexibility. Now you can get the same legendary sounds as the rare hardware with the only authentic plug‑in emulation of the original UA 175B and 176 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.

  • Add vintage compression and detail to vocals, drums, guitars, and more with one of Bill Putnam Sr.'s most coveted designs
  • Spice up synths with harmonically rich tube amplifier and transformer saturation
  • Creatively enhance the dynamics of your most important sources with 2:1, 4:1, 8:1 and 12:1 ratio controls
  • Get perfect drum and vocal sounds easily with Dry/Wet Mix parallel processing and Headroom controls

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Add a Legendary Limiter to your Studio

Add a Legendary Limiter to your Studio

Introduced in the early 1960s — and used on thousands of seminal records — the UA 175B and 176 were the first compressors purpose-built for studio recording and mixing music, giving engineers groundbreaking fast attack time and independently variable Attack and Release controls.

Experience Deep Tube Sonics

Experience Deep Tube Sonics

Based on a pair of UA's 1960s golden units, the UA 175B and 176 Tube Compressor Collection gives you all the ultra-musical harmonics and colorful saturation of these original units — down to their magical feedback compression circuit — giving you softer compression at lower input levels and harder, nearly brickwall limiting at higher levels.

Get the Rich Sound of an All‑Around Champ

Get the Rich Sound of an All‑Around Champ

Perfect for vocals, drums, guitars, and more, the UA 175B and 176 plug‑ins give you all the character and juice of the originals — indistinguishable from the target hardware in blind listening tests. Easily add depth to room mics or a drum bus, give your guitars definition, park a bass in a mix, and inject vocals with energy. You can even turn off the compression and use the 175B/176 plug-ins as a "tone box," lending rich tube textures galore.

UAD Quick Tips
UAD Quick Tips

UAD Quick Tips

Learn how to add texture and color to vocals, drums, and more using the UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection.

Key Features

Add vintage compression and detail to vocals, drums, guitars, and more with one of Bill Putnam Sr.'s most coveted designs

Spice up synths with harmonically rich tube amplifier and transformer saturation

Creatively enhance the dynamics of your most important sources with 2:1, 4:1, 8:1 and 12:1 ratio controls

Harness plug-in-only features like Dry/Wet Mix parallel processing and Headroom for user‑customizable operating level

Use with any audio interface, no UA hardware required

Customer Reviews

UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection

Overall Rating

4.9/5
(246)

J. Bjoersvik

February 2, 2024

Ua 175 B & 176 Tube compressor.

2 great easy to use compressors.

H. Lee

January 29, 2024

amazing

The color of the tube sound comes out thickly, it is very good

V. Ruzicic

January 23, 2024

So much fun!

Very precise,subtle and musical’

C. Crescence

January 20, 2024

très bon compresseur, aussi bien que l'original

J'utilise ce compresseur au mixage comme au mastering.
J'aime beaucoup la manière dont il me gonfle mon son, et la prise de l'espace sonores qu'il m'apporte.
Selon ce que je veux avoir comme résultats, il peut avoir un rendu transparent ( pour mes masters ) ou assez agressif ( sur les mixages, traitements des voix , ou des drums).

Un incontournable a mon humble avis.

R. Gonzalez Yanel

January 19, 2024

Color

Me ha gustado tanto en bajos como en voces y baterías. En paralelo suena brutal también.

A. Ogarev

January 17, 2024

UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection

super+

d. olivier

January 14, 2024

Like the original !

Beautiful compressor, I have the hardware 6176, nice to have it in plugin.

M. De Siena

January 14, 2024

It's truly analogue.

It's truly analogue. For those who have used tube music. It's the closest.

H. Cho

January 12, 2024

Good.

I like this plugin.

B. McCallum

January 11, 2024

I ain’t gonna squash it and you don’t gotta wash it

Great deal and as accurate a representation as you’re gonna find of these old standards. Squish squash show em who’s boss.

B. McCallum

January 11, 2024

I ain’t gonna squash it and you don’t gotta wash it

Great deal and as accurate a representation as you’re gonna find of these old standards. Squish squash show em who’s boss.

R. Frischknecht

January 11, 2024

Hungry

Unfortunately really good... So buying plugins instead of lunch today ;)

j. last

January 10, 2024

NICE!!

These compressors sound amazing! Thanks UAD!

D. GHO

January 9, 2024

Great!!

Warm and analog Sound !

O. Gurtovoy

January 5, 2024

Great!

I used this plugin for vocal, drums and bass - sound became warm and shiny

O. Gurtovoy

January 5, 2024

Great!

I used this plugin for vocal, drums and bass - sound became warm and shiny

O. Gurtovoy

January 5, 2024

Great!

I used this plugin for vocal, drums and bass - sound became warm and shiny

J. Bru

January 3, 2024

Sorprendido

Llevo unos años en Universal Audio y no hacía mucho caso a estos compresores y me ha encantado el tono que proporciona, ya sea a voces o guitarras. Espero probarlo en breve en bajo y seguro que será excepcional.

D. Faggiolino

January 2, 2024

didn't know i needed it...

untill i've used it! fantastic compressors!!!

L. Aguilar

December 31, 2023

Great Compressors!!!

Initially skeptical, but when I used it on a vocal, man!!! The vocal became alive!!! I also used it on a drum bass; it gives color and grit!!! I highly recommend this plugin!!!