Capitol Chambers
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Get the sound of the world's finest echo chambers.
From Ray Charles to Frank Sinatra, Beck to Muse, the underground spaces below the iconic Capitol Tower in Los Angeles, have provided decades of gorgeous hi-fi ambience that is simply unmatched. After years of R&D and close collaboration with Capitol Studios, Universal Audio proudly presents the Capitol Chambers plug-in, a startling end-to-end recreation of the most popular echo chambers ever created.
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.
- Record and mix with the world's only authentic plug-in emulation of Capitol Studios' prized underground echo chambers
- Add dense, natural reverberation to vocals or drums far beyond plate, digital, or simple convolution reverb
- Create new sounds by repositioning Capitol Chambers' microphones using UA's Dynamic Room Modeling
- Audition current and historical chamber configurations, plus all new setups
- Harness the chamber's entire signal chain including amplifiers, speakers, custom preamps, and mics
- Quickly pull up presets from legendary Grammy-winning engineers of Ray Charles, Radiohead, Steely Dan, Madonna, and more
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Easily Capture Iconic Echo
UA sourced historic technical diagrams from the early '60s to precisely emulate microphone/speaker setups inside Capitol's chambers, including the vintage omnidirectional Altec 21D mics and custom speaker/horn configurations and current "modern" configurations using omnidirectional Shure SM80s — all in their original hit-making positions.
Create with Unprecedented Ambience Control
Capitol Chambers' Position slider gives you next-level control over spatial and time response, allowing you to reposition the chamber mics. From the maximum distance stock positions, to direct speaker-to-microphone effects and proximity characteristics, Capitol Chambers can subtly thicken vocals or drums, or soak strings with the most natural, complex sounding reverb ever recorded.
Explore UA's Dynamic Room Modeling
Harnessing the same technology as UA's award-winning Ocean Way Studios plug-in, Capitol Chambers uses UA’s proprietary Dynamic Room Modeling technology, an exclusive combination of physical modeling and advanced measurement techniques. Whereas standard convolution reverbs only provide a sonic snapshot, Dynamic Room Modeling gives Capitol Chambers nearly infinite ambient possibilities.
Go Deeper Still
Beyond a vintage recreation, Capitol Chambers offers creative features for modern DAW workflows like Pre-delay, Dry/Wet mix, and Decay controls. A sweepable 80 to 750 Hz filter lets you minimize muddy bass going into the chamber, while Bass, Treble, and proportional Q Mid band lets you perfectly season the chamber's lush ambience.
Harness All-Star Artist Presets
The Capitol Chamber's plug-in features carefully crafted presets from a stunning roster of Grammy-winning engineers and producers, including the late Al Schmitt (Ray Charles, Steely Dan), Mark Linett (The Beach Boys, Los Lobos), Frank Filipetti (Madonna, Paul McCartney), Darrell Thorp (Beck, Radiohead), and many more.
Capitol and the Capitol logos are trademarks of Capitol Records, LLC, registered in the United States, European Union, and other jurisdictions, and are used under license.
"A Rose" by Jamie Lidell
Written and recorded exclusively to showcase the UAD Capitol Chambers Reverb plug‑in.
“I’ve been using the chambers at Capitol Studios for nearly 25 years, now I finally get to take them with me when I work outside of Capitol.”
– Steve Genewick (Ray Charles, Queen, Frank Sinatra Jr.)
“While tracking at Capitol Studios, I always capture the chambers. Now I can have same sound at my fingertips anytime. This is my new use‑on‑everything reverb. ”
– Darrell Thorp (Beck, Radiohead, Charlotte Gainsbourg)
“Some of the best echo chambers in the world are now just a click away. The interface is simple and self explanatory — the sounds are extraordinary.”
– Mark Needham (The Killers, Neon Trees, P!nk)
“With the Capitol Chambers plug-in, UA has created a truly flexible, physical space. Let that sink in for a second…”
– John Paterno (Robbie Williams, Badly Drawn Boy, Bonnie Raitt)
“The UAD Capitol Chambers plug-in is amazing. It has so much depth, character, and authenticity. It sounds just like you're there.”
– Chris Dugan (Green Day, Iggy Pop, U2)
“The UAD Capitol Chambers plug-in is meticulously crafted, complete with various mics and mic placements. It’s a remarkable piece of the past — accurate and powerfully versatile.”
– Richard Chycki (Rush, Aerosmith, Dream Theater)Customer Reviews
L. Motta
February 1, 2024
This is good!!
Very nice sounding, I left a 3 star review before but that wasn't fair because I haven't tested it out extensively, now that I...
Read MoreJ. Kelly
February 1, 2024
This is for Al!
In loving memory of Al Schmidt. This chamber beats them all!
Read MoreM. Gomez
January 31, 2024
Sweet Tone
A very lush sounding chamber reverb, there's a subtlety about this reverb that makes it different from other chamber reverbs, it gives vocals a very sweet tone....
Read MoreD. Vazquez
January 31, 2024
Great chamber!
Brings life to everything, use it a lot on vocals! A must have!
Read MoreP. Nguyen
January 30, 2024
Love its sound
Cannot imagine I'm able to bring this reverb with me everywhere. It's just impossible to make good music at home without plugins like this.
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Customer Reviews
Capitol Chambers
J. Bjoersvik
Capitol chambers.
A fantastic reverbplugin.
L. Motta
This is good!!
Very nice sounding, I left a 3 star review before but that wasn't fair because I haven't tested it out extensively, now that I have used more and I'm loving it, itI'll give a 4.5 now.. only not giving a 5 because it would be nice if they show the ms values and the decay time so you could lock in the time perfectly, on the other hand, that makes you use more your ears and adjust accordingly which is how those vintage gear were meant to be use.
J. Kelly
This is for Al!
In loving memory of Al Schmidt. This chamber beats them all!
M. Gomez
Sweet Tone
A very lush sounding chamber reverb, there's a subtlety about this reverb that makes it different from other chamber reverbs, it gives vocals a very sweet tone.
D. Vazquez
Great chamber!
Brings life to everything, use it a lot on vocals! A must have!
P. Nguyen
Love its sound
Cannot imagine I'm able to bring this reverb with me everywhere. It's just impossible to make good music at home without plugins like this.
R. Thygesen
The One I Have Been Looking For
Great addition to my plug-ins. Wanted a reverb that could be warm, sweet and natural, like what you used to get when recording in good analog studios. Capital Chambers delivers this while giving you great flexibility in finding the sound you want. Very easy to use as well.
A. Navarro
Sonido de reverberación antológico
Todos tenemos esa reverberación metidas en la cabeza. Tantas y tantas maravillosas canciones han pasado por aquí.
C. Panetta
few sound better
This reverb adds space, tone and dimension in an unobstructed manner. You can make it discrete or obvious in your mix. Fantastic. I got two for 99, this was the extra with the Hitsville verb at first. Quickly becoming my favourite verb plug. I have both EMTs, the 224, Hitsville, Pure Plate and Capitol. Capitol is getting the nod very often combine with one of the other for many mixes.
r. diaz
Rafael diaz
Simple I like this company plugins comfiable .
r. diaz
Rafael diaz
Simple I like this company plugins comfiable .
K. Gulbrandsen
Great plugin
The Chambers sounds great! Even love the little detail that the door open and closes when you adjust the distance on the microphones. :)
J. Barry
Surf Sound defined!
I love reverbs and this one has a lot of East-Coast MOJO. They accurately captured the sound of SURF. It sounds amazing on guitar and vocals. It's not a verb I would use for every day use, unless that was surf music, but it has a wonderful color about it that was immediately recognizable to my ears. I really like it!
M. LEE
Good
Good
d. vats
Now I have the all-time favourite chambers of capital studios
Capital chambers are now my go-to reverb chambers for vocals
n. else
Capitol Chambers
Haven't had a lot of experience with the particular plugin, but always admired from afar. Excellent as always from UAD
N. Crouch
Amazing
UA always knocks it out of the park and this is no exception.
Been having fun playing with Beach Boys and Beck sounding vocals.
Made some home recorded drums sound HUGE.
Beautiful touch to pedal steel, violin and saxophone so far.
One that is more DSP heavy than others, so you can’t have a bunch on at once in a mix, but you can print and act accordingly.T. Murphy
Best chambers plugin I've used
I have always been a syickler for finding the right effects units and sticking with them. But when I got the Capital Chambers, my AR chambers , H-verb and others aren't being used any longer This one plugin has replaced my mainstays . Phenomenal sound and easy control. Thumbs up. Keep em coming
W. Lister
One of the best reverbs out there
Sounds amazing and flexible
L. Motta
Not very impressed
Wish they have included the decay time
