Fairchild® Tube Limiter Collection
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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
TAKE A LISTEN
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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.
“If your drums, bass or vocals are lacking a little vibe, just grab the new UAD Fairchild 660 or 670, turn the input knob up, and listen to how much life your song has now.”
– Darrell Thorp (Beck, Radiohead, Charlotte Gainsbourg)
“The much sought after Fairchild 660 and 670 are now accessible to UAD/Apollo users, allowing them to enjoy an audio treat that had previously only been available to a select few.”
– Steve Levine (Culture Club, Beach Boys, Ziggy Marley)
“The UAD Fairchild 670 compressor is beautiful on drum subs, the mix bus, and pretty much anything else. It has a smoothness that's hard to beat.”
– Jacknife Lee (R.E.M, The Cars, Snow Patrol)Watch The Reviews
*Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection software.Customer Reviews
A. chandra
January 30, 2024
Smooth & Warm
Exellent plugins and the most analog warm and natural sounding ones i have.
Read MoreR. 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...
Read MoreA. 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!
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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
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Customer Reviews
Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection
B. Wright
Get it
Awesome plugin
L. Motta
Good stuff!!
very creamy
N. Imamovic
Beast
The Magic
A. chandra
Smooth & Warm
Exellent plugins and the most analog warm and natural sounding ones i have.
R. Sheaves
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
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
just smooth
Just a real creamy smooth compressor and a real aggressive compressor. whatever your heart desires
D. Olsen
just smooth
Just a real creamy smooth compressor and a real aggressive compressor. whatever your heart desires
N. Crouch
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 blissL. Morandi
Ottimo
Bellissimo compressore Mu eccezionale emulazione valvolare preciso e limpido con un campo di utilizzo molto Ampio eccellente.
M. Jahns
Awesome!
I've used some other brand's take on this legendary compressor, but this is simply the best incarnation. Totally recommended!
L. Alder
Meh...
Just meh.... At least the price was ok.
J. Velez
Increible
Esto suena impresionante, moldea las transientes y le da un carácter brutal a todo lo que paso por el
B. Rosas
The color and character that I needed
It is wonderful for my master buss
M. M
Great
a must have for producers of music......
P. Bernardini
Excellent !!!
Je suis ravi il est vraiment au Top !
P. Bernardini
Excellent !!!
Je suis ravi il est vraiment au Top !
J. Ferge
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
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
Interesting
Slightly odd layout, i appreciate the tone of this plugin so much though.
