Volt 176
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Legendary Studio Sound, Anywhere.
Volt 176 is the USB audio interface for musicians and content creators who want to easily record audio with big studio tone. Plug right into your Mac, PC, iPad, or iPhone and Volt 176 just shows up — ready to capture your inspiration with legendary sound, courtesy of Universal Audio.
Create professional music productions, livestreams, and podcasts on Mac, PC, iPad, and iPhone
Record your voice or guitar with album‑ready sound using Vintage Mic Preamp mode
Add clarity and punch to vocals, instruments, and other sources with an analog compressor based on UA’s renowned 1176
Produce with an essential suite of audio and music software including Ableton, Melodyne, UJAM's Virtual Drummer, Marshall, Ampeg, and more
Record Yourself with Best-in-Class Audio Quality
From the team that brought you the game-changing Apollo interface, Volt 176 delivers superior studio sound quality, with more character and tone than any USB interface in its class.
Capture a Legendary Vocal with Vintage Mic Preamp Mode
Few sounds can compare to a vintage Universal Audio 610 tube preamp, as used to record everyone from Ray Charles to Van Halen. Volt 176 gives you the rich, full sound of this iconic UA preamp, thanks to its built-in tube emulation circuitry, a UA exclusive.
Control Volume Peaks with UA Compression
Get album-ready punch and presence with Volt 176's onboard 76 Compressor — an innovative analog circuit inspired by UA's renowned 1176 Limiting Amplifier. The 76 Compressor features three perfectly tailored presets to tame voice, guitars, synths, and drum machines. Just plug in, pick a setting, and play.
Easy In, Easy Out
Volt 176 gives you simple 1-in/2-out audio connections. Just plug a mic or instrument into the front panel. Then connect your speakers or headphones to monitor your audio with no latency. With Volt, you’ll be creating like a pro, fast.
Stay Inspired with a Curated Suite of Audio Software
Some audio interfaces give you a smattering of random audio apps. Not Volt. Instead, we put together a bundle of serious music production tools, virtual instruments, and plug‑ins from the industry's best.
See Included Software for Mac & PC ›
iPad & iPhone Ready
Traveling light? Plug Volt 176 into your iPad or iPhone, and you can easily create beats and samples, record your band’s rehearsals, and edit songs anywhere.*
Capture Inspiration for Years to Come
Featuring rugged metal construction, retro wood sides, and sleek industrial design, Volt 176 elevates your production space with impeccable style, built to last decades.
Inspiration Comes Quick. Watch the Videos.
*Requires external Volt power supply and an Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter (except iPads with USB‑C).Customer Reviews
J. Slavin
January 4, 2024
My new wee box
Im enjoying it a lot though it’s a pain reclaiming the free stuff, great sound considering I paid £140 nice compressor, I love it
Read MoreА. Королёв
September 27, 2023
очень хороший аудиоинтерфейс
одна из лучших звуковых карт в этом ценовом сегменте плюсов много, минус только один это нет dsp...
Read MoreK. Strecker
July 26, 2023
Great product once I figured out the packaging
Nice interface that solved my problem of high frequency electronic interference in my old one. Love the styling, haven't yet experimented with the compressor. I'm no spring chicken but I do...
Read MoreM. Saupe
July 26, 2023
Best for me
The Volt176 is an easy-to-use, reliable USB interface, the compressor is phenomenal for this price range and the vintage mode is perfect for recording rap vocals. Absolute purchase...
Read MoreD. Mann
July 9, 2023
Low hiss
I had to use a Senn 416 mic and later a Neumann TLM 49 mic, both with no pre-amp but straight into the V176. I had to turn up the gain on the V 176 to around 95% to get a...
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Included Software for Mac & PC
Offering a powerful DAW, vintage guitar and bass amps, industry-leading virtual instruments, and much more, Volt gives you everything you need to start producing music, podcasts, and livestreams, right out of the box.
- Marshall Plexi Classic Amplifier
- Live 11 Lite
- Melodyne Essential
- Ampeg® SVT-VR Classic Bass Amp
- LX480 Essentials
- Virtual Drummer DEEP
- Virtual Bassist DANDY
- LABS
Marshall Plexi Classic Amp Bundle by Softube
Create with an expertly modeled version of the iconic British amp that invented the sound of rock. Plus, shape your tones further with the included Softube Time & Tone Bundle, featuring additional reverb, delay, compression, and saturation plug-ins.
Ableton Live 11 Lite
Packed with all the effects, instruments, and features you need to make professional music productions, Live is fast, fluid, and flexible software for music creation and performance.
Melodyne Essential by Celemony
Easily correct the pitch of recordings and samples with quick, intelligent note-based processing, and tune vocal and instrument tracks for more professional-sounding recordings and mixes.
Ampeg® SVT-VR Classic Bass Bundle by Plugin Alliance
Get all the massive, earth-shaking tube tone of Ampeg’s iconic bass amp. Plus, use the bx_tuner for quick tuning and the powerful bx_masterdesk plug‑in to add the final touch to any source.
LX480 Essentials by Relab Development
Add lush dimension and ambience with Relab's expert model of this classic '80s digital reverb unit. You can also add complex delay and modulation textures for space and movement to your tracks.
Virtual Drummer DEEP by UJAM
From classic soul and funk rhythms of the ‘60s and ‘70s to contemporary pop and rock styles, DEEP sports UJAM’s dynamic "round-robin" algorithm, giving you drum tracks that sound like the real thing.
Virtual Bassist DANDY by UJAM
Get classic flatwound bass sounds for soul, pop, blues, and rock tracks with UJAM's custom-made DSP algorithms. DANDY automatically follows the key and chord you play, intelligently selecting musical bass articulations to make your tracks shine.
LABS by Spitfire Audio
Delivering on-the-spot inspiration for music productions, soundtracks, and podcasts, LABS is a curated virtual instrument library that features strings, pianos, percussion, synths, guitars, and more.
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Key Features
Desktop 1-in/2-out USB audio interface with class-leading 24-bit/192 kHz audio conversion for Mac, PC, iPad, and iPhone
Vintage Mic Preamp mode for recording your voice or guitar with the rich, full sound of an iconic UA tube preamp
76 Compressor adds clarity and punch to vocals, instruments, and other sources with analog circuit based on UA's renowned 1176
Essential suite of audio and music software from Ableton, Melodyne, UJAM's Virtual Drummer, Marshall, Ampeg, and more
Studio-quality headphone amplifier for loud, clear monitoring
USB bus powered to reduce cable clutter
48V phantom power for condenser microphones
Direct Monitoring for latency-free recording
Stylish, rugged construction built to withstand years of use
1-in/1-out MIDI connections
USB-C to USB-A cable included
To see full system requirements, click here.
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Customer Reviews
Volt 176
J. Slavin
My new wee box
Im enjoying it a lot though it’s a pain reclaiming the free stuff, great sound considering I paid £140 nice compressor, I love it
a. demir
Great Sound but
Volt 176 it's a great audio interface - no doubt. It's a small, but powerful "box-of-joy" with amazing sounding "Vintage" mode and great 1176 real-time emulation. As far as the hardware is concerned, I have no objections. BUT if you have no internet connection or you internet provider blocks some ports/connections and UAConnect doesn't work properly, there is no "standalone" ASIO driver for download and your interface does not work also. Hardware it's a masterpiece, but "only on-line" driver installer it's a imprudence :( Five stars for the hardware, zero stars for the network driver installer... Now I'm able to use Volt 176 only on my secondary computer, the main unit cannot run UAConnect properly :( ( Don't copy a comment I like. I have exactly the same thought.)
А. Королёв
очень хороший аудиоинтерфейс
одна из лучших звуковых карт в этом ценовом сегменте
плюсов много, минус только один это нет dsp процессора, а в остальном всё топy. sun ill
쓸만해요.
일단 나무감성 디자인 예쁘고 쓸만해요
K. Strecker
Great product once I figured out the packaging
Nice interface that solved my problem of high frequency electronic interference in my old one. Love the styling, haven't yet experimented with the compressor. I'm no spring chicken but I do all right with the newfangled gadgetry ... but I was stumped when I opened the box. The interior is very cool - all-black cardboard and black packing foam, but I couldn't find a user manual that came with it. I also didn't see any cables included, so I spent 20 minutes searching in my garage for a USB-C cable. Found one and plugged it into the interface and my computer; then went online to try and download a user manual but it wouldn't let me log in to download one until I had registered my product, which the site said it would do automatically as soon as it was connected via USB. So I went around and around trying to figure out why it wasn't recognizing the device. Finally I went back to the box it came in and discovered the QR code printed on the inside of the lid! That took me back to the registration site, but it also let me know that cables WERE included ... in a smaller flat black box nestled into the floor of the bigger black box. It was literally invisible. I connected it with the included USB cable and it immediately recognized the device and registered it, and I've had zero problems with it working since then. (I guess the cable I found in my garage must have been for charging only and not data transfer.) So! Happy with the interface, love it so far, but man, it was frustrating for the user info and cables to be so hard to find. But I'm also old.
M. Saupe
Best for me
The Volt176 is an easy-to-use, reliable USB interface, the compressor is phenomenal for this price range and the vintage mode is perfect for recording rap vocals. Absolute purchase recommendation, zero problems with installation and setup - that's how it should be. Thank you UA!
D. Mann
Low hiss
I had to use a Senn 416 mic and later a Neumann TLM 49 mic, both with no pre-amp but straight into the V176. I had to turn up the gain on the V 176 to around 95% to get a strong enough signal - and go no hiss or distortion!! Wonderful! Perfect! And why I got the Universal Audio interface!
D. Park
Quality Product
Fantastic build quality as well as amazing sound quality. This is the one.
J. Jacquet-Crétides
Home Studiste
Jolie design qui se démarque de tous, je la voyais beaucoup plus grosse en photos/vidéos mais elle assez petite et c'est tant mieux . J'ai eu aucune difficulté a l'installer (Windows 11). Malheureusement les plugins qui sont offert avec me sont d'aucune d'utilitée même Ableton live 11 lite ( nombres de pistes très limitées ). J'arrive a sortir du son de bonne qualité avec, pour être modeste , couplé a un rode NT1. Les préamplis sont des plus le bouton vintage est assez léger je trouve, et le 76 compressor génère un léger bruit de fond lors de son activation mais fait son travail . L'indicateur de gain est vraiment un plus qui m'a fait penché pour celle ci au lieu de la volt 1, les couleurs etc etc etc ... Totalement satisfait
b. newberry
This is silly
hardware and software are too complicated to use
N. montemayor
AMAZING
I am absolutely blown away by the quality of this device. The compressor presets are perfectly usable and the “Vintage” mode is just perfect. The Volt 176 has shown us that the low-cost interface industry has been holding back big-time.
N. montemayor
AMAZING
I am absolutely blown away by the quality of this device. The compressor presets are perfectly usable and the “Vintage” mode is just perfect. The Volt 176 has shown us that the low-cost interface industry has been holding back big-time.
b. sherrington
Excellent interface
Very happy with the hardware. Just a shame that I can't use any of the free plugins that came with it on GarageBand.
T. Vuontisvaara
Home recording
I use it for bass , guitar and vocal recording for metal/rock band and it has taken our recordings to another level ! The compressor for vocal is outstanding! Everything sounds smooth and clear .
A. Stoicea
Best sound card I ever had
I now have a cleaner and more focused sound, and a great quality of recordings. The compressor and the vintage mode is doing 80% of the mix…. Not to talk about the price, it cost 3 times less than my old sound card and is 10 times better!
A. Stoicea
Great Sound card
The
S. Breidenbach
Mind-blowing quality
I’ve been an engineer for over 12 years and I would put this against the most expensive interfaces available on a blind sound test. I am absolutely blown away by the quality of this device. The compressor presets are perfectly usable and the “Vintage” mode is just perfect. The Volt 176 has shown us that the low-cost interface industry has been holding back big-time.
S. Bruinsma
Just wow!
The quality is insane. And the price is low compared to the quality .
I really like the compressor on it. UAD always delivers.
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Impressed!
I am impressed with all the Volt 176 has to offer for the price. UAD sound quality, nice compressor presets, beautiful design... I recommend it 100%.
M. Serrano
No UAD Plugins.
The interface sound ok, but its limited to buy UAD plugins, its a shame that they force you to subscribe to Spark.
