Universal Audio UAD1e PCIe Expert Pak DSP Card (Macintosh and Windows)

The UAD-1e Expert PAK combines potent DSP power and world class professional audio plug-ins for the ultimate sonic upgrade for your DAW. This sophisticated audio processor runs UA's suite of stellar plug-ins, offloading your computer's CPU for other native mix effects or virtual instruments. UAD-1e is compatible with the high-speed PCI Express (PCIe) bus used in the latest generation of Apple desktop Mac's & PC motherboards. UA's fast-growing plug-in library brings the most sonically revered studio processors from the past 50 years of audio to your computer, including vintage equalizers & compressors, superior precision mastering tools, lush reverbs, guitar FX, and officially licensed classic hardware emulations from Roland and Neve.

Multi-Card (Add More DSP!)
Need more raw DSP horsepower to run more UAD plugs in your mixes or simply want to run all your sessions at higher sample rates? The UAD-1 was designed as a multi-card system allowing up to 4 UAD cards to run on an OSX Mac/Win XP PC, PCI or PCI-X based computer. Your existing plug-in licenses can be used across cards after registering a new card to your my.uaudio.com account and downloading the new plug authorization file.

Features
Single unpartitioned super-computer DSP Chip

More DSP headroom per plug-in than other multi-chip DSP cards

Supported sampling Rates from 32 kHz - 192 kHz

Best Sounding Plug-In Collection

Easily expand your DSP power with extra cards (up to 4 UAD-1 or UAD-1e Cards per system)

Automatic DSP load balancing by driver ( intelligent use of card DSP resources )

Plug-In Licenses Valid for up to 4-cards in a system ( no need to re-purchase)

Use any combination of cards (PCI or PCIe)

Included UAD plugs
1176SE Limiting Amplifier Emulation

CS-1 Channel Strip

Nigel

Pultec EQP-1A EQ Emulation

RealVerb Pro

The UAD-1e Expert PAK includes a 750 UAD$ Voucher toward the Powered Plug-Ins of your choice.

Technical Info

UAD System Requirements

Version 4.6

All Platforms:
* 100 MB of available hard disk space
* 256 MB of RAM (512 MB is strongly recommended)
* Available PCI or PCI-X slot for each UAD-1 card
* Available PCI Express (PCIe) slot for each UAD-1e card
* 1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor
* CD drive or internet connection for software installation
* An AGP or PCI Express graphics video adapter (PCI graphics is not supported)
* Internet connection required for registration and obtaining optional plugins
* Additional platform-specific requirements are listed below

Windows platform:
* Microsoft Windows XP (Home, Pro, or x64 Edition), Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista
* VST compatible host application software, such as Steinberg Cubase or Nuendo

Mac OS X platform:
* Mac OS X version 10.4.0 or higher
* VST version requires VST compatible host software, such as Steinberg Cubase or Nuendo
* Audio Units version requires AU compatible host software, such as Apple Logic Pro or MOTU Digital Performer
* Processor upgrade cards are not officially supported

Discontinued platforms:
* Mac OS 10.3.9 "Panther" runs with UAD version 4.5.1 and below
* Mac OS 10.3.0 - 10.3.8 "Panther" runs with UAD version 4.2.0 and below
* Mac OS 10.2.x "Jaguar" runs with UAD version 4.1.0 and below
* Windows DirectX runs with UAD version 4.0.0 and below
* WIndows 98SE/ME and Mac OS 9 (VST & MAS) run with UAD version 3.9.0 and below