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Century Tube Channel Strip

Century Tube Channel Strip

4.9 (175)

Capture "first take" magic with easy-to-use preamp, EQ, and compression.

  • Enhance and simplify your recording workflow with a first-pass tool designed for tracking vocals, guitars, synths and more
  • Stay in the creative zone and confidently record performances with a broad stroke, "do‑no‑harm," tube channel strip
  • Easily flatter your tracks with a vintage-style tube mic preamp, simple three-band EQ, and optical compressor
  • Control Apollo interface mic preamp gain staging and impedance directly from the Century Tube Channel Strip plug-in via Unison™ technology

Runs natively on your macOS or Windows computer, or accelerated on Apollo audio interfaces or UAD Accelerators. View full system requirements.

Century Tube Channel Strip

$199

$199

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Capture "First Take" Magic with Easy-to-Use Preamp, EQ, and Compression

With a vintage-inspired tube mic preamp, transparent dynamics control, and intuitively voiced EQ, the Century Tube Preamp plug‑in lets you stay in the creative zone while you record and mix, helping you capture inspiration with stunning results.

Track Vocals with the Perfect Tube Mic Preamp

The Century Tube Channel Strip's mic preamp gives your vocals the warmth and detail that only a tube mic pre can provide. The stunning range of tones — from subtle to saturated — will coax inspiring performances no matter the genre.

Record “Through” a Vintage Tube Preamp With Apollo

UA’s groundbreaking Unison technology lets you track in realtime through the Century Channel Strip plug-in using your Apollo, giving you the line/mic preamp impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and exact circuit behaviors of a vintage tube mic preamp.

Easily EQ Vocals, Guitar, and More

With its intuitive EQ, the Century Tube Channel Strip lets you bring out the details of a breathy vocal, add some punch to an overdriven electric guitar, or give your acoustic rhythm guitars propulsive sizzle and shine.

Get Optimal Compression Quickly

Featuring a classic optical leveler, Century Tube Channel Strip takes the guesswork out of compression settings with a single control. Quickly tame a dynamic vocal or bass performance, or add energy and harmonics to acoustic guitars and piano — all with a twist of a knob.

What They Say

The Century Tube Channel Strip powerfully combines the best of vintage and modern. On vocals and dialog, it imparts forwardness, sheen and body — remarkably simple, but versatile and effective.

Richard Chycki

Rush, Aerosmith, Dream Theater

The Century Tube Channel Strip is a simple to use starting point for just about anyone — offering tube sound in a straight forward signal path.

John Paterno

Robbie Williams, Badly Drawn Boy, Bonnie Raitt

The Century Tube Channel Strip makes it effortless to get awesome, warm, vintage sounds from sterile sounding digital tracks.

Ian Boxill

Lenny White, Prince, 2Pac

Reviews

4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 175 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 158 Total 4 star reviews: 12 Total 3 star reviews: 4 Total 2 star reviews: 1 Total 1 star reviews: 0
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  • EC
    E. C.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 month ago
    Americana Soul

    Americana Soul for acoustic guitars as well. Amazing plugin

    Highly Recommended . Thank you Universal Audio for giving us the soul vibe

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  • QN
    Q. Nana q.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    This plugin is very helpful

    This plugin is very helpful

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  • HE
    H. E.
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    Century Tube Channel Strip
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6 months ago
    Just what I was looking for!

    Despite having "big name" compressors, something was lacking in a mix I was fussing over. Then, I came upon UA's Century Tube. Wow, is all I can say. It really helped to glue everything together for me. I got focus on a muddy kick drum, while taming some annoying highs and maintaining the dynamics.

    Overall, simple to use.

    Fantastic, UA!

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  • VC
    v. C.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6 months ago
    THIS SOUNDS REALLY GOOD

    I recently received a plugin, now not a single mix can do without it

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  • IA
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    7 months ago
    I like it

    Good Experience

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. These plug-ins run natively on your computer. No UA hardware is required.

Yes, 14-day plug-in demos are available. Find eligible plug‑ins

We provide three activations per license. We support activation on your computer or on an iLok USB key.

For every UAD plug-in that supports native and Apollo/UAD-2 versions, you get a license for both upon purchase, or the option to get it through an upgrade.

Native plug-ins are supported on macOS and Windows systems. See our Native UAD System Requirements article for full system requirements. An iLok account is required for managing your native plug-in licenses. We support iLok USB keys for portability, but one is not required.

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