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Capitol Chambers

Capitol Chambers

4.9 (608)

Get the sound of the world's finest echo chambers.

  • Record and mix with the only authentic emulation of Capitol Studios' prized underground echo chambers
  • Add dense, natural reverberation to vocals and 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

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

Capitol Chambers

$349

$349

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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 unmatched gorgeous hi-fi ambience. After years of R&D and close collaboration with Capitol Studios, our Capitol Chambers plug-in is a startling end-to-end emulation of the most popular echo chambers ever created.

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-mic 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 more.

What They Say

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

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

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.

Reviews

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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
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608 reviews
  • JA
    J. A.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 week ago
    Perfect for a Small Commercial Studio

    I have a small drum room so this put the life I need into my drum buss. Clients love it and makes my life much easier. Saves me time during mixing which saves the client money.

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  • JS
    J. S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 weeks ago
    Fantastic!!

    Don’t think this is just for the crooners. This sounds fantastic. I used it on some solo classical violin. Wow, it sounded haunting. Same thing with vocals if you need something really intimate. This is a really lush reverb.

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  • JG
    J. G.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 weeks ago
    My heavens...

    To learn how much of the sound of Capitol Records was in its reverb chamber was astonishing. Such an education. I applied this to a mix that was relatively dry and the difference was immediate and beautiful. It sounded like a record... because that's what so often makes records sound the way they do. It's not just reverb. It's a combination of room tone, speakers, and the mics used to record the sound coming out of them. This, along with the Motown reverb chambers and Sound City Studios has given me an instant education and an appreciation for the necessity for such quality sounding rooms and the benefits they bring to a song or an individual track. In short, they bring things to life. I love dry tracks. They are very often my favorite. But when a room sound is needed (and I am realizing how much more they are needed than I realized for many things) these are my go-to room sounds. The ease and instinctual nature of the interface is exceptional and a pleasure to work with. The name of the game is subtly and this (and the other rooms I mentioned) has a delicate and sensitive response to the slightest adjustment and when the right sound is found it is simply magical.

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  • AS
    A. S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 month ago
    Capitol Chambers

    Awesome plug-in!! Well done UA!!

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  • JL
    j. l.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 month ago
    AWESOME!!

    I'm testing this out and man this sounds AMAZING!! Used on drum room ,vocals and acoustic guitars. I've read a couple reviews that said it's CPU heavy but I haven't had issues or maybe I'm doing something wrong....now I need to find $350.

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