Say hello to the new Universal Audio Galaxy ‘74 Tape Echo & Reverb, Del-Verb Ambience Companion and MAX Preamp & Dual Compressor Pedals.
With these three new UA-FX pedals, Universal Audio continue to set the bar for future generations of music and audio professionals, just as it has done with its award-winning lineup of hardware, audio interfaces, plug-ins, and microphones.
Lets’s start with the Galaxy ‘74 Tape Echo & Reverb pedal. Universal Audio describes this pedal as a classic mid-’70s analog echo effects and spring reverb, tap tempo, adjustable real-time effects and oscillation sounds using the UAFX Control app. UA also claims it captures the warm, warped, relentlessly analog effects of the iconic mid-’70s Roland Space Echo* hardware, so it certainly whets the appetite to get hold of this pedal and give it a try. It also provides dub-heavy effects of the original’s spring reverb — along with a Dwell control for even more diallable sounds.
Key Features
- The most authentic emulation of the classic mid-’70s analog Japanese ambience device
- Full modelling of the classic multi-head tape delay mechanism
- Exacting emulation of original hardware’s spring reverb
- Definitive capture of iconic analog preamp section
- Doubled delay times for effects that go beyond the original hardware
- Download the UAFX Control app and tweak footswitch functionality, adjust realtime effects, and customize unique oscillation sounds
- Silent switching, buffered bypass, analog dry through, spillover/trails, stereo/dual mono operation
Specifications
- Power requirements: Isolated 9VDC, center-negative, 400 mA minimum (sold separately)
- Inputs: 2 x ¼” TS
- Outputs: 2 x ¼” TS
- USB Type-C for updates via computer
- Height: 2.56” (6.5 cm)
- Width: 3.62” (9.2 cm)
- Depth: 5.55” (14.1 cm)
- Weight: 0.567 kg
Next up is the Del-Verb Reverb pedal which contains six authentic vintage reverb and delay effects, tap tempo, downloadable custom voicings, and more via the UAFX Control app. Other notable inclusions with this pedal according to Universal Audio are the tube-driven springs of an American mid-’60s combo, the haunting sounds of a German plate reverb and the lushness of an ’80s digital studio classic, Del-Verb gives you the same reverb algorithms found in Golden Reverberator.
Key Features
- The most authentic vintage reverb and delay effects ever captured in a single effects pedal
- “Golden unit” spring reverb tank, pulled from a classic ’60’s American guitar amp
- Vintage German studio plate reverb sourced from The Plant (Sausalito, CA)
- Bit-for-bit vintage ’80s studio digital reverb algorithms
- Definitive emulation of iconic tape echo unit and legendary preamp
- Classic bucket-brigade analog delay effects with the color, texture, and tone of the original hardware
- Pristine, studio-grade digital delays with dynamic and inspiring modulation textures
- Add tap tempo, download custom effect voicings, and more with the UAFX Control app
- Silent switching, buffered bypass, analog dry through, optional spillover/trails, stereo/dual mono operation
Specifications
- Power requirements: Isolated 9VDC, center-negative, 400 mA minimum (sold separately)
- Inputs: 2 x ¼” TS
- Outputs: 2 x ¼” TS
- USB Type-C for updates via computer
- Height: 2.56” (6.5 cm)
- Width: 3.62” (9.2 cm)
- Depth: 5.55” (14.1 cm)
- Weight: 0.567 kg
Finally, but not least is the appropriately named Max Preamp & Dual Compressor pedal. Why? because it’s a stereo dual compressor pedal with three iconic studio guitar effects, UA 610 tube preamp and EQ, customizable footswitches, and a sidechain bass filter via the UAFX Control app. How’s that for a mouth full?
Max also gives you the same UA 1176 FET compressor used on decades of legendary studio guitar sounds, warm tube compression with the Teletronix LA-2A optical tube limiter, plus, you can fine tune your compression with a pedal-exclusive Ratio feature, for limiting beyond the vintage hardware and UAD plug-in versions.
Key Features
- The most authentic emulations of classic UA 1176, Teletronix LA-2A, and classic Dyna Comp compressors, in a single pedal
- Full emulation of UA’s legendary 610 tube preamp and EQ
- Stack and layer any combination of compressors
- Tweak preamp EQ settings, configure footswitches, add a sidechain bass filter, and more with the UAFX Control app
- Silent switching, buffered bypass, stereo operation
Specifications
- Power requirements: Isolated 9VDC, center-negative, 400 mA minimum (sold separately)
- Inputs: 2 x ¼” TS
- Outputs: 2 x ¼” TS
- USB Type-C for updates via computer
- Height: 2.56” (6.5 cm)
- Width: 3.62” (9.2 cm)
- Depth: 5.55” (14.1 cm)
- Weight: 0.567 kg
We can’t wait for these to arrive in Australia so that we can get these into our studio and give them a workout. As with the other UA-FX pedals released over the last couple of years, you can personalize your pedal with the UAFX Control app, where you can tweak EQ settings etc.
Universal Audio is distributed by CMI Music & Music in Australia
