The Capitol Chambers Reverb Plug-In from Universal Audio faithfully recreates the underground reverb and echo chambers located beneath the iconic Capital Tower in Los Angeles. The gorgeous ambience of these legendary spaces has graced numerous hit recordings from a wide range of artists including Frank Sinatra, Muse, Beck, and Ray Charles. In addition to the painstakingly recreated ambience of these unmatched sonic spaces, the plug-in offers control over a wide variety of parameters, so you can customize the results to sit perfectly in the mix. This plug-in package includes a native version that will run without UAD hardware on the AU, AAX, and VST3 platforms as well as a UAD-2 version that will run on Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 hardware.
Easily Recreate 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, custom speaker/horn configurations, and current modern configurations using omnidirectional Shure SM80s—all in their original hitmaking positions.
Create with Unprecedented Ambience Control
Capitol Chambers' Position slider gives you next-level control over spatial and time responses, allowing you to reposition the chamber mics. From the maximum distance stock positions, to direct speaker-to-microphone effects and proximity characteristics, Capitol Chambers can subtly thicken vocals or drums, or soak strings with the most natural and 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 Predelay, 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 many more.