Volt 476 USB Recording Studio
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Supercharge your music with legendary sound.
Start recording right out of the box with a high-quality 4-in / 4-out USB audio interface, award-winning DAW, and suite of UAD plug-ins and instruments including classic Teletronix LA‑2A compressors and Pultec EQs, plus new favorites like PolyMAX Synth, Century Tube Channel Strip, and Oxide Tape Recorder.
Built with timeless UA analog sound, Volt 476 USB Recording Studio gives you the sound of your favorite records.Get the rich, full album-ready sound of UA’s classic 610 preamps with Vintage mode with up to 24-bit / 192 kHz quality and crystal clear converters
Add clarity and punch to vocals, instruments, and more with an analog compressor based on UA’s renowned 1176
Record and mix with the award-winning LUNA Digital Audio Workstation, giving you the sound and workflow of a real analog studio
Create using the same UAD plug-ins and instruments trusted by top industry pros for the sound of your favorite records
Level up your recording and mixing skills with tips and tutorials for beginners to advanced users
Take Volt anywhere with support for MacOS, Windows, iPad, iPhone (iOS 14+) for laptops, desktop, and mobile recording
Record with Studio-Quality Sound at Home
Powered by Universal Audio’s award-winning preamp and converter technology, Volt elevates any recording with pro studio sound, even for those just starting.
Get Analog Warmth with Vintage Mic Preamp Mode
Plug in your mic or instrument, press the Vintage button, and experience the rich, full sound of the renowned UA 610 tube preamp — one of the most recorded mic preamps of all time.
Control Volume Peaks with UA Compression
Get album-ready punch and presence with Volt 476's onboard 76 Compressor — an innovative analog circuit inspired by UA's renowned 1176 Limiting Amplifier. The 76 Compressor features presets to tame voice, guitars, synths, and drum machines. So you can just plug in, pick a setting, and play.
Sound Like Your Favorite Records
We designed LUNA to bring the sound of classic tape machines and analog mixing consoles into a modern DAW, with intuitive workflows and unlimited track counts to capture your wildest ideas.
Record & Mix with Premium UAD Plug-Ins
Mix like the pros with a suite of UAD plug-ins and instruments including classic Teletronix LA‑2A compressors and Pultec EQs, plus new favorites like PolyMAX Synth, Century Tube Channel Strip, Galaxy Tape Echo, Pure Plate Reverb, Oxide Tape Recorder, and Verve Analog Machines Essentials.
See Included Software for Mac & PC ›Level up Your Production Skills
From beginner tutorials to advanced techniques, Volt 476 USB Recording Studio includes tons of helpful content to get you up and running fast, plus a 3-month trial of PureMix Pro.
Inspiration Comes Quick. Watch the Videos.
Desktop 4-in / 4-out USB audio interface with 2 preamps and class-leading 24-bit / 192 kHz audio conversion
Vintage Mic Preamp mode for recording your voice, guitar, or any instrument with the rich, full sound of an iconic UA tube preamp
76 Compressor adds clarity and punch to vocals, instruments, and other sources with analog circuit based on UA's renowned 1176
Listen in realtime as you record with Direct Monitoring for latency-free recording
Bus-powered and class-compliant for hassle-free set-up with Mac, PC, iPad, and iPhone using the included USB-C to USB-A cable
Studio-quality headphone amplifier for loud, clear monitoring
48V phantom power for condenser microphones
Stylish, rugged construction built to withstand years of use
Connect MIDI controllers, synths, and drum machines through the onboard 1-in / 1-out MIDI connection
UA Connect App & Owners Manual
*Requires external Volt power supply and an Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter (except iPads with USB-C).Customer Reviews
T. Leviston
November 8, 2024
I am so glad I made this purchase
I've been out of making music for a while but a friend inspired me to start. I had an MPC but it's audio interface gave me a lot of issue when I started mixing and mastering. The 476...
Read Morei. copeland
October 30, 2024
'INTERFACE HELL" / "UA VOLT 276 to the rescue" !!!
'If your like me "In the sweet spot between "Professional studio Or home studio Producer, Im on Pro Logic x 13 / MacBook Pro / "I tried many Interfaces , Unfortunately...
Read MoreS. Durrani
October 8, 2024
All I wanted
This is one of my best investments in musical products so far. I heard so much bad stuff online and even in these reviews but I have been completely...
Read Moreh. Romagny
May 30, 2024
Rassuré sur les drivers Windows
Oui , j'avoue j'avais un peu d'inquiétude à propos de l'intégration sous Windows , de nombreux avis faisant état de problèmes d'installation ou d'utilisation . Pour moi ,...
Read MoreD. Swanö
May 27, 2024
Nice Volt
My first "out-of-the-box" audio interface. Been using UAD plugins for many years and i find them excellent. The Volt is even better than i expected. Low lantency and great...
Read MoreD. Swanö
May 27, 2024
Nice Volt
My first "out-of-the-box" audio interface. Been using UAD plugins for many years and i find them excellent. The Volt is even better than i expected. Low lantency and great...
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Included Software for Mac & PC
With UA's award-winning DAW software, 12 premium UAD plug-ins and software instruments, and much more, Volt gives creators everything they need for pro sound, right out of the box
LUNA Digital Audio Workstation
Get your songs sounding like the records you love with LUNA – a next-generation DAW that makes it easy to record, edit, and mix your music. LUNA is the only recording software with the sound of classic studio equipment like analog console summing and tape machine emulations, built right in.
PolyMAX Synth
Our vintage-inspired synth gives producers, sound designers, and musicians fat analog tones from the golden age of polysynthesis. PolyMAX's warm, analog-modeled oscillators and filters, professional UA effects, and curated presets easily fit into any genre — with album‑ready sounds instantly.
Century Tube Channel Strip
Enhance your vocals, guitars, synths, and more with a vintage-style tube mic preamp, simple three-band EQ, and optical compressor designed to give you everything you need to capture "first take" magic.
Pultec Passive EQ Collection
Featuring three astonishingly accurate Pultec EQs that are indistinguishable from the original analog hardware, get the same silky curves used by the engineers of John Mayer, Daft Punk, and Mariah Carey, on your vocals, drums, keys and more.
Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveler Collection
Get smooth, radio-ready vocals, guitars, and bass with three highly sought-after versions of the most famous optical tube compressor ever made — and the go-to for professional mixers worldwide.
Galaxy Tape Echo
Add subtle tape delay and colorful cacophony to drums, vocals, guitars, and synths with the definitive emulation of an iconic analog contraption used by everyone from Pink Floyd and David Bowie, to King Tubby, Scientist, and Lee “Scratch” Perry.
Pure Plate Reverb
Experience UA's revolutionary plate reverb emulation in a simple, easy-to-use package — with all of the essential features — and give your vocals, guitars, strings, and synths lush, satisfying ambience.
Oxide Tape Recorder
Based on our award-winning Ampex and Studer tape machine emulations, Oxide Tape Recorder gives you the warmth, presence, and vibe of professional analog tape, with only the essential controls, so you can get sounds faster and make everything "sound like a record."
Verve Analog Machines Essentials
Give your recordings the colorful analog saturation and effects heard on countless hip-hop, lo-fi, electronic, rock, and experimental tracks. Designed for the modern musician, beatmaker, and producer — Verve Analog Machines Essentials puts four playful vintage sounds right in your DAW.
Marshall Plexi Classic Amp Bundle by Softube
Create with an expertly modeled version of the iconic British amp that invented the sound of rock. Plus, shape your tones further with the included Softube Time & Tone Bundle, featuring additional reverb, delay, compression, and saturation plug-ins.
Ableton Live Lite
Packed with all the effects, instruments, and features you need to make professional music productions, Live is fast, fluid, and flexible software for music creation and performance.
Melodyne Essential by Celemony
Easily correct the pitch of recordings and samples with quick, intelligent note-based processing, and tune vocal and instrument tracks for more professional-sounding recordings and mixes.
Ampeg® SVT-VR Classic Bass Bundle by Plugin Alliance
Get all the massive, earth-shaking tube tone of Ampeg’s iconic bass amp. Plus, use the bx_tuner for quick tuning and the powerful bx_masterdesk plug‑in to add the final touch to any source.
LX480 Essentials by Relab Development
Add lush dimension and ambience with Relab's expert model of this classic '80s digital reverb unit. You can also add complex delay and modulation textures for space and movement to your tracks.
Virtual Drummer DEEP by UJAM
From classic soul and funk rhythms of the ‘60s and ‘70s to contemporary pop and rock styles, DEEP sports UJAM’s dynamic "round-robin" algorithm, giving you drum tracks that sound like the real thing.
Virtual Bassist DANDY by UJAM
Get classic flatwound bass sounds for soul, pop, blues, and rock tracks with UJAM's custom-made DSP algorithms. DANDY automatically follows the key and chord you play, intelligently selecting musical bass articulations to make your tracks shine.
LABS by Spitfire Audio
Delivering on-the-spot inspiration for music productions, soundtracks, and podcasts, LABS is a curated virtual instrument library that features strings, pianos, percussion, synths, guitars, and more.
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Customer Reviews
Volt 476
T. Leviston
I am so glad I made this purchase
I've been out of making music for a while but a friend inspired me to start. I had an MPC but it's audio interface gave me a lot of issue when I started mixing and mastering. The 476 handled my mixing and mastering needs easily and it looks amazing. It's in my study and people say, "what is that?" And the best part is it works USB without having to be plugged in. So when my wife is playing her games in our room, I can plug the Volt into my MacBook while she ignores me. (:
i. copeland
'INTERFACE HELL" / "UA VOLT 276 to the rescue" !!!
'If your like me "In the sweet spot between "Professional studio Or home studio Producer,
Im on Pro Logic x 13 / MacBook Pro / "I tried many Interfaces , Unfortunately I Don't have a Thunderbolt port !! "So I can't have an Apollo, Hopefully UA will make a USB version like they have for Windows only :( , "BUT WAIT" !!!! The Volt Series loves Integrating with Mac Products ,
Really rite outta the box, I got the Volt 276 it has a Vintage tube sound and effects true Analog & A Plethora of Amazing Software , Pristine Hit Record Qaulity Mic pre amps & the mic is signal gets loud & sounds Off The Hook with my Neumann TLM 103 Mic , Im totally in Awe of the Creative Power of this Interface & Software , Plus you can never go wrong with UA,
#276VOLT
#Universal Audio
#MPK249
#MacbookPro
#ProLogicX 13
#TLM103 NEUMANN MICS. Durrani
All I wanted
This is one of my best investments in musical products so far. I heard so much bad stuff online and even in these reviews but I have been completely satisfied with the Volt. I love how much power it can provide to even a high impedance headphone like Dt 990 pro. The mic preamps and the compressors included sound amazing. 5/5.
C. Chavis
No driver
Company holds their customer hostage after spending hundreds of $ and forcing them to install unwanted trash just to be able to use what was paid for. I don't want to install your connect software, I don't want you to install pace ilok, I don't want your stupid plugins, I don't want you to force me to accept EULAs for software that I have no plan on ever using just to get a copy of the driver for the hardware that I purchased.
Just give me the hardware driver and go away. Never again. Next interface will not be UA.h. Romagny
Rassuré sur les drivers Windows
Oui , j'avoue j'avais un peu d'inquiétude à propos de l'intégration sous Windows , de nombreux avis faisant état de problèmes d'installation ou d'utilisation . Pour moi , sous Windows 11 pro tout se passe bien et l'installation a été très simple et rapide , je n'ai pas de soucis avec le son dans aucune application . Ma configuration est pourtant un peu "hybride" puisque la carte est intégrée à l'interface Maschine Mk3 de Native Instruments ce qui n'était pas forcément gagné d'avance . la compatibilité entre les deux hardwares est parfaite sur mon PC qui est pourtant seulement un Intel core I3 ( 3.60 Ggh ) avec 16 GO de RAM . J'arrive à descendre l'Asio jusqu'à 64 samples sur les petits projets avec une latence vraiment faible sans craquements ou coupures pour le moment ! La différence avec la carte intégrée de la Mk3 est énorme à tous les points de vue et ce n'est pourtant pas une mauvaise carte en soit ( dans ma config précédente elle était épaulée par une vieille édirol FA101 pas si obsolète que ça en firewire ) . mais là respect à UAD pour cette Volt 476 , selon moi un produit très bien conçu et positionné . Je connais un peu les Apollo Twin , pour avoir enregistré avec quelques fois , et je me demandais comment la marque pourrait évoluer vers une gamme un brin moins "pro" en conservant les qualités qui ont fait sa réputation . Alors bien sur il y a des compromis , des préamps sans doute un rien moins classieux des choix orientés budget qui pourront énerver certains utilisateurs ! Oui on aurait aimé une gestion du routage logicielle et Hard plus complète des entrées sorties ADAT en plus , une seconde prise casque aussi mais franchement c'est globalement bien fait et le son est très étonnant globalement . Le reproche le plus sérieux que je lui fait en fait concerne le niveau de sortie général sous Windows plutôt un brin faible avec les vus mètres de sorties dèjà dans le rouge mais je ne suis pas sur que mes câbles de sorties soient bien cablés en symétriques il faut que je vérifie ça avant d'en être sur ! Dans le même ordre d'idée la progressivité du gros potard de sortie semble un rien étrange et pas franchement réussie . Pour le reste c'est carton plein avec les préamps très efficaces et qui rappellent vraiment leurs ainés analogiques purs , tant en terme de son que de réactivité au volume d'enregistrement . les trois options compresseur et le mode vintage sont très intéressants notamment sur guitares et basses . je n'ai pas encore testé les prises de voix mais je pense que ça va être de bon niveau vu le son des prises guitares que j'ai déjà réalisées ! Pour le moment que du bonheur pour moi , bravo .
D. Swanö
Nice Volt
My first "out-of-the-box" audio interface. Been using UAD plugins for many years and i find them excellent. The Volt is even better than i expected. Low lantency and great overall performance. Nice look and feel too. Great stuff!
D. Swanö
Nice Volt
My first "out-of-the-box" audio interface. Been using UAD plugins for many years and i find them excellent. The Volt is even better than i expected. Low lantency and great overall performance. Nice look and feel too. Great stuff!
D. Swanö
Nice Volt
My first "out-of-the-box" audio interface. Been using UAD plugins for many years and i find them excellent. The Volt is even better than i expected. Low lantency and great overall performance. Nice look and feel too. Great stuff!
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Excellent Interface
Build quality is nice and sturdy. The sound quality is exceptional. I am very, very pleased with this purchase. Using it for home recordings. The signals were clean ion both mics and guitar and bass. I haven't figured out how the midi works with my daw yet but hopefully no issues there. Again, very pleased with the volt interface. Go UA!
I. Bouziotis
Trying to find a defect.
Top quality - top performance . I have tried two more competitors at the same price range . This is the best by far. And the support is superior! Thank you !
d. parrott
my review after using.
My main gripe is the humm that is there when the in is engaged.Even when the compressor is off.
J. Miller
Excellent Interface!
Love this piece of gear!
E. Corominas
Issue with audio quality Volt 476
From the moment I began using the product, specifically testing it on both a laptop and a desktop computer, I noticed an unusual issue with the headphone and monitor outputs. The sound produced is not up to the expected quality. To elaborate, I have compared it with an older, lower-quality audio interface and the built-in audio outputs of computers. Additionally, I've had friends and family listen to it, and we all agree that the audio output from the Volt 476 is subpar. The bass is weak, individual elements are not well-defined, there's a lack of clarity, and the stereo image seems to be lacking as well. Essentially, it sounds as if the audio is compressed.
While I am not an audio expert, this perception has been consistent among myself, my friends, and family over the past two weeks. I don't know if this could be an issue with drivers or if there might be a specific fault with this particular Volt unit but i couldn't find any customer support to ask.h. clift
Volt 476
What a stunning, beautiful piece of hardware. The ease of use is an added bonus to the amazing tonal quality of the Volt 476. Sadly, this interface did not play well with my PC system. After months of troubleshooting, PC system optimization, I was unable to successfully track without digital artifacts. My retailer even swapped out my unit for a newer one and although the artifacts were greatly reduced, they were not completely gone. My friend has the same interface but uses a Mac based system without any issue. I'm truly heartbroken that I can not use this unit. PC users, beware.
C. Fellows
Volt476
Great Product. Great Company. Getting all the free plugins from Spitfire Audio was the icing on the cake.
J. Wilson
product came broken
Product was defective and i asked for a return which is now being "inspected" by thonam before giving me another one and its been a month i payed for it and still got nothing.
Thanks.L. Pelchat
Almost good, but with too many Issues
I’ve had this interface for roughly a year and have used it in a countless amount of circumstances. Overall, this is close to being a very good interface but it’s issues may not be worth the price.
Pros
- Excellent sounding DI for instruments like bass and guitar, possibly class leading
- built in compressor really handy when using with apps such as zoom or discord where digital routing is not feasible or easy
Cons
- discrepancies between preamp gain levels and noise levels on each mic pre and compressor. Quality control issues make this a no-go for stereo recording
- ‘device activation’ required for the hardware is pretty ridiculous. I run this in a shared space and we are all unfortunately having to constantly deactivate/reactivate the serial number on the interface. The hassle has moved us to other interfaces and in my opinion is an unacceptable business practice on UA’s part.
- Headphone amp is lacklustre and probably the worst of any interface I’ve tried. It lacks a lot of detail and my MacBook pro’s high impedance headphone out is substantially better to the point of avoiding the interface altogether.
- Compressor has way too much noise. It’s supposed to be modelled after and 1176, but is not within the range of signal to noise quality. This is fine with 1-2 instruments, but the noise stacks up quickly and becomes unbearable at higher levels. Nice to have analog hardware but usability isn’t really there for professional recordings.
- volume and preamp pots are already scratchy after a year
Overall seems great on paper but there are more reliable interfaces at a lower cost, or ones with much better feature sets just aboveA. Malys
Excellent interface - Volt 476
Only had it a couple of weeks but I can say so far it is a rock solid interface. Built very well and easy on the eyes as well, it is compact but not too compact. The 76 compressors on board are quite nice as well. Also love that the interface is found by your computer in a hot second everytime which is not something I can say about alot of other interfaces. Would love to see a bit better curated software bundle included but that does not make or break this deal at this price. I would also point out that UA should put LUNA in the bundle for those customers that do not know about it. It is a rock solid professional DAW that will make analog console fans rejoice! All in all an exceptional little interface especially so at its price point!
PS - UA, please build an I/O expander companion box for this interface (say 8 IN and 8 OUT analog and a digital in and out)J. Nash
Super useful but noisy monitor pot.
Great bit of kit, really handy for quick capture. The 76 circuitry sounds pretty good, too. My only gripe is that the monitor pot (the big knob) is noise, i.e., you can hear crackling through the monitors when you turn it up and down.
J. Douglass
Excellent travel/portable interface
Really fantastic, I've used tons of USB interfaces over the years and this is easily the best travel/portable interface I've used.
