UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier
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Get the classic American tube amp — now in a plug-in.
The native UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier plug-in gives you the essential American tube amp sounds used by artists and producers for more than 60 years, from Muddy Waters to The Beatles to Elvis Costello*.
Based on our award-winning UAFX pedal, the Dream '65 plug-in perfectly captures the timeless sound and feel of a "golden unit" 1965 reverb amp, with its bold cleans, sweet tube breakup, and divine spring reverb and vibrato. Plus you'll get built-in boosts, famous amp mods, and a collection of perfectly mic'd speaker cabs.
Included Version
UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.
- Get the most authentic emulation of a mid'60s American tube amp in your DAW — no Apollo required
- Immerse yourself in vintage tubepowered spring reverb and vibrato effects
- Professionally capture world-class studio amp sound, complete with classic mic/speaker pairings and boosts
- Take your tone a step further with custom mods and drive sounds made famous by artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Steve Lukather
Experience Legit Tube Amp Tones in your DAW
The UAD Dream '65 plug-in perfectly captures a "golden unit" 1965 reverb combo amp, famously used on stages and in studios across six decades of hits — from pop, rock, and country to funk, soul and more. Based on the award-winning UAFX pedal, the plug-in gives you all the essential controls for getting incredible amp tone right inside your DAW.
Play Through Famous Spring Reverb & Vibrato
Tube-driven spring reverb and vibrato are essential to the guitar tones you've heard on nearly every classic record. From soul to surf, funk to punk, blues to bebop — UAD Dream ‘65 is the only plug-in that faithfully delivers the two most important guitar amp effects you need to craft immersive, inspiring guitar parts.
Get the Sound of a Modded Studio Amp
Take your vintage tone a step further with custom mods and legendary drive sounds made famous by artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Steve Lukather. With two iconic mods and a clean boost built in, UAD Dream '65 offers even more variations of a classic amp – just like the pros used back in the day.
Find Your Sound Fast with Expert Presets
Dial in classic tones fast with an expertly-curated collection of presets across musical genres. You can use these presets to start recording quickly, or dial in the perfect sound for your playing style.
Explore Classic Mic & Speaker PairingsUAD Dream ‘65 gives you six classic speaker cabinet setups, with perfectly placed studio mics and dynamic room sounds.
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GB25
A Vintage Celestion Greenback speaker in a blackface deluxe amp, mic'd with an M160 ribbon mic
Great for:
Classic Celestion bark with the smooth open midrange of a '60s ribbon mic
Oxford
Original Oxford 12K5-6 speaker mic’d with a 57
Great for:
The classic sound right off the shelf from 1965
EV12
A classic 12", 200 watt Electro-Voice EVM12L with a massive magnet in a blackface deluxe amp, mic'd with a 414 condenser mic
Great for:
Thick and tight bottom end with airy top end
Boutique D65
2x12 boutique Celestion G12-65s mic'd with a 57 and a 121 ribbon
Great for:
Classic California ported combo cabinet sound and mildly overdriven sounds which cleans up well
S-Verb
4x10 original CTS speakers mic'd with a 414 condenser mic
Great for:
Surf sounds with a slightly lofi quality. Heaps of midrange
JBF120
2X12 original JBL D-120F speakers mic'd with a 57 and a 121 ribbon mic
Great for:
Very detailed speaker, especially for clean and low gain, excellent for fingerstyle playing. Very forward and sizzly when used with more gain
“UAD guitar amp plug-ins respond to my inputs as naturally as a tube amp. All I have to do is tune up and hit record.”
– Jack Griffiths*Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of UAD Dream ‘65 Reverb Amplifier. **Product names used herein are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way affiliated with Universal Audio Inc. These name(s) are used solely to identify products studied in the creation of the sound models found in UAD Dream ‘65 Reverb Amplifier.Customer Reviews
E. Yeung
November 16, 2024
Quality, but could be better
This plugin sounds pretty good, especially on clean tones. I haven't been able to get any good edge-of-breakup tones (yet); not sure if it's because I'm not tweaking right or because of the...
Read MoreA. Burroughs
November 15, 2024
Dream is the right name
Ran some of my previously recorded guitar tracks through the dream plugin and it TOTALLY gave me the sound I’d been looking for. Definitely worth the money!
Read MoreJ. Lazib
November 14, 2024
Excellent plugin but No Apollo Version :(
The best Amp emulation i've ever tryied. But very disapointed because i needed that plugin to work with my Apollo. It is not CPU friendly at all.......
Read MoreR. Jungers
November 9, 2024
Love it
A bit surprised by the current average rating for this product. As a guitar player I find it sits among the best guitar amp plugin I've ever played. Edge of breakup sounds are usually very...
Read MoreP. Mata
October 21, 2024
Sounds as good as the pedal
Congratulations. Best Deluxe Reverb emulation in the market.
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October 13, 2024
best amp simulation i've ever heard
Works very nice in combination with my Volt 476 and Luna. Can't hear any lag or delay with my signal chain, very natural sounding.
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Customer Reviews
UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amp
E. Yeung
Quality, but could be better
This plugin sounds pretty good, especially on clean tones. I haven't been able to get any good edge-of-breakup tones (yet); not sure if it's because I'm not tweaking right or because of the plug, but we'll see. It could be better, though. The gain structure is a bit weird with the Boost and the Volume knobs, and it's definitely un-intuitive to a producer. Also, it could be really awesome if we could mix and match the cabs and the mics - this is something that would have been so easy to do and is done by a lot of other amp sim makers, but is noticeably missing from this plugin. Last thing - I read a couple of review here that say that the plugin is very CPU-heavy; I didn't have that experience - maybe UA fixed it up by the time I downloaded. All-in-all, I'm happy with it. Finally, there's a (pretty) decent amp sim for clean tones.
A. Burroughs
Dream is the right name
Ran some of my previously recorded guitar tracks through the dream plugin and it TOTALLY gave me the sound I’d been looking for. Definitely worth the money!
J. Lazib
Excellent plugin but No Apollo Version :(
The best Amp emulation i've ever tryied. But very disapointed because i needed that plugin to work with my Apollo. It is not CPU friendly at all....
G. Caplan
is this only for UADx or will it be for Unison?
The plugin sounds great and I've always wanted to have an amp sim of the deluxe with the reverb and tremolo. The potential is amazing! But I'm used to using Unison plugins.
Maybe i'm doing it wrong, but when I try to track with the plugin as an insert in Pro Tools or Luna, I can't use Low Latency or ARM? So I get latency.
Am I missing a step? I have the subscription to UADx plugins and i was so happy to see the amp sims are part of the package but I can't use this way.
Thanks!
R. Jungers
Love it
A bit surprised by the current average rating for this product. As a guitar player I find it sits among the best guitar amp plugin I've ever played. Edge of breakup sounds are usually very disappointing to me in other plugins but on this one, with a good Strat, those just shine.
Put volume, treble and bass on ten, the rest on zero with the Boutique D65 cab, add a room reverb (Hitsville Little Bass Room in my case). Use the boost if you need more grit. You're ready for a timeless blues jam.M. Trummer
disapponting
the build in logic Amps sound and respond better than this.. very disappointed =(
J. Marshall
Pour Sound and Very Thin
I am completely disappointed with UA, the quality is dropping and it seams to be thin sounding, the Dream plugin uses 60% plus of my systems resources, please fix this issue, or I will be forced to shop other audio interfaces and plugins.
A. La Placa
Not the best
I am a customer and fan of UAD, but this time I am disappointed. It is a toy sound, thin and digital, some competitors with the "tube" have much better and realistic Fender simulations. I hope you will take the Amp simulations to another level, like that of mixing plugins.
Z. Mo
Clearly for players , not producers
Sounds great but the cpu hit is ridiculous (like a lot of last releases) , for comparison in my system Neural stuff avregae around 20 % ,this one can reach 50 % (in studio one )
7 Treads at 3.6 ghz
So if ya a guitar player that want to jam , cool , if you're a prodcuer that wanna re amp or mix several tracks , be sure to test before on your system .C. Nedohin
AMAZING SOUND! BUT needs a phase switch BADLY!
I’ve never enjoyed Deluxe Reverbs. I’ve always been a Bassman/Vibrolux guy, but this plugin changed my mind. The sound is amazing!
It feels like a real amp. I REALLY want to switch away from Line 6 for my amp sims… BUT!
This plugin (and the pedal) BADLY need a phase switch. Most players I know play a Fender/Vox Stereo combo and these two are out of phase. Very disappointing that UA won’t add basic usability features. I have to run a separate plugin just to flip phase.
On that end: why not just give us some basic features UA? Phase, post EQ, maybe even a delay (up to 15 ms for stereo set ups).
And PLEASE! Put midi on all your pedals, or some universal control app that can be accessed by a wireless Bluetooth or something.
A person could make a REALLY awesome rig out of just the UA stuff, IF we had basic features and midi.P. Mata
Sounds as good as the pedal
Congratulations. Best Deluxe Reverb emulation in the market.
A. Levine
Almost
Beautiful interface. But the gain staging is a mess. No dB value indicator on the in/out faders. The amp itself goes straight from thin (1-3 on the volume knob) to dirty on anything above that. You can get it cleaner by turning down the input volume but then the Out volume at max is still too low (this is all following the UAD recommended settings of no gain on the Apollo input channel, and plugin Input set to Hi-Z). Overall the sound is good but thin and brittle if you're using single coil (audible in the demo video). Does not have the warmth and bass definition of the real thing. Hopefully updates will address some of this.
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best amp simulation i've ever heard
Works very nice in combination with my Volt 476 and Luna.
Can't hear any lag or delay with my signal chain, very natural sounding.
U. Sabiniewicz
Question of taste
I cannot compare with the original Fender, however, the sound is not my taste.
One star minus because all these plugins dont have noise gate.C. Huber
plays and sounds fantastic, but
it really plays and sounds fantastic, well done UA, however, only released as native UADx and not on UAD-2 is such a huge missed opportunity for UA to have the best modelling amp sims available at zero latency on our appollos. i dont get it why UA didnt take this chance and strengthen and underlining the importance and power of dsp interfaces in 2024!
Also its missing some basics like a tuner and a noise gate which should be included in any amp sim product nowadays.
I´m also missing a loyality price offering for users who own the hardware UAFX pedal and registered to the account.D. North
Not as good as the pedal
I was really excited when this was announced, but it was an immediate let down in-use. I have the Dream pedal, and I really like it. Side-by-side with my Twin/Pro Reverb/Deluxe, the Dream pedal holds its own, I'd say it gets me 85-90% to my fender amp + OX sound. The plugin, however, gets maybe 50% there. The dynamics are bad, the way the volume and tone knobs work doesn't mimic reality (to get a clean sound the volume has to be at 1, that's super weird). There is no stereo room sound available, which is a huge bummer. No DSP is a bummer. I can find use cases for my UA amp pedals, but I don't think I will find any use case for this plugin. I so wanted to use it in UAD Console too; I guess it doesn't matter though, I will probably never use the plugin again.
Overall, the sound is dull, very narrow, fizzy, and has a bad digital character. Why doesn't it sound or behave like the pedal? I wish i knew.D. Montoya
Nailed it.
Just need the Apollo version with Unison. Por favor!
j. serum
It's ok but could be better.
I really wanted to love this plug in. While some of the presets are really good, the plug in is very basic . It's also missing things like a noise gate, mic blending , mic placement and being able to switch mics on different cabinets. Also, switching between mono and stereo. Is it usable ? YES. Can you get good tones from it ? YES . Are there other plugin versions of this amp with great tones and all the other things mention above already in the plugin that are more budget friendly ? YES. Hopefully, UAD will update the dream 65 with more features.
T. Benoist
Needs to run on an Apollo with Unison capability
As a native-only plugin, I did the free trial and am glad I did. I am used to using amp models in the Unison tab. I am using the native plugin on a Mac Studio M2 Ultra with ARM disabled. This just doesn't fit my workflow. Hopefully, the software will be modified to host on an Apollo.
