Capitol Chambers
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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 gorgeous hi-fi ambience that is simply unmatched. After years of R&D and close collaboration with Capitol Studios, Universal Audio proudly presents the Capitol Chambers plug-in, a startling end-to-end recreation of the most popular echo chambers ever created.
Included Versions
UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.Apollo Realtime & UAD‑2
Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD‑2 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.
- Record and mix with the world's only authentic plug-in emulation of Capitol Studios' prized underground echo chambers
- Add dense, natural reverberation to vocals or 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
TAKE A LISTEN
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-microphone 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 many more.
Capitol and the Capitol logos are trademarks of Capitol Records, LLC, registered in the United States, European Union, and other jurisdictions, and are used under license."A Rose" by Jamie Lidell
Written and recorded exclusively to showcase the UAD Capitol Chambers Reverb plug‑in.
“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.)“While tracking at Capitol Studios, I always capture the chambers. Now I can have same sound at my fingertips anytime. This is my new use‑on‑everything reverb. ”
– Darrell Thorp (Beck, Radiohead, Charlotte Gainsbourg)“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)“With the Capitol Chambers plug-in, UA has created a truly flexible, physical space. Let that sink in for a second…”
– John Paterno (Robbie Williams, Badly Drawn Boy, Bonnie Raitt)“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)“The UAD Capitol Chambers plug-in is meticulously crafted, complete with various mics and mic placements. It’s a remarkable piece of the past — accurate and powerfully versatile.”
– Richard Chycki (Rush, Aerosmith, Dream Theater)Customer Reviews
C. Kiasi
May 1, 2024
Wow
I don’t know why I didn’t get this sooner. The sound quality is mouth watering. I love it.
Read MoreC. Asker
May 1, 2024
A brilliant and well-designed plugin
You simply have to try this one! The simple design, the relatively few parameters still make a hugely useful reverb! With just a little taste of it, it can change the character of a source...
Read MoreD. Armijo
April 30, 2024
Just beautiful!!!
Capital chambers adds character like no other.I absolutely love this plugin. Armijo productions
Read MoreM. Maslik
April 30, 2024
Great room replication
I love how I could re-room my drums whose room mics were recorded poorly. This blugin sounds realistic, nice work UAD
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Customer Reviews
Capitol Chambers
C. Kiasi
Wow
I don’t know why I didn’t get this sooner. The sound quality is mouth watering. I love it.
C. Asker
A brilliant and well-designed plugin
You simply have to try this one!
The simple design, the relatively few parameters still make a hugely useful reverb! With just a little taste of it, it can change the character of a source and bring beauty and musicality to things that does not sound enough "alive". Absolutely brililant!M. Braziel
Rich Sounding Reverb.
It sounds like quality. Absolutely Love It.
D. Antwi
Reverb
I wish it was more bright
D. Armijo
Just beautiful!!!
Capital chambers adds character like no other.I absolutely love this plugin. Armijo productions
M. Maslik
Great room replication
I love how I could re-room my drums whose room mics were recorded poorly. This blugin sounds realistic, nice work UAD
R. CASTRO
Capital chambers
Mi reverb favorita
M. Döring
pure magic
What a great sound, well done !
P. Motyczak
Beautiful reverb !
Just great,, sounds amazing , love it. Lots of possibilities too .
g. Adolf
Is the best !!!
H. Powell
Capital Chambers
Regarding Capital Chambers.This Plugin is Awesome. I use it everyday
H. Powell
Capital Chambers
Regarding Capital Chambers.This Plugin is Awesome. I use it everyday
R. Arriagada
epic
epic
M. Monreal
A sound straight out of heaven!
By far my favorite reverb! Just brings a mix a live! Sounds amazing on String instruments and synths! If you’re making orchestral film scores you have got to get this one in your arsenal!
C. Parsons
Liquidy. Juicy. Angelic. Smooth. Dreamy.
It's great. Love it on vocals. Also found it can be great on lead electric guitar solos, and on saxophones and other "singy-type" instruments (e.g. synth leads, solo violin, smooth trumpet lines...).
J. Bjoersvik
Capitol chambers.
A fantastic reverbplugin.
L. Motta
This is good!!
Very nice sounding, I left a 3 star review before but that wasn't fair because I haven't tested it out extensively, now that I have used more and I'm loving it, itI'll give a 4.5 now.. only not giving a 5 because it would be nice if they show the ms values and the decay time so you could lock in the time perfectly, on the other hand, that makes you use more your ears and adjust accordingly which is how those vintage gear were meant to be use.
J. Kelly
This is for Al!
In loving memory of Al Schmidt. This chamber beats them all!
M. Gomez
Sweet Tone
A very lush sounding chamber reverb, there's a subtlety about this reverb that makes it different from other chamber reverbs, it gives vocals a very sweet tone.
D. Vazquez
Great chamber!
Brings life to everything, use it a lot on vocals! A must have!