Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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In this video I provide a few examples of how Universal Audio's Moog filter can modify a clean guitar tone. The degree of saturation obviously ranges from very subtle to pronounced, but, as a player, I hear and feel differences even on mild settings. Every amp sound and effect comes from UAD plugins.

With over a year into my experience with UAD hardware and plugins, I find that flexibility and versatility are truthful adjectives to describe many of the plugins. Time, tweaking, and creativity can make tools like the Moog filter become more powerful than the first glance might suggest. In addition to providing the saturation as exhibited in the video, the cutoff and resonance knobs may be used to control frequencies, which gives this plugin some power for a kind of equalization. This is incredibly useful as a guitarist who is often seeking better control of the higher strings.

I try to let the audio samples speak for themselves, but if you have a strong opinion, I'd be interested to hear it. You can find Universal Audio's saturation video here youtube.com/watch?v=ssYOC84F1N4

Although the information is related in the video, I will note again:
My base clean tone is the UAD 55 Deluxe, clean.
I am adding UAD's Moog Multimode Filter. The initial engagement is the sound with the drive set at 5. Then I transition to the drive at 7. Then finally at 10.

After this demonstration of the filter's saturation, I offer two additional tones that use a variety of plugins from Universal Audio.
For the heavily effected clean tone, I am using the 55Deluxe into the Moog into the UA176 into Precision Delay Mod into Ocean Way Studios into Pure Plate Reverb. For the broken up tone used in the song example, I am using the 55Deluxe into the Raw Pedal into the Moog into the UA176 into Precision Delay Mod into Ocean Way Studios into Pure Plate Reverb.

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Have a great day!

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