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If you decide your order isn't suitable for any reason you can return it - just let us know within 30 days of receiving it. Please keep hold of all the original packaging until you're sure you want to keep the order.
Eligibility for Money Back Guarantee
Important: For hygiene and software licensing reasons, some items are only eligible for our Money Back Guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging with all software still "unregistered." Details of exclusions are shown within the product descriptions. Products include:
- Monitors and Headphones
- Earplugs and Ear Protection
- Reeds and mouthpieces for woodwind and brass instruments
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- CDs, DVDs and Software
We can collect your return for a small fee, or you can send it back to us yourself. The collection fee can be found in the returns information on each product's page on Gear4music.
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This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
Key Features
The Universal Audio Manley Variable Mu Limiter Compressor is designed for those who seek the pinnacle of tube compression in their mixes. This iconic tool has been the flagship compressor of Manley Labs since 1994, revered for its ability to add clarity and cohesion to stereo buses or entire mixes. The Variable Mu stands out with its tube and transformer-driven circuitry, offering a unique blend of transparency and warmth to any material it processes. Its meticulous emulation captures the essence of the original "6BA6 T-BAR Tube Mod" unit, renowned for its hand-selected tubes and custom transformers.
Designed for both mix and master buses, as well as individual tracks, it offers transparent dynamics control and tube warmth, enhancing your music without introducing compression artifacts. Its unique dual-triode gain reduction design, combined with Manley's proprietary tubes and transformers, ensures a sound with character and transparency unlike any other, providing unparalleled control over dynamics, with options for precise stereo imaging and seamless integration into digital workflows through this plug-in recreation.
Product Ref: 293220
The Universal Audio Manley Variable Mu stands apart with its distinctive remote cut-off style gain reduction, reminiscent of the Fairchild and other venerable limiters, yet with a unique character. Its dual-triode gain reduction circuit, meticulously rebalanced by sidechain control voltages, offers a compressor experience that's as transparent as it is unique. This design ensures smooth gain reduction and infuses your music with warm harmonic content without unwanted compression artifacts.
The Manley Variable Mu Limiter Compressor plug-in extends the legendary hardware's reach into the digital realm, providing the same velvety-smooth gain reduction and warm harmonic infusion with impeccable transparency. This plug-in not only brings the legendary tube warmth and transparent compression to your digital studio but also offers unparalleled flexibility in treating your source material.
The Variable Mu excels across the board, from tightening up single instruments like bass and vocals to unifying subgroups and entire mixes. It's particularly effective on the mix bus, offering a richness and hi-fi sheen that can make your mixes sound cohesive and polished, embodying Manley's signature tube compression.
With features like parameter linking for simultaneous dual-channel adjustments and improved Mid/Side processing for phase-accurate stereo imaging, the Variable Mu Limiter Compressor plug-in elevates your mixing capabilities. The High Pass Sidechain filter and plugin-exclusive Dry/Wet Mix and Headroom controls provide additional layers of flexibility, allowing for fine-tuning and creative compression techniques that ensure your mixes stand out.
"If you've got a ragged mix, this plug-in will give it a big hug. It's a stunning emulation of our Variable Mu Hardware, right down to the last detail." - EveAnna Manley (President of Manley Labs)
"The Manley Variable Mu is one of my go-to compressors for all types of sounds - especially when I'm looking for an upfront, in-your-face tone. It's fun to distort too." - Mike Larson (Pharrell, Daft Punk, Kendrick Lamar)
"I used to lament that I had only one Manley Variable Mu. Thanks to UA, those days are in the past! Now, I'm like that little old lady on the hot sauce commercials - I put that on everything!" - Phil Tan (Mariah Carey, Ludacris, Rihanna)
"Three different hardware versions of the Manley Variable Mu have lived in my gear racks since the '90s. Now, the UAD version captures the same unique feel that the hardware adds to my mixes." - Mark Needham (The Killers, Neon Trees, P!nk)
