Universal Audio announces new analogue-flavoured soft synth, Anthem

Universal Audio has announced a new analogue-flavoured soft synth called Anthem.

The new plug-in is designed to be an all-rounder for thick analogue tones, covering bass, pads, leads and more. The synth also features ‘lo-fi’ effects to give it that throwback feel, including plate and spring reverbs, dub-style delays and modulation effects like chorus and flanger. Anthem also includes a comprehensive step sequencer for creating polyrhythms, accents and textures.

In terms of layout, Anthem draws inspiration from the Minimoog, featuring two oscillators, noise and sub-oscillators, an analogue-style filter section with resonance and drive controls, two envelopes for amplitude and filter modulation, and a single LFO for dialling in movement. Anthem is designed to sculpt that ‘imperfect’ analogue sound, with fine tuning of oscillators possible, while also offering a detune control for unison mode. Speaking of modes, while classic analogue monophonic synths inspire it, the Anthem is fully polyphonic, though it can be played in mono for more beef. 

UAD Anthem can be bought either as a perpetual license to own it outright, or you can get it as part of UAD’s subscription tier Spark. Anthem does not require a UAD DSP card to run, which means it’ll run natively on your computer. A perpetual license will cost you the introductory price of $149, rising to $199 later, while Spark costs $19.99 a month, or $99 for a year.

Earlier this year, Universal Audio gave away the plug-in clone of its classic 1176 compressor, which is one of the most popular hardware compressor units ever created, for free for a limited time.

Watch the video below to hear Anthem in action, or visit the UAD site here to learn more.