Professional four-processor access to UAD Powered Plug-Ins — for Mac and Windows 7 PCs.
The UAD-2 Satellite QUAD Core is Universal Audio’s most powerful FireWire DSP accelerator, giving producers and engineers full access to award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins on Intel-based Macs and Windows 7 PCs. In creating UAD plug-ins, UA’s DSP engineers work with the original hardware manufacturers — using their exact schematics, golden units, and experienced ears — to create fully authenticated plug-ins with all the warmth and harmonics of classic analog equipment.
Powered by four SHARC processors, the UAD-2 Satellite QUAD Core easily connects to Intel-based Macs and Windows 7 PCs via FireWire 800, letting you run large, complex mixes, without taxing your host computer. Additionally, you can connect to Thunderbolt-equipped Macs via the Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter.
The UAD-2 Satellite QUAD Core includes UA’s Analog Classics Plus plug-in bundle, and provides access to popular UAD plug-in titles from Ampex, Manley, Lexicon, EMT, Empirical Labs, Neve, Roland, Fairchild, Harrison, Little Labs, Studer, SSL, and more (sold separately). 
With support for VST, Audio Units, RTAS, and AAX 64, as well full 64-bit operation, the UAD-2 Satellite QUAD Core is easy to use. Just install the software, connect the unit to an available FireWire 800 port, power up and start mixing with some of the world’s finest audio plug-ins.
Key Features
Professional quad-processor external FireWire 800 DSP Accelerator unit, compatible with Intel-based Macs or Windows 7 PCs*
Provides access to award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins library 
Ideal for professional users running larger projects w/ higher plug-in instances and/or higher sample rates
Compatible with Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Live, and more
Includes Analog Classics Plus plug-in bundle, featuring the UA 610-B Tube Preamp & EQ plug-in, Precision Enhancer Hz, plus Legacy editions of the Fairchild 670 Compressor, LA-2A Classic Audio Leveler, 1176LN / 1176SE Classic Limiting Amplifier, Pultec EQP-1A, Pultec Pro, and RealVerb Pro plug-ins
Can be combined with other UAD-2 devices, including UAD-2 PCIe card(s) and Apollo audio interfaces
Connect to Thunderbolt-equipped Macs via Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter
VST/AU/RTAS/AAX 64 and 64-bit compatible
Also available as UAD-2 Satellite QUAD Custom and UAD-2 Satellite QUAD Ultimate 2 packages 
* Requires Windows 7 64-bit edition operating system and a qualified PCIe-to-FireWire adapter. Visit www.uaudio.com/support/uad for a complete list of compatible desktops and laptops.