As expected, all of the staple elements you would find in other professional DAW environments are present and accounted for, and considering you’ll already need to be a UA Console app user to some degree because you own the LUNA-required Thunderbolt interface, you’ll be right at home with the look and general layout of everything for the most part. In fact, the whole thing feels even more minimal than I initially expected, offering up just the most important elements of creating tracks, recording audio/MIDI passages, and mixing, until you need to dig in a bit deeper.

Universal Audio LUNA First Impressions:Īt first glance, LUNA presents a clean and easily understandable working environment that any Logic Pro X or Pro Tools user should be able to acclimatize to with relative ease. Head below for our hands-on first impressions. Universal Audio has been responsible for some of the recording industry’s most prolific audio processing units since the 1950’s - a trend that continues to this day with its professional audio interfaces and best-in-class DSP-based virtual FX units for audio professionals.

The highly anticipated new recording environment is looking to rival industry heavyweights like our beloved Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, Live 10, and others with a tightly-integrated hardware/software system and its powerhouse stable of analog processing emulations.

Universal Audio’s new LUNA recording platform is now available for free to all of its Thunderbolt-interface owners.

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