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UNIVERSAL AUDIO OX Load Box & Emulator

The struggle is real. You’re trying to lay down electric guitar tracks through a vintage tube amp and quad — in your living room. The guitarist insists the ‘true tone’ of the amp exists beyond the halfway Volume knob mark, but it feels like the beastly 100W head explodes with the slightest twist above two. Mattresses go up and curtains are draped to counteract the tsunami of SPL but with little effect on your neighbour’s nerves. You resort to an amp simulator plug-in.

The UA Ox is designed

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