UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amp | UAD Audio Plugins | Universal Audio (2025)

Get the classic American tube amp — now in a plug-in.

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The native UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier plug-in gives you the essential American tube amp sounds used by artists and producers for more than 60 years, from Muddy Waters to The Beatles to Elvis Costello*.

Based on our award-winning UAFX pedal, the Dream '65 plug-in perfectly captures the timeless sound and feel of a "golden unit" 1965 reverb amp, with its bold cleans, sweet tube breakup, and divine spring reverb and vibrato. Plus you'll get built-in boosts, famous amp mods, and a collection of perfectly mic'd speaker cabs.

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Runs on your Mac or PC without UAhardware.

UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for systemrequirements.

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  • Get the most authentic emulation of a mid'60s American tube amp in your DAW — no Apollo required
  • Immerse yourself in vintage tubepowered spring reverb and vibrato effects
  • Professionally capture world-class studio amp sound, complete with classic mic/speaker pairings and boosts
  • Take your tone a step further with custom mods and drive sounds made famous by artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Steve Lukather

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Use this plug-in free for 14 days and find out if it's right for you.

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Experience Legit Tube Amp Tones in your DAW

The UAD Dream '65 plug-in perfectly captures a "golden unit" 1965 reverb combo amp, famously used on stages and in studios across six decades of hits — from pop, rock, and country to funk, soul and more. Based on the award-winning UAFX pedal, the plug-in gives you all the essential controls for getting incredible amp tone right inside your DAW.

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Play Through Famous Spring Reverb & Vibrato

Tube-driven spring reverb and vibrato are essential to the guitar tones you've heard on nearly every classic record. From soul to surf, funk to punk, blues to bebop — UAD Dream ‘65 is the only plug-in that faithfully delivers the two most important guitar amp effects you need to craft immersive, inspiring guitar parts.

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Get the Sound of a Modded Studio Amp

Take your vintage tone a step further with custom mods and legendary drive sounds made famous by artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Steve Lukather. With two iconic mods and a clean boost built in, UAD Dream '65 offers even more variations of a classic amp – just like the pros used back in the day.

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Find Your Sound Fast 
with Expert Presets

Dial in classic tones fast with an expertly-curated collection of presets across musical genres. You can use these presets to start recording quickly, or dial in the perfect sound for your playing style.


Explore Classic Mic & Speaker Pairings

UAD Dream ‘65 gives you six classic speaker cabinet setups, with perfectly placed studio mics and dynamic room sounds.

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GB25

A Vintage Celestion Greenback speaker in a blackface deluxe amp, mic'd with an M160 ribbon mic

Great for:
Classic Celestion bark with the smooth open midrange of a '60s ribbon mic

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Oxford

Original Oxford 12K5-6 speaker mic’d with a 57

Great for:
The classic sound right off the shelf from 1965

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EV12

A classic 12", 200 watt Electro-Voice EVM12L with a massive magnet in a blackface deluxe amp, mic'd with a 414 condenser mic

Great for:
Thick and tight bottom end with airy top end

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Boutique D65

2x12 boutique Celestion G12-65s mic'd with a 57 and a 121 ribbon

Great for:
Classic California ported combo cabinet sound and mildly overdriven sounds which cleans up well

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S-Verb

4x10 original CTS speakers mic'd with a 414 condenser mic

Great for:
Surf sounds with a slightly lofi quality. Heaps of midrange

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JBF120

2X12 original JBL D-120F speakers mic'd with a 57 and a 121 ribbon mic

Great for:
Very detailed speaker, especially for clean and low gain, excellent for fingerstyle playing. Very forward and sizzly when used with more gain

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      UAD guitar amp plug-ins respond to my inputs as naturally as a tube amp. All I have to do is tune up and hit record.
      –Jack Griffiths

      *Use of artist names does not constitute official endorsement of UAD Dream ‘65 Reverb Amplifier. **Product names used herein are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way affiliated with Universal Audio Inc. These name(s) are used solely to identify products studied in the creation of the sound models found in UAD Dream ‘65 Reverb Amplifier.

      Customer Reviews

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      October 13, 2024

      best amp simulation i've ever heard

      Works very nice in combination with my Volt 476 and Luna.Can't hear any lag or delay with my signal chain, very natural sounding.

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      U. Sabiniewicz

      October 13, 2024

      Question of taste

      I cannot compare with the original Fender, however, the sound is not my taste. One star minus because all these plugins dont have noise gate.

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      D. Montoya

      October 9, 2024

      Nailed it.

      Just need the Apollo version with Unison. Por favor!

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