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Universal Audio

Audio interfaces, plugins and studio hardware. Scotts Valley, California. Founded 1958. Runs on Shopify Plus.

Universal Audio is a Scotts Valley, California brand, founded in 1958, selling audio interfaces, plugins and studio hardware on Shopify Plus. Its store lists 288 products, mostly uad plug-ins, guitar gear and audio interfaces, priced from $29 to $4K. It sells direct and wholesale and sells on Amazon. It employs 201 to 500 people and runs 10 apps from the Shopify App Store across 7 categories. It spends about $15K to $17.5K a month on those apps and added 3 in the last year.

The store

Products listed
288
Counted on the storefront
Typical price
$29 to $3999
Most products fall in this range
UAD Plug-Ins172Guitar Gear22Audio Interfaces20Microphones11Analog Hardware7UAD Accelerators4

Product types as Universal Audio files them in its own catalogue.

What Universal Audio runs on Shopify

10 apps from the Shopify App Store, across 7 categories.

Other3Email & SMS marketing2Search, upsell & discovery1Advertising & analytics1Product reviews1Subscriptions1Loyalty, store credit & gift cards1

Estimated app spend: about $15K to $17.5K a month. 3 apps added in the last year.

Seen running on the storefront:OkendoSwym Back in Stock Alerts
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Counted from the Shopify App Store. A name shows only for an app our own visit to the storefront saw running, or to signed-in members. how we count.

Where Universal Audio sells

Direct, uaudio.comRetailAmazonWholesale

Competitors

  1. interfaces, mics, monitors for recording

  2. plug-ins for producers

  3. mics and interfaces

  4. studio monitors

  5. interfaces and mics

  6. mics and interfaces

  7. pro music gear

  8. creator hardware

  9. TEAC

    audio components

  10. audiophile/pro audio

how we pick competitors

What apps does Universal Audio use on Shopify?

Universal Audio runs 10 apps from the Shopify App Store across 7 categories: Search, upsell & discovery, Email & SMS marketing, Advertising & analytics, Product reviews, Other, Subscriptions, Loyalty, store credit & gift cards. Seen running on its storefront: Okendo, Swym Back in Stock Alerts.

Who are Universal Audio's competitors?

The Shopify brands closest to Universal Audio are PreSonus, iZotope, RØDE, KRK Systems and MAONO OnlineStore.

Updated 2026-10-29. Method notes and every source: how we count →