How to Activate a Third-Party License Code in your UA account

In this article, find out how to redeem a license code for UAD plug-ins that you have purchased from a participating third-party retailer, such as Plugin Boutique or Sweetwater for example.

To redeem a native UAD plug-in follow the steps in the section below. If you do not have a Universal Audio account, follow the prompts to create one. 

To redeem a license code for Apollo Realtime & UAD-2 plug-ins, an Apollo or UAD-2 device must be registered to an existing Universal Audio account. 

Note: These steps only apply to license codes acquired from a third-party retailer. To activate native UAD native plug-ins purchased from the UAD Store, read this article. To authorize UAD-2 DSP plug-ins purchased from the UAD Store, read this article.

License Code Activation

  1. Copy the License Code that you received from the third party retailer and go to the UAD plug-in redemption page
  2. Enter your email address and the license code into the designated fields and click Get my Plug-In. If you have an existing UA account then make sure that you enter the same email address that you used to sign up for that account.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate your product.

 

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