The Universal Audio UAD Analog Tape Bundle includes plug-ins that are digital emulations of analog tape machines and effect plug-ins to add analog warmth and artifacts to your all-too-clean digital audio. Enjoy the emulations of the AMPEX ATR-102 tape recorder and the Studer A800 Multichannel tape recorder—both with UAD-2 / UAD Native / LUNA versions. Take your audio further with the included Verve Analog Machines (UAD Native), Oxide Tape Recorder (UAD-2 / UAD Native), and Galaxy Tape Echo (UAD-2 / UAD Native). Compatible with a variety of DAWs running on Windows or Mac systems that support VST3, AU, or AAX plug-in protocols, bring the tools from this classic compressor to your digital music.
Add analog warmth and harmonics to your projects with the Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder from universal Audio. This software emulation of Ampex's ATR-102 is authenticated by Ampex to provide the analog finishing sound that was used for years to create the masters for albums. Enjoy the experience of the entire ATR-102 circuit, including its transformers, amplifiers, Repro, Sync, and Input paths to bring a fully professional polish to your work. This 64-bit plug-in works with a variety of DAWs that support AAX, AU, and VST3, on Windows or macOS.
- LUNA (VST3, Audio Units)
- Logic Pro 11.1 (VST3, Audio Units)
- Ableton Live 12.1 (VST3, Audio Units)
- Cubase 14 (VST3)
- Pro Tools 2024.10 (AAX)
- Studio One Pro 7 (VST3)
- FL Studio 2024 (VST3)
Windoes 10 and Windows 11:
- LUNA (VST3)
- Ableton Live 12.1 (VST3)
- Cubase 14 (VST3)
- Pro Tools 2024.10 (AAX)
- Studio One Pro 7 (VST3)
- FL Studio 2024 (VST3)
Add the timeless, unmistakably warm sound of analog tape to your productions with the Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder Plug-In from Universal Audio. The software painstakingly recreates the distinctive color and punchy bottom end from this legendary 24-track studio staple, which records to 2" analog tape. Years ahead of its time, the A800 remains a sonic benchmark, and can still be found in studios all over the planet. This emulation was created over a 12-month period and faithfully reproduces the circuit path of the famous A800 machine from Allen Sides' collection at Ocean Way.
You can choose among 7.5, 15, and 30 IPS tape speeds to create complex analog textures. You can choose to process the audio through a simulated input, which uses the machine's input electronics without tape processing, or simulate playback from the Sync or Repro heads. Four of the most popular 2” magnetic tape formulas are modeled in the A800 plug-in: 250, 456, 900, and GP9. Each type has its own subtle sonic variation, distortion onset, and tape compression characteristics. This plug-in software download includes a native version that will run on Mac and Windows computers without UA hardware as well as a second version that runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 hardware. If you've been craving the warmth and cohesion that analog tape has imparted to countless classic recordings without having a massive tape machine in your studio, the Studer A800 plug-in might be the perfect fit for your DAW tool kit.
Give your recording colorful saturation and effects with the Universal Audio Verve Analog Machines, a collection of 10 virtual processing plug-ins that run native on Mac or Windows computer. Shape tones quickly with simple controls like drive, tone, and tape warble. Give kicks, snares, and synths gritty tape textures or add tube warmth to vocals, guitar, bass or your entire mix. Verve Analog Machines makes your mixes sound instantly more expressive and alive with retrofuturistic analog sound.
- Add warmth to anything with classic reel-to-reel sound that can be gently overdriven.
- Get studio-grade tape sound on vocals, instruments, or your entire mix.
Edge
- Get the effect of driving up the gain on an analog console to energize your recordings with crunchy saturation.
- Bring dull recordings to life.
Glow
- Make tracks blush with rich harmonics, like the sound you get when plugging into a high-end tube preamp or channel strip.
- Warm up bright or thin-sounding tracks.
Warm
- Older and bolder tape machine. It’s similar to Sweeten, but with a deeper warmth and warble.
- Get tape sound with added movement.
Thicken
- Hop in your time machine and explore gritty lo-fi textures from half a century ago.
- Give any track some added vibe and dimension.
Vintagize
- Need a tone that’s all your own? Score thriftstore tape machine sound that’s older than your grandparents.
- Make modern recordings sound old.
Distort
- Get tube sound that’s been pushed to the edge, similar to driving an analog preamp to soft clipping.
- Get tracks to sound bold and exciting.
Overdrive
- Tape tone like Thicken and Vintagize that grinds and roars even more.
- Add fuzzy tape tone to synths, guitars, drums, and more.
Fire
- It’s that searing analog sound, like pouring liquid hot magma onto your track.
- Add texture to vocals and instruments.
Sputter
- Need your recordings to sound broken, but in a cool way? Sputter gives you over-the-edge distorted mayhem.
- Push tracks past their limits.
Add the timeless, unmistakably warm sound of analog tape to your productions with the Oxide Tape Recorder Plug-In from Universal Audio. The software painstakingly recreates the distinctive color and punchy bottom end from classic tape machines used in recording studios and supplies basic parameter options that allow your to customize the sound.
Tape saturation and circuit overdrive are available via simple Input/Output controls and you can choose among 7.5 and 15 IPS tape speeds and two emphasis curves for warm, colorful tape textures. Owners of Apollo interfaces can record in-the-box through the plug-in for a real time tape tracking experience. Presets by engineer/producer John Paterno are supplied to help you shape your sounds like a pro. This plug-in software download includes a native version that will run on Mac and Windows computers without UA hardware as well as a second version that runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 hardware.
Add the legendary sound of Roland's RE-201 Space Echo to your productions with the Galaxy Tape Echo Plug-In from Universal Audio. With its winning combination of tape delay and spring reverb effects, the original Space Echo found favor with musicians and producers across a wide spectrum of musical genres, ranging from rock artists such as Radiohead and David Bowie to dub masters like King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry. This emulation, from the engineers at UA, painstakingly recreates the original hardware unit's warm, distinctive character and is ready to work wonders on both vocals and instruments.
The powerful and versatile effect can conjure up a huge array of diverse effects including subtle tape textures, shimmering ambience, psychedelic fun-house echoes, and much more, courtesy of its distortion, wow and flutter, and pitch-shifting capabilities. This plug-in software download includes a native version that will run on Mac and Windows computers without UA hardware as well as a second version that runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 hardware.
