UAD Analog Tape Bundle Upgrade from Ampex ATR-102, Studer A800, Oxide, Verve Analog Machines, Galaxy Tape Echo

Important note: This is and upgrade for owners of Ampex ATR-102, Studer A800, Oxide, Verve Analog Machines, or Galaxy Tape Echo. The full purchase path can be found HERE.

For music producers seeking the authentic warmth, character, and sonic depth that only analog tape can provide, this Universal Audio bundle is a must-have. This comprehensive collection of meticulously modeled tape machines offers a versatile palette of textures, tones, and effects, allowing you to infuse your productions with the timeless quality of classic recording equipment.

Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder

The Ampex ATR-102 UAD plug-in and LUNA Extension provides the final “analog glue” for your music, turning your recordings into records. 


The only emulation that’s fully authenticated by the Ampex Corporation, and trusted by producers and engineers the world over, the Ampex ATR-102 UAD plug-in puts the colorful saturation, warmth, and harmonics of this industry-standard tape machine at your command.

Turn Your Recordings into Records

The Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder plug-in and LUNA Extension provides the final “analog glue” for your music. Fully authenticated by the Ampex Corporation, now you can get the same unique dynamics, frequency response, and saturation characteristics of the original mastering hardware, virtually indistinguishable from its analog ancestor.

Take a Deep Dive into Tape Tone

Discover vast reel-to-reel textures using three classic tape heads (¼”, ½”, and 1”), tape speeds and emphasis EQs, famous formulas (GP9, 456, 900, 250), and more. You can even fine-tune the machine’s calibration to open up some headroom, or get grittier tape compression and saturation. 

Explore a Vintage Machine for the Modern Age

Getting perfect gain staging on the Ampex ATR-102 requires meticulous calibration of the repro and record levels, a delicate art that demands precision. With Auto-Gain, you can make adjustments to either control while maintaining perfect gain staging. And with its retina-enhanced GUI, the ATR-102 is that beautifully vibey plug-in that you’ll want to leave on all the time. 

Features

• Mix and master your music with the most popular professional 2-track tape machine ever made
• Get classic Ampex tape saturation, selectable tape types, and color to "glue" your mix together
• Use the entire ATR-102 circuit, including its transformers, amplifiers, Repro, Sync, and Input paths
• With Auto-Gain, make adjustments to Repro/Record levels while maintaining perfect gain staging
• Enjoy enhanced retina GUI with interactive tape reels and controls true to the original hardware
• Use the ATR-102 LUNA Extension to produce with rich, analog tape sound right in LUNA’s mixer

Learn more about Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder

Studer A800 Tape Recorder

For more than 30 years, artists and engineers alike have been drawn to the warm analog sound, solid low-end, and overall presence of the Studer® A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder. The sheer number of albums recorded on this legendary 2” analog tape machine — including classics from Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, A Tribe Called Quest, and Jeff Buckley — serve as shining examples of the musicality of analog tape.

Fully authenticated by Studer, and modeled by UA’s world‑renowned team of DSP engineers and magnetic recording expert Jay McKnight, the Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder plug-in is the first product of its kind. By faithfully modeling the entire circuit path of the famous A800 machine from Allen Sides' collection at Ocean Way Studios, this is the most accurate representation of multitrack analog tape recording available.

A Groundbreaking Tape Machine

Introduced in 1978, the Studer A800 was the first microprocessor-controlled tape machine. Years ahead of its time, the A800 remains a sonic benchmark, and can still be found in studios worldwide. However, with their massive steel frame and meter bridge, twin half-horsepower motors and cast alloy deck plates, original A800 units tip the scales at a backbreaking 900 pounds. The Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder poses none of the hardware hassles, yet retains all the beautiful sonics that make tape a beloved recording medium.

Capturing the Magic of Tape

Just like magnetic tape, you can dial in a clean sound, or just the right amount of harmonic saturation using the Studer A800's Input and Output controls. The IPS control steps through tape speed choices (7.5, 15, or 30 IPS), each with distinct frequency shift, head bump and distortion characteristics. The tape Type control lets users choose from four of the most popular magnetic tape formulas — each with their own subtle sonic variation. There is also a secondary set of controls like Noise, EQ, and Bias for an even more jaw-dropping palette of tape textures.

Features

• Use any audio interface, with both UAD Native and Apollo Realtime/UAD-2 versions included
• Track and mix with the complete Studer A800 electronic signal paths, including Input, Sync and Repro paths
• Add warmth, presence, cohesion, and low-end punch that only genuine tape can provide
• Create complex analog textures with the distinct sounds of multiple tape formulas
• Use the Studer A800 LUNA Extension to easily add warmth to your entire mix on a per channel basis

Learn more about Studer A800 Tape Recorder

Oxide Tape Recorder

UA’s Groundbreaking Tape Emulation In An Easy‑To‑Use Plug‑In

Oxide Tape Recorder gives you the musical, mixable sound of tape, letting you quickly add clarity, punch, and warmth to vocals, guitars, drums, and more, so every track sounds like a record.

Get Hit-Making Analog Tape Sounds

Developed by the same team behind UA's industry-leading Ampex and Studer tape machine plug-ins, Oxide Tape Recorder gives your productions the warmth, presence, and vibe of professional analog tape, with only the essential controls, so you can get sounds faster.

Explore Groundbreaking Tape Emulation Technology

Whether you’re tracking in realtime using an Apollo interface or mixing in your DAW, Oxide’s intuitive controls deliver musical results for beginners and pros alike. Just select IPS (inches per second), EQ, and noise reduction settings, and tweak input and output controls to taste. By emulating fat tape compression and colorful circuit behaviors, Oxide gives your tracks the cohesive glue that only analog tape can provide.

Features

• Inject the warm color and punchy low-end response of analog tape to your tracks
• Apply tape saturation and circuit overdrive via simple Input/Output controls
• Choose among 7.5 and 15 IPS Tape Speeds and two emphasis curves for colorful tape textures
• Experience in-the-box recording “through” tape in real time using Apollo interfaces

Verve Analog Machines

Ten retro-futuristic tone machines, packed with analog magic

Give your recordings the colorful saturation and effects heard on countless hip-hop, lo-fi, electronic, rock, and experimental tracks. Designed for the modern musician, beatmaker, and producer — Verve Analog Machines puts a sandbox full of playful analog sounds right in your DAW. 


10 Magical Machines to Unleash Your Creativity 

Verve Analog Machines puts vintage sound at the ready. Giving you ten colorful UA-designed effects with settings that are super easy to dial in, it’s like a sandbox full of analog toys right in your DAW. 

Add Retro Analog Tone to Your Modern Mixes

Need to add energy to drums, guitars, vocals, synths, or your whole mix? From gluey tape warmth and hi-fi tube saturation to all-out distorted mayhem, Verve Analog Machines makes your in-the-box productions sound instantly more expressive and alive.

Play Around With Lo-Fi, Hi-Fi & Sci-Fi Sound

Whether you seek the strange sound of thrift store tape machines, that tiny speaker effect from a vintage guitar amp, or the big-studio luster of a premium tube channel strip – Verve Analog Machines instantly levels up any mix with off-the-wall analog color. 

Features

• Add analog sound to your recordings with 10 easy-to-use machines
• Get quick tone-shaping 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
• Make mixes sound instantly more expressive and alive with retro-futuristic analog sounds crafted by UA

Learn more about Verve Analog Machines

Galaxy Tape Echo

Endless, Lush, Dub-Style Delays And Psychedelic Spring Reverb

In 1973, Roland created the RE-201 Space Echo* — a tape delay/spring reverb system that created warm, warped, unabashedly analog echo effects. From subtle tape textures to mindbending chaos, this iconic contraption can be heard on classic Pink Floyd and David Bowie, to seminal dub sides from King Tubby, Scientist, and Lee “Scratch” Perry.

The Galaxy Tape Echo plug-in for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces is an exhaustive emulation of the iconic, legendary ’70s unit, and expertly captures the physical behavior of the inspiring hardware, down to its distortion, musical wow and flutter, sci-fi pitch shifting, and real time tweakability.

Features

• Add subtle tape delay or colorful cacophony to drums, vocals, guitars, and synths
• Harness distortion, wow and flutter, and pitch shifting, for organic time-based effects
• Use wild-self-oscillation for creative sci-fi textures and moods
• Employ the ambient shimmer of spring reverb on any source

Learn more about Galaxy Tape Echo

System Requirements

• macOS 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12 Monterey, 13 Ventura
• Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit only Editions)
• Intel, AMD, or Apple silicon processor
• Internet connection to download software and authorize UADx plug-ins
• Free iLok account with iLok Cloud or iLok USB (2nd generation or higher)
• A physical iLok dongle is NOT required to activate this product

DAW Compatibility

• Pro Tools 2022 (AAX)
• Logic Pro (Audio Units)
• Ableton Live 11 (VST 3, Audio Units)
• Cubase 12 (VST 3)
• Studio One 5 (VST 3)
• LUNA Recording System

You can activate this software on an online system (using iLok Cloud) or an offline system (using an iLok USB):

1. Online: an active internet connection and a FREE iLok account are required to authorise UAD Plug-ins using iLok Cloud

2. Offline: you will need a physical iLok USB (2nd generation or higher) to authorise this software

Important note: UAD plugins do not work in Apple's Garageband DAW