EP-34 Tape Echo
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Warm, crazy, and hazy delays from the most popular tape echo ever made.
The EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces gives you an exacting emulation of the legendary tape echo device used by Jimmy Page, Brian May, Chick Corea, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Johnson, and Andy Summers. Vintage Echoplexes are legendary for their idiosyncrasies — including distortion, wow and flutter, self-oscillation, squelch effects, and other random analog goodness. The EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in emulates all of this, and more.
Like the hardware, the EP-34 plug-in’s record head can be slid in real time for smeary weirdness, trippy dub excursions, and more. The musical input clipping of the original hardware’s hallowed preamp section is also captured via a Record Volume control, giving the EP-34 some subtle to not-so-subtle tonal coloring and distortion. With the addition of modern workflow enhancements like Tempo Sync, the EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in is must-have tool for any mixer.Craft hazy delays and vibey slapback with the most legendary tape delay ever made
Tweak the EP-34 Tape Echo’s controls for real-time effects and tone sculpting
Harness a vintage Echoplex’s unique input clipping distortion on everything from drums to vocals and guitars
Create with plug-in-only features like Tempo Sync, Wet/Solo, Pan, and Tape Tension
“I'm loving the EP-34. As always, the harder you push the plug-in, the more it gives off the real world artifacts of the unit being overdriven. This is where other companies fail and UA thrives.”
– Michael Brauer (The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, My Morning Jacket)“The EP-34 Tape Echo is a lovely plug-in. It's very earthy and gritty and organic sounding.”
– Rik Simpson (Coldplay)“The EP-34 plug-in's self oscillation has all the vibe of the real Echoplex or Watkins with no tape hiss and no mechanical noise.”
– Steve Levine (Culture Club, Beach Boys, Ziggy Marley)“The UAD EP-34 Tape Echo reacts and sounds like the real thing. This is the best-sounding tape echo emulation we've ever heard.”
– The Crystal Method“The EP-34 Tape Echo plug‑in is so addictive. I absolutely love the character!”
– Jeff Balding (Taylor Swift, The Eagles, Florida Georgia Line)The EP-34 Tape Echo is not affiliated with, sponsored, nor endorsed by any companies currently using the "Echoplex" name. “Echoplex” “EP-3” and “EP-4” model names, are used solely to identify the hardware emulated by Universal Audio.
Customer Reviews
G. Samraj
February 4, 2017
Great tool for sound
Theres so much you can do with this plug in. Possibilities in sound design aspect is crazy. Fantastic on Guitars and many other instruments. Much needed tool for the dub element
Read MoreC. Santarpia
January 12, 2017
Has weight and grit
The tone of the repeats has a weight and slight grit to it. Like the real thing does! love it!
Read MoreF. Batiste III
January 6, 2017
Vintage Goodness
Sonic warmth is what you get from this plugin. The sound really hugs my ears. I love the way it adds a high quality sheen to whatever I put through it.
Read Morej. elliott
December 30, 2016
recently returned to this after a period of neglect.
...still my favorite tape echo plug hands down.
Read MoreJ. Banfield
December 26, 2016
A classic tape echo
I always wanted THE classic tape echo. This is it without all the hassle of tapes. Perfect for country slabback delays, spacey Floydian noises, and everything in between. Even a slight...
Read MoreS. Rehbein
December 23, 2016
Warm and smooth
Works great on vocals, guitars and synths, highly recommendable.
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Features
Highly desirable sound of original EP-3 and EP-4 Echoplex* tape delay units, now available as a UAD-2 plug-in for Mac or PC
Tape echo effects virtually indistinguishable from those used on countless classic recordings of the past six decades
Unique movable record head design creates warm, rich sound unlike any other delay unit
Provides a range of tones, from simple slap effects to self-oscillation chaos
Amalgam of features from EP-3 and EP-4 hardware units, plus "digital only" extras for modern mix use
Requires a UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface available from authorized dealers worldwide
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Customer Reviews
EP-34 Tape Echo
G. Samraj
Great tool for sound
Theres so much you can do with this plug in. Possibilities in sound design aspect is crazy. Fantastic on Guitars and many other instruments. Much needed tool for the dub element
C. Santarpia
Has weight and grit
The tone of the repeats has a weight and slight grit to it. Like the real thing does! love it!
F. Batiste III
Vintage Goodness
Sonic warmth is what you get from this plugin. The sound really hugs my ears. I love the way it adds a high quality sheen to whatever I put through it.
j. elliott
recently returned to this after a period of neglect.
...still my favorite tape echo plug hands down.
J. Banfield
A classic tape echo
I always wanted THE classic tape echo. This is it without all the hassle of tapes. Perfect for country slabback delays, spacey Floydian noises, and everything in between. Even a slight delay with a little pan can really thicken up a guitar track. I absolutely love it and almost always have it loaded in a send slot. One of the best places to start with UA effects units!
S. Rehbein
Warm and smooth
Works great on vocals, guitars and synths, highly recommendable.
D. Minns
Simply outstanding!
The presets are so good, that I have only used these so far as they meet everything I am looking for.
A. Belt
Good Plugin
I like.
Use for vocals.
Little bit for guitar, snare
Mix with another reverbA. Hylander
Classic & playful
This is a very simple delay that gives you an outstanding sound and great ideas to play with and get unique combinations. Definitely a must have!
E. Delinois
EP-34 Tape Echo
Simply amazing. The EP-34 Tape Echo gives your vocal recordings that fullness and special something you get from lavish recording studios.
R. Howell
EP-34 Tape Echo vs. Galaxy
I was torn between the EP-34 Tape Echo and the Galaxy. I went w/ the EP-34 Tape Echo and so far I'm really digging it. Sounds great, lots of options and it is a necessary addition to my UA plugins, but it does use DOUBLE the DSP of the Galaxy @ 26.7% in mono vs. 13.3% in mono.
https://help.uaudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/215262223-UAD-2-Instance-ChartG. Suarez
Love it!
This is one my favorite plugins. I love it on guitars. Whether you are experimenting new sounds or just want to add warmth to your tracks, you can not go wrong. I demoed it and within a few minutes, I knew that I was going to get it. I immediately used it on a song of mine for a unique ending.
l. pachetti
the MOJO DELAY
if you are after that mojo sound, "the vibe stuff", this is it! automate the speed for the "LSD delay wash"
B. Schmiedl
Amazing tape delay!
Fantastic sounding plugin, my favourite delay for guitar.
Great vibe and easy to use.T. Hinterholzinger
so happy!
I love it! Owning a perfect condition Roland RE501 Space Echo as well as a fully-working vintage 50ies oildrum echo - the EP-34 was god sent. Having the ability to easily build tempo synced stereo delays with two instances of this, fed back across each other, is simply wonderful. Many mix cilents ask me if I played an additional synth pad on their songs. I did not. It is just two instances of EP-34 on the guitars! No other tape delay plug in comes even close, imho.
E. Bureau
Very useful - easy to use and great sounding
Hi - My name is Emil and I'm addicted to tape echo.
I use tape echoes extensively in both live and studio settings. I wouldn't say that the EP34 plugin have replaced the magic of the machine, but it has my life much easier and have some uses where it seriously shines! It makes making pilot/-recordings so much faster and easier. The lower noise level than the real machine also makes it very useful. I've tried almost every tape echo emulation guitar pedal there is in the search for something I can bring when we fly out for gigs. I've also tried all the plugins from waves etc. None of them come close, to the real deal. They are real flat and two-dimensional in comparison. But the EP34 plugin seriously does!.
The real deal!
I Love the sound of this plugin! Fantastic sound and GUI
, It strikes me everytime, you nail the vibe from the original!
Thank you UAD!J. Ng
If you need to find some inspirations in mixing, try this one.
As title. I'm already tired of using the typical echo plugins available, then I tried this one. It totally gave me new ideas on guitars and other instruments. Thanks UA for releasing this secret weapon :)
B. Schimmel
Great sounding emulation
I never heard the original but this emulation sounds pretty deep and authentic.
Owned a Roland Space Echo once, you wont get that lo-fi Type sound out of this one.
Sounds more like a high end tape echo... which it actually was ;).H. Abels
Fantastic Analog sounding Echo!
This was just what I was looking for! I wanted an easy to dial in analog sounding delay for tracking and mixing guitars and vocals.
This fit the bill. It is very fast to get a good sound & dial in the delay time you're looking for.
The decay is very analog sounding I that it has a good depth and sense of space to it. Very unique sounding compared to my other 2 main delay plugins that tend to me echo boy and H delay.
This delay plugin offers a very good unique sound I haven't found in other plugins.
Great plugin and value. Highly reccomend.