Oxide Tape Recorder
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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.
Included Versions
UAD Native
Runs on your Mac or PC without UA hardware.Apollo Realtime & UAD‑2
Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD‑2 hardware.UAD Native plug-ins run on both macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer and Windows 10 and 11. Go to our UA Support page for system requirements.
- 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
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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.
Watch The Reviews
“I'm not sure what alchemy or magic happened when you designed Oxide Tape Recorder plug-in, but I love it. It's simple to use with endless possibilities, and it's warm and crunchy while keeping transients intact.”
– Jacknife Lee (R.E.M, The Cars, Snow Patrol)
“The UAD Oxide Tape Recorder plug-in is my new favorite for saturation – it's amazing. ”
– Joey Waronker (Atoms for Peace, Beck, Other Lives)
“I’ve been using the Oxide Tape Recorder plug-in to oversaturate vocals and tape compress hi-hats. It sounds and feels very natural.”
– Mark Needham (The Killers, Neon Trees, P!nk)
“The UAD Oxide Tape Recorder plug-in is a fast way to get the sound of tape on all my tracks, with an easy-to-use interface.”
– John Paterno (Robbie Williams, Badly Drawn Boy, Bonnie Raitt)Customer Reviews
A. Fazil
August 13, 2020
Simple but effective tape emulation
Add some distortion and tape affect to your instrument and drum channels. Make your bass sound more alive. I use this on all my channels that need defect. Brilliant plug-in
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August 13, 2020
AMAZING
SOUNDS GREAT ON DRUMS ! I REALLY LIKE THE WAY ITS MAKE MY DRUMS CRUSH IN THE MIX !
Read MoreC. Bruce
August 9, 2020
Geeat
I use this to get the music to sound not like it’s all 1”s and 0”s
Read MoreI. Inkilä
August 1, 2020
Nice to add when needed
Quick and easy to work with. It's not as fiddly as the Studer so it speeds up decision making. Just add it on a track and call it a day!
Read MoreA. Fazil
July 31, 2020
One of the best Tape Plugins
Very simple and easy to use, and the effects are just amazing. You can add this to your mix busses and you can hear immediate...
Read MoreB. Clarke
July 29, 2020
Fantastic! A workhorse for sure.
This has immediately become my most used plugin. Used on the way in with conservative settings, it really does help glue tracks. Used in the mix...
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Key Features
Simple, easy to use features, providing the essential sound of magnetic tape to your recordings
Custom presets designed by engineer/producer John Paterno guiding you to great sound
Provides the warm, natural sound and punchy low-end response of large format analog tape
Tape saturation and circuit overdrive via easy-to-use Input / Output controls and Repro or Input paths
Tape Speeds of 7.5 and 15 IPS; NAB and CCIR Emphasis curves
Run 24 stereo or 40 mono tracks with a single UAD-2 QUAD DSP Accelerator
Algorithm design by UA’s world-renowned team of DSP engineers and AES magnetic recording expert Jay McKnight
Owners of Oxide get deep discounts towards UA's Magnetic Tape Bundle
Requires a UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface available from authorized dealers worldwide
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Customer Reviews
Oxide Tape Recorder
A. Fazil
Simple but effective tape emulation
Add some distortion and tape affect to your instrument and drum channels. Make your bass sound more alive. I use this on all my channels that need defect. Brilliant plug-in
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AMAZING
SOUNDS GREAT ON DRUMS ! I REALLY LIKE THE WAY ITS MAKE MY DRUMS CRUSH IN THE MIX !
C. Bruce
Geeat
I use this to get the music to sound not like it’s all 1”s and 0”s
I. Inkilä
Nice to add when needed
Quick and easy to work with. It's not as fiddly as the Studer so it speeds up decision making. Just add it on a track and call it a day!
A. Fazil
One of the best Tape Plugins
Very simple and easy to use, and the effects are just amazing. You can add this to your mix busses and you can hear immediate change
to the sounds. Great Plugin.B. Clarke
Fantastic! A workhorse for sure.
This has immediately become my most used plugin. Used on the way in with conservative settings, it really does help glue tracks. Used in the mix on most things, it accomplishes the same thing. Works better on multiple tracks rather than just a bus, though I'll use on a verb bus as well to smooth out and lengthen the tail. Great for adding saturation when you push it, and I love the versatility of 15 or 7.5ips, and also the choice of EQ compensation. I cut my teeth on 2" analog, and I really appreciate what this very affordable plugin brings to the table.
j. stepien
Smooth as silk
I demoed this plugin and after two days I decided to buy it. So smooth and warm!
J. Lee
best tape emulation
can get the analog sound very easly. from vsti tracks to master bus.
C. Kiasi
Integrates well with Luna
I absolutely love the Luna integration with the Oxide. I have it on every track I work on.
J. ALMANZA
Oxide Tape Recorder
Very Effective tool to use it on the master or in voices. It adds something difficult to explain. It makes your track to sound clearer and in an oldish style.
B. Gibbons
wow..
amazing plugin, use it on every channel
G. Balistreri
my guitar
very good
貴. 川吉
my guitar
my guitar got great tone with this. and this plug-in is just easy to set up.
T. Dodds
A crucial processor for my external gear
I basically run everything through Oxide. It really brings out the best in my DSI Tempest, introducing subtle compression and helping the kicks sit better in a mix without reducing overall impact. Similarly, adding Oxide to my bass input chain after a Unison amp gives me really lovely, balanced tracks that I don't have to do as much with in my DAW. It's a nifty little plugin!
H. Kim
Good!!
Good Quality!
N. Pinto
Simple tape plugin, but does the job!
Sounds great and it's so simple to use to get some extra warmth.
G. Polito
Very good!
Sounds good and easy to use! It gives sound as soon as you place it in insert!
O. Lamas
Not magic, but it’s a cool trick on all tracks.
I have quite a bit of other plugins that attempt this. Oxide just gets it right. It just sounds cool on everything I place it on.
Try it and you will love it.A. Bromke
Great but subtle
great stuff-nice saturation -pretty intuitive to use etc.
I. Sisko
Simple and Great!
Super easy to use and always a great sound. I used it on all projects since the purchase.
