FATSO™ Jr. / Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor
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FATSO™ Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor
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A. Dahlback
Great sound!
As always with UAD - amazingly beautiful sound, too much DSP power, and need for resizable GUI. Hoping for a native version in 2024! Superb on drums!!!
D. Nacrur
Rich harmonics, weight and presence. Versatile!
It's a plugin that makes a difference. It has a good emulation of an adjustable transformer (It's good, but it doesn't have the same effect as a real transformer). It offers an interesting feature to soften the highs - from attenuating digital highs to emulating a vintage sound, with exaggeratedly soft highs. The compressor is good, both in terms of sound and audio behavior. But don't buy it if you want to emulate magnetic tape sound. It offers saturation with great harmonics, but it's different. I've never had the real thing, but I really like this plugin. Without a doubt, it is one of those great-sounding plugins that offers the most features in the same product. A little difficult to understand at first, but once you learn each function and get practice, it is a practical and versatile tool. I recommend!
C. Lee
Very Fat & Fairly Faithful
The FATSO does a lot more than it gets credit for, and although it doesn’t sound quite like tape, it softens, glues, and fattens tracks nicely.
When comparing the plugin to my hardware, I found them to behave very similarly with the exception of the plugin’s transformer emulation. In this regard, the plugin is a bit heavier handed, and the transformer-induced harmonics sound somewhat over exaggerated.
Still, it does the thing, and I wouldn’t hesitate to use the UAD FATSO on a mix.
This plugin is due for a UI update.
B. Busch
Great, but agree needs a refresh!
I've had a hardware FATSO since about a year after it came out and bought the UAD plug as soon as that came out. The hardware FATSO is sweeter and more squishy or compliant, while the plugin is a bit stiffer and a little smaller sounding. The plug does a decent job getting close, the "Sr" features are great, but it's old and needs a refresh version. I agree with some others that the UAD Distressor is much closer sounding to the hardware, and they could do the same for the FATSO + mix control, more DSP efficient, etc. That said, I still use the plug all the time, it's very good in its own right, and it does have a lot of the fun, vibe and problem solving that the real thing does. It could just be better, knowing how good stuff is sounding all this time after the UAD FATSO first came out.
F. San Filippo
Is it a compressor? A tape sim? Half-bird/half-lobster?
I don't know what it is, but I dig it.
D. Chin-Sang
FATSO
Not as close as the distressor is to the real thing but still pretty good. Can’t go wrong with Empirical Labs emulations from UAD.
A. Vastola
Sounds good, looks bad
I feel that the GUI for this plugin is awkward and too small. Much less friendly to use than the Distressor plugin, and obviously much clumsier than the hardware version.
C. Velandia
Awesome!
I have been using the Distressor almost on a daily basis for the longest time and was always curious about this plugin. I'll start off by saying that the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars, is that the GUI can be a pain in the butt. It's a tiny plugin and in my big screens, I have to get close to the screen to see the parameters. That being said, the plugin sounds amazing. Beautiful rich sound.
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Fatso
Doeant worknon everything but when itbworks its great!
J. Oliveira
Very useful for Drum Buss
Very Flexible but it´s not sounding so much analog
m. Da Vinci
super versatile
use this combo on anything from simple compression to lovely dirt
G. Jackson
Great and easy to use.
Really amazing plugin. I don’t have the original unit to compare with but it sounds great. The only complaint is that the GUI is a bit small. It can be hard to see on the MacBook Pro and you end up squinting a bit. It would be great if they made the plugin window resizable. But otherwise it’s fantastic. I’ll be getting the Distressor next!
j. fox
Great plugin!
After using it all over mixes for 2 weeks, it became a must buy for me. Will be great to have for tracking w/Apollo as well as mixing.
W. Teo
Great for VOs
If you think good compression and EQ is all that's needed for Voice-Overs, which is true - wait till you use the FATSO.
M. Coy
Loving this on some drum bus
I've been using this on the drum bus and it's pretty sick. Not exactly tape, but sweetly crunching. Good stuff.
b. lugay
I want it..
This is the one i want next.
D. Christophe
Hard to master but great results
I struggled a lot getting the most out of this. It is pretty difficult imo and sometimes you get lost because tweaking one thing has a different effect on other things.
But with some patience you can get a very big sound. It can get the max out of the total dynamic range you need to achieve.
Not cheap but still worth it if you want an aggressive compressor/limiter.
C. Leiria
Great on Bass and drums.
I use it mainly on bass it tames the dynamics and it make sit sit well in the mix with the kick and the rest of the low end, I use it as well in the drums bus with great results. Sometimes I use the JR in guitars as well.
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Love it
I love the way it can give life and warmth to my mix !! when you know the price for the real 1...
a must have !!
A. Iliev
Great
Great quality and amazing things you can do with this plugin.