FATSO™ Jr. / Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor
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Get the rich sound of magnetic tape, class A transformers, and tube circuits.
Able to warmly burnish frequencies and transients, or crush them with thick saturation, the FATSO Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor plug-in for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces exhaustively emulates the iconic, industry standard Empirical Labs hardware.
Used by legendary engineers Ed Cherney, Al Schmitt, and Brendan O'Brien, the FATSO can also increase the apparent volume of your source material. The FATSO plug-in is officially endorsed and scrutinized for accuracy by its designer, Dave Derr.Inject your tracks and mixes with the warm, musical qualities of magnetic tape, tubes, and class A transformers
Lightly color, or destroy, drums, vocals, and more with tube and tape saturation
Harness “plug-in only” Tranny Saturation, Sidechain Filtering, and Stereo/Mono controls
Dial-in a wealth of analog textures with Warmth and Spank controls
Powered Plug-In Overview
FATSO Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor plug-in
Go From Tame — to Trashed
The FATSO plug-in offers a wide palette of possibilities for adding fat analog character and cohesiveness to your DAW tracks. It’s also a creative tool, able to add varying degrees of saturation — from subtle to severe — on any source. The FATSO's Input control lets you dial in shades of harmonic generation and distortion, while the Tranny and Warmth features provide varying amounts of of tape and tube tone.
Plug-In Only Features
The FATSO plug-in’s versatility is greatly expanded with the addition of Dave Derr's custom mods. The FATSO Sr. offers a “Tranny” saturation control, Sidechain Filtering and deeper compression parameters including Threshold, Attack and Release. These special FATSO Sr. mods are only available with the UAD Powered Plug-In version of this essential studio tool.
“The Fatso is our secret weapon for warming up abrasive soft synths.”
– The Glitch Mob“The FATSO is a 'must own' UAD plug-in. I love it on the kick and bass tracks. It's also amazing in the master buss chain.”
– Ivan Barias (Musiq Soulchild, Jill Scott, Estelle)“The UAD FATSO really brings back the bottom-end warmth to a vocal that's lost its way.”
– Dean Coleman“When you need something to really punch but still have warmth, the UAD FATSO is my weapon of choice.”
– Richard Devine“The UAD FATSO is my favorite tool for warming up guitars and bringing out harmonic content.”
– Billy Bush (Garbage)Customer Reviews
U. Soto
May 16, 2024
WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO BUY THIS?!
DANG! DID NOT EXPECT TO LIKE THIS PLUGIN THIS MUCH. I HAVE TONS OF TAPE EMULATION PLUGINS BUT THERE'S JUST SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THIS ONE.
Read MoreT. bryan
May 14, 2024
WONDERFUL EMULATION
Wow, another emulation that is true to the original Empirical Labs sound. Keep up the good work...
Read MoreB. Lehaney
May 11, 2024
Love this plugin
This plugin adds punch and colour. Love what it adds to my guitars.
Read Morej. nieva
April 29, 2024
Amazing tone!
I love everything about Fatso.It provides instant warmth, lots of harmonics and weight to your source. Perfect on parallel processing.
Read MoreA. Lee
April 27, 2024
So fat FATSO
Very versatile - from warm & thick drum bus tones to crushed & punchy parallel channels. We NEED a native version so it...
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Key Features
Recreates the warm, musical qualities of magnetic recording tape, tubes, and class A transformers
Licensed and endorsed by Empirical Labs, created by Universal Audio
Clipping, Warmth, Tranny, and Compression Select allow for a wide variety of analog tonal shaping possibilities
Additional UAD plug-in exclusive, FATSO Sr., provides original concept developed by Empirical Labs’ Dave Derr
FATSO Sr. features include Tranny Saturation, Sidechain Filtering plus Threshold, Attack, and Release
Stereo or Mono operation with independent Left/Right controls
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Customer Reviews
FATSO™ Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor
U. Soto
WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO BUY THIS?!
DANG! DID NOT EXPECT TO LIKE THIS PLUGIN THIS MUCH. I HAVE TONS OF TAPE EMULATION PLUGINS BUT THERE'S JUST SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THIS ONE.
T. bryan
WONDERFUL EMULATION
Wow, another emulation that is true to the original Empirical Labs sound. Keep up the good work...
J. Ruziev
Great
Warm Sound
B. Lehaney
Love this plugin
This plugin adds punch and colour. Love what it adds to my guitars.
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j. nieva
Amazing tone!
I love everything about Fatso.It provides instant warmth, lots of harmonics and weight to your source. Perfect on parallel processing.
A. Lee
So fat FATSO
Very versatile - from warm & thick drum bus tones to crushed & punchy parallel channels. We NEED a native version so it can be all over the session.
A. Little
Love it
Can’t stress enough how much I love this plugin …thank you to the UAD team for all the hard work to make our jobs easier
J. Kelly
Vocals!
I love this parallel on vocals
J. Kelly
Vocals!
I love this parallel on vocals
H. Aydin
Drums medicine
Love it on drums.
R. Rasiński
different vibe
I have a lot of different plug-ins that add an analog flavor and I wasn't sure if I needed another plug-in of this type, but after running the demo and looking through a few presets, I had to buy it. It's a completely different analog taste, and it has almost no latency, so it's perfect for individual tracks when creating music.
M. Nova
One of my fav plugins
The color of the Fatso’s saturation is unique! Love it on everything lol.
R. Barner
Needs GUI update.
The GUI is absolutely Miniscule. I really would like to get it but with it being this tiny I would have a headache from using it on a modern monitor.
R. Barner
Needs GUI update.
The GUI is absolutely Miniscule. I really would like to get it but with it being this tiny I would have a headache from using it on a modern monitor.
J. Janev
So Nice and So Fat!
Very warm and rich sounding compressor! It sounds great on the Drums Bus, synths, and any instrument, even the Master Bus. It has a very nice saturation - a combination of Tranny with the Warmth control (I usually use about position 2). The perfect plug-in for a thick sound!
S. Lontano
Add warm and punch
I love this plugin on everything that sound sterile and lifeless.
This plugin add warm, punch and life to everything.
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!!!
E. Zorgman
Analogue and warmth plus harmonics
Something with really nice harmonics and saturation. Find this useful in multiple ways. The compressor added provides a nice touch to something already filled with analogue greatness.