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FATSO Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor

FATSO Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor

4.8 (440)

Get the rich sound of magnetic tape, Class A transformers, and tube circuits.

  • 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

Runs on macOS or Windows. Requires an Apollo audio interface or UAD Accelerator. View full system requirements.

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Get the Rich Sound of Magnetic Tape

Warmly burnish frequencies and transients, or crush them with thick saturation using the FATSO Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor. Used by legendary engineers with credits from Willie Nelson and Bonnie Raitt to AC/DC, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden the FATSO UAD plug-in is officially endorsed and scrutinized for accuracy by its designer, Dave Derr.

Go From Tame to Trashed

The FATSO plug-in offers a wide palette of possibilities for adding fat analog character and cohesiveness to your tracks. It’s also a creative tool that can add varying degrees of saturation — from subtle to severe — on any source. The Input control lets you dial in shades of harmonic color and distortion, while the Tranny and Warmth features provide varying amounts of tape and tube tone.

Access Plug-In Exclusive Features

The FATSO plug-in’s versatility goes even deeper with the addition of custom mods — including a “Tranny” saturation control, Sidechain Filter, and deeper compression parameters including Threshold, Attack, and Release. These special FATSO Sr. mods are only available with the UAD plug-in version of this essential studio too

What They Say

And the FATSO Sr. That’s the [FATSO jr.] companion plug-in. Yeah, that is super, super cool.

Jacquire King

Kings of Leon, Norah Jones, Cold War Kids

The new FATSO Jr/Sr [plug-in] is amazing. It may be the only dynamics module you need — it’s that versatile.

Charles Scott

Star Trek, Hung, Fringe

Reviews

4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
Based on 440 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 386 Total 4 star reviews: 41 Total 3 star reviews: 8 Total 2 star reviews: 1 Total 1 star reviews: 4
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  • S
    sergey
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    4 months ago
    superrr

    one of the best compressors

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  • BB
    Brockden B.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    5 months ago
    Fat Telecaster

    Nice for fattening up my twangy tele

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  • JL
    Jorge L. P. d. M.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    5 months ago
    Buy without fear

    Excellent compressor, truly one of the best.

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  • KM
    Khadzhi Murat G.
    Verified Buyer
    I do not recommend this product
    Rated 1 out of 5 stars
    9 months ago
    Clicks and sound drops UAD 2 SATELLITE OCTO, PCI-e ACCELERATOR PLUGINS in REAPER

    Clicks and sound drops when using UAD 2 SATELLITE OCTO, PCI-e ACCELERATOR PLUGINS in REAPER DAW on AMD RYZEN 7950x windows 10 PC with ASUS PROART X670E-CREATOR WIFI motherboard

    I bought a brand new UAD 2 SATELLITE OCTO, PCI-E card in the store. When playing sound through UAD VST3 or VST plugins and enabling Loop in REAPER, short sound drops appear in the sound wave.

    I studied the problem in more detail and here is what I was able to find out:

    1. When using NATIVE UAD PLUGINS without UAD 2 SATELLITE OCTO, PCI-E, the problem does not exist.

    2. When I disable loop in reaper, the problem does not exist.

    3. When running UAD 2 SATELLITE OCTO, PCI-E plugins through the audiogridder server, the problem does not exist.

    4. When load UAD plugins in Ableton, Fl - problem does not exist.

    The behavior of the system when LOOP is enabled in REAPER - 3 cycles occur without problems, on the 4th cycle, the sound drops out.

    Problem only in REAPER DAW - in Ableton, FL my UAD 2 works fine.

    UAD Support Ask me to contact with Reaper support.

    Please help me. Let's fix the problem. Many users have this problem!

    Here is a link to full description of my problem:

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

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  • FS
    Florin S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    9 months ago
    My go to Bass processing plugin

    Excellent plugin for adding depth to bass tracks. I ll keep ok experimenting with it :)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you’ll need an Apollo audio interface, UAD-2 Satellite, or UAD-2 PCIe card to run these plug-ins, using the onboard DSP. The plug-ins run on the hardware itself, without adding strain to your computer’s CPU. In an Apollo, onboard DSP processing allows you to run realtime UAD plug-ins with near-zero latency, and even record that processing directly to your DAW.

Yes, you can start a fully functional 14-day demo from any plug-in bundled with the UAD software. Simply click “Start Demo”, and start using it in your DAW.

UAD-2 licenses follow the hardware, it does not matter which computer they are connected to. You can have up to six UAD-2 devices registered to a system in your Universal Audio account, which share those licenses. See UAD-2 Plug-In Licensing Explained for full details. Authorization of UAD-2 hardware is managed by the UAD Meter & Control Panel Application.

Check our Knowledge Base for additional questions

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