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.Now You Can
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
C. Vazquez
May 24, 2020
DRUM BUSS
I know I’m limiting it’s use but wow this thing just sounds incredible on the drum buss!!! I just set it and forget!!! You will see!...
Read MoreJ. Desfosses
May 24, 2020
Can't live without it!
Want punch? Cbeck. Want warmth? Check. Want to crush the s**t out of a source? Check again. You could put this on every track and find a different way to use it in each case. A must-have!...
Read MoreR. Pressman
May 15, 2020
Good for adding punch
Can do both transparent and colorful compression well. They really shine as a saturation tools.
Read MoreR. Pressman
May 15, 2020
Covers a lot of ground
Can be colorful or transparent, depending on settings. Really shines when used as a saturation tool, though. Great for adding punch to a track.
Read More.
May 9, 2020
A must-have
This compressor is probably the best compressor to record acoustic guitars and and the safe haven to process parallel Vox busses.
Read MoreG. Rios
April 20, 2020
SINGER, MUSIC PRODUCER
FATSO JR/SR IS GREAT COMPRESSOR FOR anything.
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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
C. Vazquez
DRUM BUSS
I know I’m limiting it’s use but wow this thing just sounds incredible on the drum buss!!! I just set it and forget!!! You will see!
J. Desfosses
Can't live without it!
Want punch? Cbeck. Want warmth? Check. Want to crush the s**t out of a source? Check again. You could put this on every track and find a different way to use it in each case. A must-have!
R. Pressman
Good for adding punch
Can do both transparent and colorful compression well. They really shine as a saturation tools.
R. Pressman
Covers a lot of ground
Can be colorful or transparent, depending on settings. Really shines when used as a saturation tool, though. Great for adding punch to a track.
UAD User
A must-have
This compressor is probably the best compressor to record acoustic guitars and and the safe haven to process parallel Vox busses.
G. Rios
SINGER, MUSIC PRODUCER
FATSO JR/SR IS GREAT COMPRESSOR FOR anything.
P. Duffy
Give your kick some girth!
I love sending my kicks to this - just does something really magical and makes them sound...well...fat!
J. Akre
Fatso JR/SR
WOW and Dang! It's like a 5 lb hammer, yet extremely versatile.
L. Meade
BITCHIN'
Never been more satisfied from grabbing a Fatsos tranny knob and cranking it.
D. Yudin
Very interesting for brass
Very interesting work in brass bus
D. Perini
Fatso
Fatso is a must!
t. billonare
this is perfect
i use on bass everytime
g. cudjoe
Awesome
I heard so much about this plugin but always put it off until now! Great plugin, a must have.
a. emiri
great Guys at UA
I own a FATSO Hardware too....it's very very difficult to find differences with the UAD2 FATSO™ Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor....Great Guys at UA...
Greetings from MilanoD. Lacroix
Amazing
Truly an amazing tool i recommend anyone working post production invest in. You wont be disappointed!!!!!
s. simmonds
Great comp
Works like the real one ... sounds awesome
A. Stapleton
WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!
I can honestly say this thing has changed my mixes in a huuuge way! Its sound can be subtle or extreme depending on your settings. It's so good I'm thinking of getting another DSP octo-core. The Fatso is demanding on the dsp. but you get what you expect from its processing. I own some of the best UAD plugins and this plugin made me feel like I could've have done without some of the compressors I bought. They're all great but the Fatso is quite unique. :-) It does what it's supposed to!
R. Khan
Mr Bombastic, baby fantastic!
Bombastic in all the right places. This thing’s got power. You can drive it quite hard, probably beyond the needs of most but the capability is there. I like the ‘warmth’ button feature, gradual clicks simply get you to the level of warmth you want. This feature is in addition to the regular dial knobs and doesn’t have to be used but I really like it—instant warmth!
If you want a compressor, put this on your must try list.S. Yakimovich
FATSO™ Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor
Cool plugin. They can pump any track. Add ribbon warmth and saturation. My score is 5 out of 5.
C. Camden
Get this.
This is simply magic on a drum bus. Worth it for that alone for me.
