Ampex® ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder
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Ampex® ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder
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E. Guerra
Awesome! One of the best UAD plug ins
If you want to increase your mixes, this is your plug in. You can add distortion, color, high end, lows, everything you need such as the analog era. This UAD is a must!
A. Hume
I Thought Tape Emulation Was Crap... Until I Got This Plugin
So detailed and sounds incredibly good on everything. It's no contest compared to other companies' tape plugins, due to the high level of customization offered and sonic capabilities of the ATR-102. To put it further in perspective, I thought tape emulation was a scam until I listened to the demo of this. I bought it within a day of using it.
From high quality tape sizzle to outright tape distortion, this plugin can do it all. The included presets are always my starting point but you can easily adjust the bias, hiss, crosstalk, etc.
M. Aitken
Yes it totally helps!
Not much to say because there isn't much to this plugin. Throw it on at the very end and it slightly warms and butters your sound. I use it on solo classical guitar recordings. It's the perfect finishing touch. Didn't care for the Studer for my purposes. This is the one. Preset: Soul Dressing!
J. Lee
Always wanted one
After I used this plug in as a demo last August i guess.
I've Been wanted to have one and waited till year end sale.
And No Clue to worth wait and payment.
I usually use at the drum bus to have certain hi frequency pop up and some kind of more bouncy effects.
One of the best
t. srina
best
very good
M. Maisonneuve
Just Perfect !
With this plug-in the sound is always very good. I like the final result. I use it for my dums bus, guitar bus, on my vocal too (with the tape delay). Ideal for the mix and the mastering. The preset are also very useful.
J. Cole
I didn't think it was possible...
I didn't think we would ever see the day where a plugin could be employed in place of real linear magnetic media. Turns out this sweet little number has been available for sometime. I'm glad I finally gave it a whirl! The plugin sounds just like the ATR-102's I heard back in the 90s. Every mix I do gets printed through this beauty using the 456 formula and the 1/2" head stack. Reminds of that massive tone and dynamic range heard on Robbie Robertson's first solo album. 5 stars!
S. Davis
Wonderful
I will be honest with you. I am still learning how to use this. It is a very deep plug in. I love the sound and what it does. I am just not certain what it truly does. Love it.
J. Poole
Getting warmer...
Does it sound like tape? It's like asking me if I had two pillows, could I tell the difference between the down filled pillow and the synthetic pillow. Until you've been hit in the face with both of them, you can't tell, they look the same. If you set the Shadow Hills Mastering compressor just right, you can almost get the weight of the down pillow.
D. Zahn
Essential
My favorite UAD Tape plugin.
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Great product...
It is very cool. 10 minutes of using the demo and I just realized how much I missed it. Very pleased with the purchase.
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Great product...
It is very cool. 10 minutes of using the demo and I just realized how much I missed it. Very pleased with the purchase.
T. Paul
Pure magic
The thing turns a mix into a record
T. Paul
Pure magic
The thing turns a mix into a record
T. Paul
Pure magic
The thing turns a mix into a record
T. Paul
Pure magic
The thing turns a mix into a record
s. sinclair
Vintage
This is one of my favourite plugins to warm things up..
M. Salamone
Clarity and Warmth
Definitely the best tape emulation plug-in I've ever used. Other emulations add either too much low end to a mix or leave the highs harsh. Set this one right and you'll have smooth, clear highs and warm mixes.
T. Carter
excellent
excellent
M. Kourilov
Ampex ATR-102 Tape
It's a nice plugin to have , a specially on a vocals buss.