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FATSO Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor

FATSO Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor

4.8 (436)

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.

FATSO Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor

$299

$299

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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 436 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 384 Total 4 star reviews: 40 Total 3 star reviews: 8 Total 2 star reviews: 1 Total 1 star reviews: 3
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436 reviews
  • FS
    Florin S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 week 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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  • IC
    I. Carrillo S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 months ago
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    I love it on drums

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  • SL
    S. L.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6 months ago
    Hans Zimmer Interview

    Hans Zimmer Interview Guide Me To This Wonderful Plug-in.

    Thank You

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  • MB
    M. B.
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    10 months ago
    More Than Just a Tape Sim

    It sounds great, but also makes it easier and faster when you want the same distressor settings for two channels, instead of trying to copy your settings. I got it on sale, I've really been liking it.

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  • IS
    I. S.
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    10 months ago
    Smooth transients

    Fantastic musical compressor . Gives a varm touch .

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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.

This refers to the number of SHARC DSP processors in Apollo and UAD-2 hardware. A DUO core system has twice the amount of processing power compared to a SOLO core system. More SHARC DSP cores increases the number of UAD-2 plug-ins you can run on the hardware.

No, Satellites provide DSP to run UAD-2 plug-ins in 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. Authorisation of UAD-2 hardware is managed by the UAD Meter & Control Panel Application.

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