Oxide Tape Recorder gives you the musical, mixable sound of tape, letting you quickly add clarity, punch, and warmth to vocals, guitars, drums, and more, so every track sounds like a record.
UA’s groundbreaking tape emulation in an easy‑to‑use plug‑in
Oxide Tape Recorder gives you the musical, mixable sound of tape, letting you quickly add clarity, punch, and warmth to vocals, guitars, drums, and more, so every track sounds like a record.
Key Features
Inject the warm color and punchy low-end response of analog tape to your tracks
Apply tape saturation and circuit overdrive via simple Input/Output controls
Choose among 7.5 and 15 IPS Tape Speeds and two emphasis curves for colorful tape textures
Experience in-the-box recording “through” tape in real time using Apollo interfaces
Get Hit-Making Analog Tape Sounds
Developed by the same team behind UA’s industry-leading Ampex and Studer tape machine plug-ins, Oxide Tape Recorder gives your productions the warmth, presence, and vibe of professional analog tape, with only the essential controls, so you can get sounds faster.
Explore Groundbreaking Tape Emulation Technology
Whether you’re tracking in realtime using an Apollo interface or mixing in your DAW, Oxide’s intuitive controls deliver musical results for beginners and pros alike. Just select IPS (inches per second), EQ, and noise reduction settings, and tweak input and output controls to taste. By emulating fat tape compression and colorful circuit behaviors, Oxide gives your tracks the cohesive glue that only analog tape can provide.
macOS 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur, 12 Monterey, 13 Ventura
Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit only Editions)
Intel, AMD, or Apple silicon processor
Internet connection to download software and authorize UADx plug-ins
Free iLok account with iLok Cloud or iLok USB (2nd generation or higher)
A physical iLok dongle is NOT required to activate this product
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