Studer® A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder
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Charakteristischer Analogsound der weltweit bekanntesten Multitrack-Bandmaschine.
Warmer Analogsound, druckvoller Bass und der gesamte Klangcharakter des Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorders begeistern Künstler und Toningenieure seit mehr als 30 Jahren. Unzählige wegweisende Alben wurden auf dieser legendären 2-Zoll-Maschine aufgenommen, von Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, A Tribe Called Quest oder Jeff Buckley – allesamt leuchtende Beispiele für die musikalischen Klangeigenschaften analoger Magnetbänder.
Das in Zusammenarbeit mit Jay McKnight, Experten für Magnetband-Aufnahmen der AES, entwickelte Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder Plug-In ist von Studer vollständig autorisiert. Die Arbeit an der Emulation erstreckte sich über mehr als 12 Monate und war nach seiner Veröffentlichung für UAD-2 Hardware und Apollo Audio Interfaces das erste seiner Art. Dieses von UA gemodelte Plug-In bildet den gesamten Signalverlauf und die Elektronik der berühmten A800-Maschine aus Allen Sides´ Sammlung in den Ocean Way Studios originalgetreu nach. Es ist die aktuell präziseste und umfassendste Emulation einer professionellen Mehrspur-Bandmaschine am Markt.Jetzt kannst Du:
Den gesamten Signalweg und die Elektronik der Studer A800 für einzelne Spuren und Busse einsetzen und mit warmem Tape Sound veredeln
Mit dem kompletten elektronischen Signalweg der A800, einschließlich Eingang-, Sync- und Repro-Pfaden aufnehmen und mixen
Wärme, Präsenz, Homogenität und Bassdruck hinzufügen, den nur eine echte Bandmaschine liefert
Mit den Eigenschaften unterschiedlicher Bandarten komplexe Analogtexturen kreieren
Über die einfache Input/Output-Steuerung Bandsättigung und Verzerrungen hinzufügen
Mit der Gang Control Funktion globale Parameter-Änderungen schnell auf alle Instanzen anwenden
Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder Plug-In
Vorstellung des Studer A800 Plug-Ins.
Eine bahnbrechende Bandmaschine
Die 1978 vorgestellte Studer 800 war die erste Bandmaschine mit Mikroprozessor-Steuerung. Ihrer Zeit weit voraus, setzte die A800 mit ihrer Klangqualität Standards und ist heute noch in vielen Studios weltweit im Einsatz. Mit dem massiven Stahlrahmen, der mächtigen Meterbridge, den zwei Motoren mit je einem halben PS Leistung und den gegossenen Drehtellern wiegt eine A800 400 kg. Das Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder Plug-In kommt ohne die Nachteile schwerer und wartungsanfälliger Hardware aus, bietet aber all die wundervollen Klangeigenschaften des geliebten Magnetbandes.
Die Magie des Tonbandes
Wie bei einem echten Magnetband lässt sich auch mit dem Plug-In der Klang entweder völlig neutral aufzeichnen, oder über die Input/Output-Regler mit dem gewünschten Maß harmonischer Sättigung bearbeiten. Über den IPS-Regler stehen unterschiedliche Bandgeschwindigkeiten (7,5, 15 oder 30 IPS) zur Auswahl, die jeweils über eine typische Frequenzverschiebung sowie Head-Bump- und Verzerrungseffekte verfügen. Über den Auswahlschalter Tape kann einer der vier gebräuchlichsten Band-Typen mit seinen jeweiligen akustischen Eigenheiten eingestellt werden. Der Cal-Schalter bietet die Kalibrierungsstufen +3 dB, +6 dB, +7,5 dB und +9 dB.
Versteckte Zusatzfunktionen
Hinter der Abdeckung unter den Spulen befinden sich zusätzliche Bedienelemente, die durch Anklicken des Studer-Logos bzw. der Open-Schaltfläche zum Vorschein kommen. Diese Bedienelemente umfassen eine Auto-Cal-, separate Hiss- und Hum- Funktionen sowie einen globalen Noise-Bypass. Schließlich lassen sich über die Gang Controls Funktion die Parameter-Einstellungen aller A800-Instanzen einer Session gleichzeitig bearbeiten.
Verwandle deine DAW in ein analoges Tonstudio
Das Studer A800 Plug-In sollte grundsätzlich immer als erster Insert-Effekt in allen Spuren eingefügt werden, für die ein Tape-Charakter gewünscht wird. So kannst du auch den für Magnetbandaufnahmen typischen kumulativen „Verschmelzungseffekt“ beurteilen, während du den Mix aufbaust. Selbstverständlich lassen sich auch in Mix-Bussen fantastische Effekte erzielen. In jedem Fall solltest du zuerst alle anderen Plug-Ins der Kette entfernen, da sicherlich entschieden weniger Kompression und EQ benötigen wird und du alleine damit einen sehr kompakten Mix erzielst.
“The Studer A800 plug-in is tape in a box. Tracks that are thin and dull become full of life and tone... so creative, and musical. ”
– Darrell Thorp (Beck, Radiohead, Charlotte Gainsbourg)
“No tape emulation has ever achieved this level of... should I say, completeness? I expect to smell the tape when I hit play!”
– Vance Powell (Jack White, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs)
“The Studer A800 plug-in is the missing link for in-the-box mixing.”
– Ryan West (Eminem, Kanye West, Kid Cudi)
“I tried the Studer A800 plug-in on drums, guitar and overheads to get a saturated, punchy sound. It sounded great, and it works for me.”
– Michael Brauer (The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, My Morning Jacket)
“I've been really loving the Studer A800 on bass, kick, overheads, horns and strings. It adds a tonal color that is very musical. ”
– Ross Hogarth (Van Halen, Ziggy Marley, Motley Crue)
“The UAD Studer A800 gives my drum bus a raw hard tone with a little distortion — all the while keeping the sound together.”
– Dean ColemanUser-Rezensionen
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6. April 2015
Smooth tape emulation
I've owned this for a while, and I'm finally comfortable enough to write a review on it. Subtlety seems to be the key word with this thing. I don't like what it does to the low end, but...
WeiterR. Bonilla
25. Dezember 2014
Ahhhhh...... Tape......!!!!! Hands Down The Best :)
This badboy here is amazing, I usually put it on my kick drum and snare and my god is just tape music to my ears I can describe it is just big body and meaty definitely go to on all my...
WeiterT. Cosentino
21. Januar 2014
finally
Not to violate any confidentiality agreement between me and Apple corp, I believe my audio drop out problem (re: my last post) is finally solved so.....I will give this plug a hearty 5...
WeiterJ. Cabrera
8. November 2013
A Must Have!!!
The Studer A800 is the first plugin I place across my mixes. This helps me get a good sound right off the bat. Once I dial it in, I proceed by placing the SSL G Buss Compressor on the...
WeiterJ. Baumet
14. September 2013
Sweet and creamy
Playing a mix through Studer (and Ampex) creates the same improvement one might find between icemilk and icecream! Not sure if any of you guys were ever poor enough that your parents...
WeiterB. Tochilin
7. August 2013
Studer A800 2 Inch Plugin
I purchased this plugin when it came out over a year ago. Right after I purchased it they came out with the Ampex plugin. That was the one I really wanted to run on the 2 track bus. After...
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Eigenschaften
Authentische, von Studer autorisierte Plug-In-Emulation der legendären A800 Mehrspur-Bandmaschine, gemodelt von Universal Audio
Liefert den warmen, natürlichen Sound und den Low-End Punch eines analogen 2-Zoll-Magnetbandes ohne die Nachteile dieser Technologie, wie Wartung, Bandabnutzung, Kalibrierung, usw.
Emuliert den kompletten elektronischen Signalweg der A800, inklusive Eingangs-, Sync- und Repro-Wegen
Auswahl zwischen vier der populärsten Bandformate und unterschiedlicher Kalibrierungen
Justierbare Bandsättigung und Übersteuerung mit den Ein- und Ausgangsreglern
IPS Speed/Emphasis Curve zwischen 7.5 NAB, 7.5 CCIR, 15 NAB, 15 CCIR, 30 AES wählbar
Gang Regler für schnelle, globale Einstellung aller verwendeten Plug-In Instanzen in einem Projekt
24+ Tracks mit einem UAD-2 QUAD DSP-System möglich
Benötigt UAD-2 DSP System oder Apollo Interface
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User-Rezensionen
Studer® A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder
UAD User
Smooth tape emulation
I've owned this for a while, and I'm finally comfortable enough to write a review on it. Subtlety seems to be the key word with this thing. I don't like what it does to the low end, but find it can really warm up mids and smooths things up when pushed just a bit. I don't like kick feeding into it so I keep off of the master bus (or have kick by pass it); and same deal with drums bus. Saturating it a bit on vocals can be nice, but again subtly. This thing is a DSP hog, but I do love it for premasters. As a DUO owner, I tend to reach for other tape emulators first (e.g., J37) before using this for that reason.
R. Bonilla
Ahhhhh...... Tape......!!!!! Hands Down The Best :)
This badboy here is amazing, I usually put it on my kick drum and snare and my god is just tape music to my ears I can describe it is just big body and meaty definitely go to on all my ongoing projects. But to be honest I mainly used this bad boy on vocals. I mainly do Hip Hop Pop and R&B!
My vocal chain is U87 70's ver. - Through the UAD neve 1073 - Studer A800 - Pultec -La2a silver and my God Vocals never sounded better, it's the Million dollar studio vocal quality everybody's been searching for. Thanks UA i'm your customer for life! I recommend the studer to everybody!T. Cosentino
finally
Not to violate any confidentiality agreement between me and Apple corp, I believe my audio drop out problem (re: my last post) is finally solved so.....I will give this plug a hearty 5 stars!
J. Cabrera
A Must Have!!!
The Studer A800 is the first plugin I place across my mixes. This helps me get a good sound right off the bat. Once I dial it in, I proceed by placing the SSL G Buss Compressor on the Master Bus and start mixing from there. Do this and not only will you end up using less EQ and Compression, but your mixes will sound better because of it. Don't forget to play around with the Bias and HF filter. That's where the magic is at!
J. Baumet
Sweet and creamy
Playing a mix through Studer (and Ampex) creates the same improvement one might find between icemilk and icecream!
Not sure if any of you guys were ever poor enough that your parents bought you icemilk but believe me... Its night and day!!!B. Tochilin
Studer A800 2 Inch Plugin
I purchased this plugin when it came out over a year ago. Right after I purchased it they came out with the Ampex plugin. That was the one I really wanted to run on the 2 track bus. After using this plugin (Studer 800) on the 2 track bus and also after I started the Ampeq 14 day demo I was a little bummed out I did not purchase the Ampeq. A few weeks later I stuck the Studer on every channel of my mix (only the drums & bass tracks) and I was amazed at what it did. About 7 years ago I sold my Otari MTR-90 so I am very familiar with tape machines and how they sound.
If you run this plugin on your drum & bass tracks it just glues them together. There is no need to spend thousands of dollars up keeping your 2" anymore with this plugin.D. Colombo
No track without, EVER
I use this plugin everywhere, loving the 15 ips speed, it smooths everything and gives body to any material. On the Apollo channel strip and in my daw, it is always there to imprint that nice smooth tape sound to all my material. Cannot recommend this enough
J. Moreland
A little effort and you're in analog heaven!
While at a session in L.A. last week, the band and I over the songs a few times as the engineer was getting tones and recording them to Pro Tools (sounded fine). Then we tracked the keepers onto a 2" Studer machine. I couldn't stop grinning after hearing my kit played back through that deck (it's been so long, I'd forgotten what tape does for drums). When I got home I started the A800 demo, tracked some drums and right there in front of me was that sound. Subtle on the overheads (like they were EQ'd - with really awesome EQ), more pronounced on kick & snare (the body of the drums were pulled forward, whereas it was mostly attack before). The price kept me from trying this out before. Don't be stupid like me, buy this. I finally did.
R. Mc
Analogue Emulation at its best
I am now beginning to feel the way i used to about making music thanks to Universal Audio.
They look after their customers like no other company and are my to go to plug inns everytime
Thanks
Balloonmanrecords.comV. Van
Quality of my latest Mix have increased due to Studer A800
Hi there,
Since my recent buy of Studer A800, plus a strategic change in my way of mixing. As you can listen from my artist page (www.indabamusic.com/people/Mimidhof). My two latest Remix Submission were done using Studer A800 on every track.
I'm owner of a simple DSP Duo core.. so I hesitate because of the price of the plugin and also because of using it in every track would fast let me without any DSP resource.
But I'm very glad of the result over all on the Drum track and the bass sound they are easyer to fit in my mixes. And I just begin to use it.
For my setup with little DSP ressources, for this plugin I took the decision to use it as an offline process, when I begin a new mix I process all my track with Studer A800.
MimidhofS. Hyland
What Box?
To my mind, there are two things that resolve the 'in the box / outside of the box' argument. The first one is production and mixing experience i.e. really knowing and understanding what you are doing, and the second is getting the Studer on every first insert (or every first insert of your most prominent elements if you are having to budget your DSP accordingly).
When the Studer's start working their magic, your mixes will have so much more sonic appeal, that you will soon put in the hours required to gain the experience, so it's the best starting point you'll ever define.P. Hamilton
Love it!
I have been recording on a 1" 16 track tape machine for years. I never really wanted to go digital, but once I saw THIS plug-in I knew it was time to make the jump. Being a total tape snob I really have to say that UA really blew my mind with the Studer plug-in. I can even make my track sound like a blown out, old hissy reel. I can't wait to get the Ampex next.
R. Squires
Studer Guys !
There are hidden wonderments built into this plug in that I can't imagine. It has kept people who have even BIGGER EARS than I do so satisfied that I wanted to write to tell the folks here about it. More later but YOU GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE. I'm impressed and I'll be hunting more tasty gadgetry from you before the new year is rolled in.
best! R. SquiresM. Vanacoro
An amazing plugin / "Set it and forget it!"
I love this plugin. I use it on individual tracks and on the whole mix. I'm sure, that with enough hours and hours of work you could re-create what it does with a bunch of really precise EQ plugs but it's just astounding how easy it is to slap this plug on and get warmth and 'fatness'. It's my new favorite.
R. Rodriguez
Studer for some freshness
I know that I will never be able to afford or operate properly a physical version of this machine. I love the ability to just have it right there, a mouse click away and in multiple instances of this great tool.
Throw it on your track and swim through the many great presets, read the manual, and I guarantee you will be able to find that analog sweetness you desire.
Well worth the cost of admission!D. Sundquist
Time Machine
Dear Sirs,
I've tried many tape simulators since I bought my first Pro Tools in 1996.
Working with the DAW in the early years, I sadly missed the A-800 and the Ampex MM1100/1200 that were instrumental in making that rock'n'roll sound after which many generations of music makers have modeled their preferences.
But when I insert the UAD A-800 plug-in on the live drums, it's like taking a ride in a Time Machine - right back to mid-80's when the analog machines were at their peak! I insert on the overhead mikes and it produces the crushing that squeezes the kit together tightly.
Now I'll be waiting for you guys to work on the AMPEX 8-track. Why not go over to Les Paul's and measure his machine?
Best Regards
/Dan Sundquist
SwedenM. Poncy
Tone shaping must
Less "tapey" than the Ampex, but given tone shaping uniqueness and low DSP draw, perhaps more useful. If you work hard to track good, clear sounds, but need a little bite taken off individual tracks during mixing, this is your ticket. Awesome.
C. Buyukuzun
About Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder Plug-in
This is a really good simulation of Studer A800. It's always so hard to repeat an analogue existence in digital world but I think UAD did it. It's saturation is very realistic and so easy to understand how to use. By the way, ''ganging'' feature is genius to emulate 24 channel input on the same deck. Thanks for all UAD team, from customer support to engineers!
F. Castro
Amazing
This is a reason to buy UA products by itself. Its usefulness cannot be overstated. On every channel of every mix, Period!
K. Manthata
Unbelievable - I love it!!
Wow, i must say this plugin is worth twice its price. It has done wonders for my mixes, tight bottom end and smooth highs. I now spend less time tweaking the EQ's on my tracks. Digital process has come a long way.
Well done UA keep up the good work.
