Buy Oxide Tape Recorder, get a free gift with purchase:
UA’s Groundbreaking Tape Emulation In An Easy‑To‑Use Plug‑In
Now compatible with any soundcard on Mac and PC
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.
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.
Features
- Use any audio interface, with both UAD Native and Apollo Realtime/UAD-2 versions included
- 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
Versions Included with your Purchase
- UAD Native: Runs on your Mac or PC without any UA hardware
- Apollo Realtime & UAD-2: Runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 hardware
- macOS Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14, Sequoia 15 and Tahoe 26
- Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit editions)
- Intel, AMD, or Apple silicon processor
- Internet connection to download software and authorize UAD Native plug-ins (UADx)
- Free iLok account
- Compatible with iLok USB (2nd generation or higher) but not required
- Free UA Connect application for managing UAD Native plug-ins (UADx)
- A supported DAW compatible with VST3, AU, or AAX plug-in file formats.
Registration
1. Click the Download button in your Plugin Boutique account or go to https://www.uaudio.com/my/account/redeem/.
2. Enter your email and the serial code found in your Plugin Boutique User Account > Click 'Get my Plug-in'.
3. Enter the details required to create your Universal Audio account > Click 'Create Account'.
4. Download UA Connect by clicking either 'macOS' or 'Windows' depending on the system you are using.
Windows Installation
1. Once the download is complete, extract and open the ZIP folder you just downloaded > Open the PC folder > Double-click the UA Connect.exe installer file.
2. Read the terms of agreement > Click 'I Agree'.
3. The installation of PACE License Support will now begin > Click 'Next >'.
4. Read the license agreement > Click 'Yes'.
5. Click 'Install'.
6. Click 'Finish'.
7. Locate and open UA Connect > Enter the email address and password of your Universal Audio account.
8. Click 'GET STARTED'.
9. Select the option that is relevant to you - either 'I Already Have an iLok Account' or 'Create an iLok Account For Me'.
10. Enter your iLok account User ID then click 'LINK ACCOUNT'
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11. Enter the password for you iLok account and click 'Authorize'.
12. Locate the plugin you wish to install > Click 'DOWNLOAD'.
13. Once the plugin has been installed, open your DAW and then the newly installed plugin.
Your software is now activated and ready to use in your DAW!
Mac Installation
1. Once the download is complete, double-click the UA Connect.dmg installer file.
2. Drag UA Connect into your Applications folder.
3. Locate and open UA Connect > Enter the email address and password of your Universal Audio account.
4. Click 'GET STARTED'.
5. Select the option that is relevant to you - either 'I Already Have an iLok Account' or 'Create an iLok Account For Me'.
6. Enter your iLok account User ID then click 'LINK ACCOUNT'
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7. Enter the password for you iLok account and click 'Authorize'.
8. Locate the plugin you wish to install > Click 'DOWNLOAD'.
9. Once the plugin has been installed, open your DAW and then the newly installed plugin.
Your software is now activated and ready to use in your DAW!
