Mixing With The UA Oxide Plugin - Mixing With Mike Mixing Tip

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[@Esotericvaultofgems]

To save you time! The oxide tape machine is a emulation of the A800 studer, they quote it to be a emulation of some secret tape machine but there’s restrictions to there stock setting with minimal calibration (which is minimal setting editing!) The A800 Studer gives you more control & flexibility! They both add warmth & saturation but the A800 give you a lot more freedom & and little more control over your mix, in my honest opinion, go for the A800 studer over the oxide, so you not giving them a bunch of money for just add-ons. I have both but I wish I just got the A800 Studer first because it’s literally the same exact thing but here’s the slight differences below & under the hood ! Oxide Tape Machine : • Unknown reel tape (it could be 250,456,900, or GP9) 🤷🏻‍♂️, who knows, only the creators or comparing with the A800 for hours till you get a answer • IPS (inches per Seconds) - Settings 7.5 & 15 ( no off selection or 30 IPS) •Similar EQ (National Association Broadcast for low end boost used to broadcast in North America & Japan , & Comité Consultatif International des Radiocommunications is used for higher frequencies boosted for broadcasting in Europe & other parts of the world). • Similar noise reduction. • Similar input & reproduction button but no sync or thru button & no calibration settings. • Similar Input & output control. A800 Studer : • Tape Reels (250,456,900, & GP9). • IPS (inches per Seconds) - turn off selection, 7.5, 15, & 30. •Calibration boost of +3, +6, +7.5, & +9 ( which means you can adjust the HF Driver, Sync EQ, Repro EQ, & noise settings, you can only 1 of the 4 buttons (thru,input, sync, & repro) then boost your levels or attenuate/reduce to lowest setting of +3, & lastly you have auto cal that you can turn on or off. •Similar EQ (National Association Broadcast for low end boost used to broadcast in North America & Japan , & Comité Consultatif International des Radiocommunications is used for higher frequencies boosted for broadcasting in Europe & other parts of the world). • Similar noise reduction. • Similar input & reproduction but you get sync & thru. • Similar Input & output control. • Calibration control for accurate, consistency, reliability in measurements & performance as mentioned above ⬆️, you get to adjust the parameters such as bias levels, high frequencies, low frequencies, noise control such as (hum & hiss) macro settings found in the sections mentioned above (HF Driver, Sync EQ, Repro EQ, & Noise). This completes the comparison between the “Oxide Tape Machine” & the classic “A800 Studer”, if you’re confused after watching this 29 minute episode. This is everything you need to know about these two great gui (graphical user interface emulation of a classic tape recorder used by many legendary musicians, composers, & artists). I hope this helps!

[@OmarJano]

Always a pleasure to watch your amazing and helpful videos!

[@artysanmobile]

Being able to play with tape saturation in a virtual world would have been considered magic back in the good old days. Once you had tracked too hot, it was just tough luck. Your sound was forever compressed and saturated in a way you may or may not have wanted. I remember having exact levels for each instrument that I knew would give me the sound I wanted off tape for a given alignment. Now, experiment to your hearts content.

[@mixingwithmike]

Very true! Setting levels was so critical to the sound with analog. Today, you only have to worry about clipping your ADC.

[@tomaszmusic]

Great in-depth review! Thanks, Mike!

[@mixingwithmike]

Thanks Tom!

[@ufkrec]

I was using J37 by waves but this one sound so good that I had to replace every project with the oxide

[@CarlosGunX]

Next step in these multitrack emulations will be to model each channel, helping the "depth" factor (like the Waves NLS for the audio desks), and also, knowing that the edge tracks' quality suffers... Thanks for another great video, Mr. White..

[@mixingwithmike]

+CarlosGunX I agree 100%.

[@molecularization]

+CarlosGunX Brainwork has released the bx_console which you can select channel inputs. It's one of the first modeling with that in mind.

[@CarlosGunX]

+JT .. Yes, JT.. I have been considering it... Waves NLS has the advantage of switching between desks, which I find very useful.... .. Thanks for your reply..

[@pigknickers2975]

Amazing how good this plugin is, seems to put everything together so well. Reminds me of my tape-oping days. Just heading off to buy it in the June sale. Michael I liked your track at the start but you kitchen sinked it. Great demo though. Thanks.

[@mixingwithmike]

Cheers!

[@slamcrank]

Hey Mike... thanks (as always) for this wonderful video. While watching, I noticed at the 6:46 mark that you said you wanted to turn the tape noise "off", but if I'm reading the UAD manual correctly (and I may be completely wrong), it appears that they've implemented this feature to be "Noise Reduction" and operate in reduction mode when the switch is in the "on" position. This is completely backwards to my way of thinking, but I guess it does make sense if you turn something called "reduction" to its "on" position, then that when it actually starts reducing. Ouch my brain! Anyway... thoughts? I haven't cranked my system up with the Oxide plugin yet to see which was is which, just made a note of it as odd.

[@mixingwithmike]

+slamcrank Hey SC! Nice catch, I think i did get it backwards in the heat of the moment. I guess I was more focused on the demonstration and the amount of noise added is not obvious enough for me to catch it. The button is backward logic, but technically more correct than turning the noise "Off". Tape hiss and hum from the electronics is inherent in a tape machine and Noise Reduction is required to remove it. That said, Noise Reduction typically came in the form of a Dolby SR or Dolby A system which brings in all kinds of other issues as well. Cheers! Mike

[@slamcrank]

+Michael White I feel seriously lucky that I have never had to deal with Dolby SR or Dolby A systems. I constantly hear that they were a mess! Happy holidays to you!!

[@mixingwithmike]

Thanks SC! SR was much easier to deal with and better sounding when you followed the recommended settings. Problem was that tape compression messes up the NR processing. That's where it got ugly for engineers. Also, the NR cards did not always work exactly the same, so you had to have the same rack of them everywhere you went. So much easier now! Hope you had a great one too! Mike