UAD - Studer A800 Plugin Explained (Complete walkthrough)

[@louisalfred3]

30ips was actually used on tons of pop rock and hip hop jazz and records of every stripe....+3/185 +6/185 or +3/250 +3/370 or whatever level the engineer wanted which was the level you aligned the bias tape machine to before you started a project as an assistant you carried a "tweeker" at all times to align the machines...not just classical actually your classical guys may have used more digital tape than anything.....30ips was used to toss your hf noise up an octave make it a little less audible. 15ips was "noisier" but the low end was really nice. Ask those reggae guys! Plus 15ips you got more songs onto a reel! I know I'm a dinosaur.

[@TheDestinationSound]

+Louis Alfred very true. I would say 15ips was standard because tape is expensive (15 minutes verses 30 minutes of recording time). But yet when available use 30ips because it sounds better and less hiss.

[@OfficeofthePacific]

Very good video, but one thing I noticed off the bat when you engage the Studer is that the Studer input is +5 so by default it will sound louder which we perceive is as better. Thanks

[@beeamadeusfox]

Really crisp presentation of the machine components of the A800. Sonically this is one hell of a tool. I may have to sell my mother into slavery to get it- just don't tell my mother!

[@InspiretheStory]

These are seriously fantastic tutorials. UAD expects everyone who buys their digital products to already be an expert on the plug-in's corresponding hardware. So thanks! You're a life-saver!

[@7seam]

I'm only 2 minutes in and already, one of the best tutorial vids ever.

[@willdenham]

I'm wondering if analog tape sound is about wow, flutter, hiss, and other, normally unwanted artifacts or does real tape simply impart a depth of image as well as soft edges that are more forgiving than digital to a performance.

[@Em0killer13]

Wow man. I'm glad I found your channel. Also correct me if I'm wrong...Dutch accent :D?

[@George-nx8zu]

How does the "Input" affect the sound? Are there any noticeable effects even without tape sonics being applied?

[@mskcrc]

Brilliant overview of what looks like a brilliant piece of emulation. Thank you for spending your time helping others in this way, man-with-weird-accent!

[@ViceSquad]

Cool... thank you 🙂

[@WickiemediaNet]

Hi, well the first book is all about Dynamics, like compression, gating, etc... The second book is all about spectral processing; equalizers, filters, etc... The third book (coming up) will be about mixing theory, mixing consoles, etc.. So if it's really the mixing theory you're looking for it's best to wait for the 3rd book. Cheers, Wick.

[@WickiemediaNet]

Thanks.. and .. uhm, thanks for your concerns I'm doing alright here! haha (Btw, I have recorded this video a couple weeks ago.. haha So hopefully I sound better now)

[@sixstringzzz]

A shmoke and a pancake?

[@udopiarecords]

No no no, thats his faashaa

[@jorgechaves8292]

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[@musiclandim]

Hi wick.. I'm a Big fan of your work, I'm from Portugal and I Learn a lot from your videos , I want yo ask you if you gonna do some videos teaching using reverb.

[@chandeleerjet5637]

One day my student wheels stopped spinning on the tape and I don’t know why it’s so annoying. Does anybody know why the tape stopped? Was it after an update?

[@norakat]

Wonderful

[@dmzbdg]

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[@brianvillage5]

Good A B comparisons on a lot of demos they make them barely audible. I like to add a lot of character when I use tape.

[@yosoybrad9162]

Can anyone help find the menu where the save preset menu is located please? When using the plugin in Pro Tools the menu is there, but when using it in Ableton Live it's not there.

[@darkcharmrecords]

It might depend if you have the vst2 or vst3 version installed. Whichever you have, try the other.

[@ItsaMe64]

Fantastic walkthrough, as always! Really loving the sound of that kick. Do you remember what mic was used to record it?

[@pavelcal1798]

Great explaining. Thamks!

[@gokhanover9456]

Great tutorial , thanks for these useful knowledges

[@hleet]

thank you for'this tutorial

[@yanivbalas1]

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ricklecuyer3831]

HiYa Wick, This is The Spice Rack, so much under the hood and so well explained Choice, much appreciated thx

[@sinistergrey3]

How much does this plug-in tax your DSP though? If you use this on every track in your DAW won't that kill all of your available DSP for your project? To my understanding, I was led to believe it's better to use when direct recording through a UAD device through the "console" software and record the plug-in effects real time when allowable and then remove them when done so the recording has the desired effect and then you can free up the DSP for other plug-ins to be used on the daw. Is this not right? Any info. you can give to this matter will be appreciated.

[@ronnieperez7650]

+sinistergrey3 It's actually not too bad. You'd think it would kill your DSP but it really doesn't. My Apollo with the DUO processor is able to still load lots of stuff with it. I think it was designed to be strapped to many channels simultaneously, so they must have accommodated with DSP requirement

[@sinistergrey3]

***** My Apollo only has one DSP chip though so this may be why I'm having to watch my usage. If I try to put one on every channel I get a DSP over use prompt.

[@ronnieperez7650]

sinistergrey3 Record your tracks one at a time. If you want to do every channel at once you'll need a more powerful DSP chip like the Quad-core. Or you can buy a few and chain them together for more CPU. But honestly, I have a DUO Apollo and I just take my time and do my recording one track at a time. It works great.

[@sinistergrey3]

***** yeah that's what I've been doing too lol. I think it's important to focus on recording one good track at time and laying down a good rhythm foundation so you can focus on song structure and then tweak with any plug ins later and shape the tone as you wish. I love the mic pre's and natural sounding compression you get with the apollo, ten million times better sounding than my previous audio interface. UA makes some great sounding equipment and software.

[@ronnieperez7650]

sinistergrey3 it's funny how much people worry about workflow and speed, but a couple of decades ago people had to literally cut and paste pieces of tape on a tape deck, and have to do a LOT of work just to do any post-production work. These days it's so easy to just route audio. Like, if you run out of DSP capability, do the important stuff first while you're tracking. Then route your audio back out into the "Virtual Channels" to add more plugins to that signal. Zero audio degradation when you do that (or just drop the plugins into the DAW I guess.. but I hate using my DAW for plugins, too much chance for crashes) By the way, I'll just add this: The Studer A800 is the best plugin UA have ever made. There's a lot of great ones, but the A800 is the most authentic tape sound I've ever used, and it gives so much character to an otherwise stale recording. :)

[@aLoudSi1ence]

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[@CandymanJrMint]

You alright? You sound a little under the weather. Great video as always!

[@AVSbeats]

Very good information! Thank you!

[@cahlajthepoetmc9746]

Great video and thanks for the information.

[@Biffinnbridge]

More cwoffee?

[@diegofotuche]

This is the best educative uad channel!

[@NateMchaggis]

anybody know if this works in garageband, cant find system requirements anywhere lol

[@TheDestinationSound]

+Nate G Garage band doesn't accept 3rd party plugins. Logic however does.

[@NateMchaggis]

+Destination Sound my comment is 2 years old I'm on cubase now lol

[@TheDestinationSound]

lol ya i figured, wanted to tie up loose end for anyone else watching the vid

[@kingech_B15]

we need more

[@GGAPDIY]

Awesome!! I bought the Apollo16 last year. The A800 is next.

[@EzraaaDave]

Gerhard Grobler shouldnt it be free cuz you purchased apollo16? cuz i got mine for free

[@EzraaaDave]

Gerhard Grobler nvm. this was a year ago lol

[@TreOvalle]

wow. Great tutorial. Very clear and well explained. I just bought the plug-in

[@Fkrmind]

Great tutorial !

[@louisalfred3]

Nice tutorial!

[@siggidori]

Nice tutorial until the sound samples. You need to have the "auto calibration" ON .... if it's off then it's just stuck on what ever was used first... those sound samples are not typical of what this plugin sounds like.

[@en_musik3775]

awesome, thanks!

[@TheDestinationSound]

Is this just a glorified EQ and compressor (with added white noise)??? To me the experience on tape is a wider deeper more expansive sound. Seems like its not doing any of that. I don't think it would be magic analog but seems pointless, why not just EQ and compress. Is it doing anything else?

[@Ledjent]

+Destination Sound It is doing exactly the same what you said, but you can't really achieve the same characteristic with using eqs, comps and even distortion. It's like when you're using different compressors for e.g. 1176 and i dont know... fairchild - both do the same job, but every unit 'speaks' differently and that''s why you would chose one over the another on a particular track. Personally I am a big fan of adding a modelled saturation and another reason for that is that you won't achieve the same results as in the case of these tape saturators, because they were made to sounds as close as possible to the real deal. Plus another important thing: don't forget about the price of the real tape recorder:P

[@CLaw-tb5gg]

Just started my 14-day demo. Meh. U-He Satin is better and half the price.

[@gonrazortapes]

LOL No

[@CLaw-tb5gg]

@@gonrazortapes To be fair, I've never found a plugin that sells itself as a tape simulation I particularly like. In terms of saturation (including tape-saturation saturation), FabFilter Saturn is easily the best. How they managed to reduce aliasing to very nearly zero is kind of magical. But yeah, that doesn't sell itself as mOsT aCcUrAtE pLuGiN oF mAgIC gEaR eVeR

[@snubdawg1386]

@@CLaw-tb5gg so in your opinion it's not worthy the ilok fuckery?

[@UpliftedProductions]

Even though this was posted in 2013, it's a Great review! Very clear on how you explained the features and what they do. Thanks!

[@GimmeDangerRecords]

I'm not sure I understand.. why not just record on real tape? if you want the real tape sound... get a reel to reel hahaha. that's what I did. I have an 8 track and it sounds amazing and you can find good deals and if you need to fix it, it's well worth sending it to someone to fix it.

[@ronnieperez7650]

+J.B. Burke Good luck on finding a real Studer A800.

[@WickvandenBelt]

+Ronnie Perez I know a few studio's that still have them, mater of fact I gave a lecture in Nanjing University in China where they even had one! Yeah they're rare (Especially in good maintained condition) but they are still out there! The benefits of tracking 'in the box' are obvious.. but if it fits in your workflow and studio to record on tape I'd say : Do it! Why not, right?

[@Ledjent]

+J.B. Burke Jesus. You think anyone in the home studio environment can afford it? Even some professional studios don't have tape machines.

[@ronnieperez7650]

***** lol.. exactly. If I could afford a Studer I would have one. But they cost more than a car... lol. The plugin is as close as I need to get for now.

[@GimmeDangerRecords]

then get a cheaper reel to reel? hahaha. you don't NEED a studer. but plug ins will never match up to an actual studer. if you want the tape sound, get a reel to reel. as I said there are great deals out there. I had just gotten a full functional tascam 32 and it sounds great as well. and for $150. I don't think there is anything wrong with these cheaper machines (even though back then they were more moola) that one new popular musician Mac Demarco has recorded his last two albums on a tascam 38-8. they sound amazing. and if he would've told everyone he used a studer in the first place.. everyone wouldve believed him anyways. hahaha.