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Customer Reviews

FATSO™ Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor

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p. mitchem

June 21, 2023

awesomeness

warm, clean, dirty, full. rich, UA nailed it

p. mitchem

June 21, 2023

awesomeness

warm, clean, dirty, full. rich, UA nailed it

E. Peterson

April 27, 2023

So fat so long distressor

My go to compressor for most things. Fat and squishy plus a little delay is heavenly goodness. Just wow.

B. Dial

April 14, 2023

Great sound

Only negative I have for this plug in is that the GUI needs an update,IE make the plug in resizable! The Jr model is extremely small.

C. Lee

March 5, 2023

Very Fat & Fairly Faithful

The FATSO does a lot more than it gets credit for, and although it doesn’t sound quite like tape, it softens, glues, and fattens tracks nicely.

When comparing the plugin to my hardware, I found them to behave very similarly with the exception of the plugin’s transformer emulation. In this regard, the plugin is a bit heavier handed, and the transformer-induced harmonics sound somewhat over exaggerated.

Still, it does the thing, and I wouldn’t hesitate to use the UAD FATSO on a mix.

This plugin is due for a UI update.

D. Myrick

March 1, 2023

Authentic!

I started using the Fatso sometime around 2002, no remorse switching over to this plugin in its place

W. Boogaard

February 14, 2023

Easy in use

Works great with drums

R. Vargas

January 24, 2023

Magic

Been lusting after this for YEARS but never thought I could justify the purchase because of other saturation plug-ins I’ve accumulated. Finally circled back to this years later and it still makes me grin.

Tag it. Bag it.

M. Avery

December 28, 2022

Classic sound

Classic saturation sound, fantastic on overheads for high end transient control and great as a parallel drum smash bus as well!

C. Aguila

December 23, 2022

Difference Maker

My go to for bass period !!!!!

B. Sand

December 20, 2022

Awful

Outdated plug-in that UA knows is not compatible with modern screen resolutions. Their guidance after paying for an expensive plug-in is that all users should change their screen resolution because they can’t be bothered to update the gui or make a plug-in resizable. The new plugins like distressor don’t have the problem because they are built for modern resolutions. Avoid buying older UA plugins. When you contact customer service, Greg will not help.

W. Jackmore

December 15, 2022

So warm!!

give your cold edm beats life with this

B. Busch

December 2, 2022

Great, but agree needs a refresh!

I've had a hardware FATSO since about a year after it came out and bought the UAD plug as soon as that came out. The hardware FATSO is sweeter and more squishy or compliant, while the plugin is a bit stiffer and a little smaller sounding. The plug does a decent job getting close, the "Sr" features are great, but it's old and needs a refresh version. I agree with some others that the UAD Distressor is much closer sounding to the hardware, and they could do the same for the FATSO + mix control, more DSP efficient, etc. That said, I still use the plug all the time, it's very good in its own right, and it does have a lot of the fun, vibe and problem solving that the real thing does. It could just be better, knowing how good stuff is sounding all this time after the UAD FATSO first came out.

F. San Filippo

October 14, 2022

Is it a compressor? A tape sim? Half-bird/half-lobster?

I don't know what it is, but I dig it.

A. Schwartz

September 18, 2022

Has A Special “Something”

I used to have a hardware fatso jr. I listened to acoustic guitar tracks I’d done with it, & bought the UAD version. Sounds great. Warm, fat, sweet compression that I haven’t gotten from anything else.

G. Fricke

September 9, 2022

G. Fricke

A must in the signal chain. It really improves vocals.

T. Basso

August 30, 2022

Great plugin

Congratulations for the excellent work

F. Maraschin

August 23, 2022

The best

Perfect plugin, sound amazing but needs a graphic update in order to enlarge the window

M. Hui

July 30, 2022

Great Plugin

Really adds a warmth.

A. Smith

July 28, 2022

Great on drums

Mainly bought this to add fatness to my drums, would recommend!

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