Universal Audio Galaxy Tape Echo Plug-In

Universal Audio UADX-GALAXY-TAPE-ECHO Overview

Add the legendary sound of Roland s RE-201 Space Echo to your productions with the Galaxy Tape Echo Plug-In from Universal Audio. With its winning combination of tape delay and spring reverb effects, the original Space Echo found favor with musicians and producers across a wide spectrum of musical genres, ranging from rock artists such as Radiohead and David Bowie to dub masters like King Tubby and Lee " Scratch" Perry. This emulation, from the engineers at UA, painstakingly recreates the original hardware unit s warm, distinctive character and is ready to work wonders on both vocals and instruments.

The powerful and versatile effect can conjure up a huge array of diverse effects including subtle tape textures, shimmering ambience, psychedelic fun-house echoes, and much more, courtesy of its distortion, wow and flutter, and pitch-shifting capabilities. This plug-in software download includes a native version that will run on Mac and Windows computers without UA hardware as well as a second version that runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 hardware.

Space is the Place

Universal Audio has painstakingly captured every quirk and characteristic of this complex device. For example, just like the hardware, you can drive the input hard to add hair to a vocal, or widen a drum bus with fat analog character. Tweak the controls and harness seemingly infinite wow and flutter and pitch shifting combinations, perfect for energizing electric guitars. From rockabilly slapback to hazy trails of swirling delay, the Galaxy Tape Echo is a secret sauce for any source in any genre.

A Faithful Reproduction-Warts and All

The Galaxy Tape Echo keeps the controls of the original hardware, and adds some for modern workflows. Use the original Mode Selector for various head combinations, Repeat Rate for timing control, and Intensity for repeats and self-oscillation. The Echo/Normal switch mutes the signal to the echo, while global Bass and Treble let you season to taste. New features include Tempo Sync, Pan controls for reverb and delay, and Tape Select for varying delay timbres. By capturing the eccentricities of the original, and adding enhancements along the way, the Galaxy Tape Echo is a tool of infinite creativity.