UAD Studer A800 Extension Settings

Here are my UAD Studer A800 settings for approximately matching the digital files from Marc Daniel Nelson’s “tape vs digital” video to the tape sound. It’s not perfect, but should be a good starting point for folks, and has the same overall effect.

These settings are for the Luna extension version, which has a simplified set of controls, but can be replicated with the standard plug-in version using the equivalent parameters and adjusting channel card input/output gain to reflect the saturation knob settings,

These settings were created at 30ips, prior to finding out that Marc recorded this at 15ips but lower volume. You can play with matching the tone a variety of ways!

EDIT: Now added approximate standard A800 plugin settings at 15ips. These work best in the louder sections, but are a good starting point for a general sound.