Perhaps one of the best features of U-he Satin is that it has built in Dolby A, B, and also DBX Type I and II noise reduction systems. The DBX noise reduction is especially interesting because it gives you the ability to decode DBX encoded records and tapes... YES, for those of you who don't know this, there were DBX encoded LPs that sounded very good. They had very little to no surface noise and any ticks or pops were pretty much cleared up. Dolby A and B are more common, and these can also be decoded with this program.

U-He are really, really good, overall. They make seriously high quality stuff.

the truth was said in the first minute..."I don't know shit about plugins"

I know you hate plugins but many people can’t tell the difference between a high quality plugin and hardware. I prefer plugins because of money (I make minimum wage), space (my apartment is tiny), ease of use, and doesn’t create clutter (I’m a minimalist and hate wires / cables everywhere). But money and space is by far the biggest factor. Try to keep that in mind as to why people like plugins.

1:08 let's see what U-HE promissesSSESSESSS

One thing I would like to add about you saying that plugins are good for when you want to mix on the go. There are also people who can't afford analog gear, but do love to mix, and do like the sound. It's not only a "Does it sound question" but also a money question

Very entertaining review but not always totally factual nor accurate. Remember - a little knowledge is a DANGEROUS THING!

Been using it for a small decade, was always my favorite.

one thing that is quite importend to dial in satin is the headroom in my opinion.. it was on default here, which is often too high (too much headroom) for my taste... therefor you realy need to drive very hot into satin.. maybe that's what kills the depth a bit... since with less headroom.. you don't need to gain so hot into it.. but have the tape already "working" with lower peaks and more "working" with higher peaks... it definately needs some tuning till you get it where you want to get it (often.. or at least for my taste) .. almost a bit like when you dial in reverbs.. reverbs usually also need quite some tuning... but when you have satin where you want it.. it can sound pretty good I think... however.. if you have a real tape machine... ofcourse the most logical thing is to use the real tape.. :) .. but on the otherhand you have the group possibility in satin which gives you something like a multitrack tape option... for me satin was the first plugin which give me this ..,. I can't realy describe it... pre transient vibe.. which I get from tapes... it's not realy audible or so.. more like a feel... it's hard to describe.. ofcourse the transient is where it is.. but tape sound always gave me some feeling of like something is already happening before the transient... most other plugins.. were just mostly saturation and such things... and with satin I got this tape feeling the first time in a plugin... ofcourse it might not come in the same amount of a real tape... it's still a digital plugin... but for me searching for tape sound without the ability to have a tape machine here.. it came pretty close to what I was searching for... the only thing is it is quite a cpu hog if you use it realy multitrack like.. it becomes a nice chorus effect if you use it parallel btw :) (because of the wow)

Your videos are getting better and better! I like the editing a lot!

Ah, you know your day will be good when you see another Snake Oil video! Thanks Wytse, as always!

Hey thanks for doing this mate!! U he satin is my fav

This is one of very few plugins, which I still use after years.

Nice vid! but I don't think there's anything wrong with writing "analogue tape sound". I think you can assume that everyone knows that a piece of software isn't actually analogue. It's like you don't gotta tell people that are buying photoshop brushes that they're not buying real actual brushes.

honestly, regardless what you think about satin (and i am writing this right before watching your revue) this tape toy is my favorite....love it, i use it everyday, mostly on final stages of mixing and mastering....etc...now i am gonna watch :) ha ha ha :)

That was a beautiful beat. I'd be interested in comparison to the real tape machine. A/B to dry, your real tape machine and the plugin. As you mentioned, there are so many out there. Edit: but as always, great video. Thank you for doing this :)

your channel is entertaining and relevant! this is why i'm a patrion...keep up the good work!

I love Satin. The slapback delays are great, the tape sat is aight but its a helluva better option that RC20 or something. Also, using it in a multiband setup to flange/phase top end info is really really unique sounding.

One of the best tricks I ever learned was recording horns to tape (horns are fucking hard - at least poppy horns recorded in a studio). It makes so much difference in that weird "subtle but also night and day" vibe. I hope this adds that same quality.

Thats great plugin! Used to have it and its so great for drums, now got soundtoys bundle though.

Anything u-he puts out is top notch. Facts.

Greatnessssss, loving the vids

I actually really like that plugin. It really starts shining once you use it on more than one track and than play with the settings in the linked mode. You can then lock the settings you don't want to be changed via right click on the individual instances. The service panel should be better not displayed in that case as the plugin uses twice the amount of RAM in order to display this real time spectrum which can add up quite a lot when you use it on many tracks at once. The added tape delay and flanging effect are also very well done btw.

to really hear how this plugin shines, play with the speed and pre-emphasis on some cymbals/hihats tracks. You'll hear a distinct type of saturation where it really brings them out without just boosting volume. satin is a really good plugin overall

It's good to see U-HE plugins reviewed, I've heard a lot about them but simply don't have the time to evaluate properly. Thanks White Sea for supporting my lazy habits lol :)

great demo - thanks!!

Don not mix and drive!!! Priceless....:-)

I wish you had played more with the tape speed. That's where the magic lies.

im only beginning to learn about saturation. so beautiful

Thanks! still king is ff saturn at warm or clean tape @0-20 dist. my opinion. my idea for a real piece of gear review: the new ssl six desktop mixer. might be awesome?? or snake oil... at least the the g bus comp is worth the price...

This thing is actually amazing

I love UAD's model of the AMPEX ATR-102. I had an Otari MTR 90MKII 1" 8 Track recorder for many years, but the audible, flexibility and creative advantages of the UAD is so much better than that.

i dont know about real tapemachines but for saturation reelbuss is the king

That's a decent track. Thanks to your artist buddy for some good vibes today.

Nice video as usual :)

Dude. You were pushing the input waaaay to hard and just heard distortion, and a flattened signal.

I watch this guy sometimes but i still can't tell why i do lmao his comparisons are ridiculous and his bias shows so much in all his videos, he clearly has no clue what he's doing, which he admits to, but then presents his opinion as though it's factual, which really does more harm than good for learning

I just tested it on a very large project (22 instances of Play) and it sounds great but it was bogging down my computer. I'm looking forward to trying it on a "normal" project. BTW, I have an Otari MX5050 wired up to test against. I just need to check the calibration of my Dolby 363 first as I dragged it out of mothballs last week.

This thing is awesome for the flanging and tape delay and has some cool sounds, not sure how authentic and I wouldn't put it on everything like I do with slate but a cool thing. That said I use j37 for that vintage lofi slap back.

Thanks for the video... it sounded like you were popping popcorn when the demo sound came on hehe. Also is it "Say Tin " or "Sah Tin" Cause one is like the Devil and the other a fine linen :) Again appreciate your work...

On the subject of Dolby NR as a musical effect: I have always used a fair amount of overdrive and Dolby C on my cassette recordings to deliberately play it without, to get those nicely squashed highs in the end result. Works really well on Metal tapes. I am still waiting for a plugin to be able to do exactly this. None exists that comes even close.

I've been playing around with this since the video was released a couple of days ago, and I have to say, this is definitely NOT Snake Oil. Don't believe me. Let you own ears experience it. Warren Huart does some playing around with it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNSefqiB1qeUlHk.html And Warren didn't really even touch on what it can do! This is a game changing plugin that is way more than a tape emulator. I put it on a bunch of tracks in "finished" mixes by me and a some pros who've mixed some pretty big tracks and with a lot more experience than I have, and it's utterly mind blowing what it does. The difference in the heft, depth, brightness, richness, and every other good adjective you can think of when it comes to music, is remarkable. This is a must have plugin, even if you own a whole room of tape machines. It does things you could never do with even 20 tape machines. I've added it to all my templates on every track, aux track, and mix buss.

I generally like u-he virtual instruments... this is pretty good for what it is trying to do, so if I want a fake tape sound I know where to go for a pretty good fake

My favorite, too.

recording on my own cheaper aka 4 track tape deck has more depth than any plug in I've ever used. it really is a bummer that they can't seem to replicate that. the tone and saturation seems to be really spot on tho.

How about a non-tape machine hardware unit that's supposed to give you tape-machine saturation, like the Handsome Audio Zulu or the Neve 542.

If there's any way to boost the sound samples you do to the same level as your voice it would really help - I find myself constantly jacking the volume for the sample then cutting it when you go back to commentary. I hope the co's you review are paying you handsomely as I've made countless real purchases based on your advice.

"Do not text and drive" This needs to be a national warning sign for producers

Knights in white satin. Great song btw from the Moody Blues.

You need to review The Audio Thing Type A The Outer Space & Reels I realy like these plug ins.I think they are great just like too hear your opionon. The price is great as well. Thanks for thr fun

Would you consider covering one of the Sonimus analogue emulated plugins? Either the Britson/Satson consoles, or the new StoneEQ 4K

Hi from Quebec Canada ! Where people speak french! so pardon my english, I am really a fan now and your reviews and snake oil videos are my favorites you go straight to the point you dont spend 10 minutes showing us an empty screen telling us how you heard of the product and thats pretty positive... I am exploring alternatives from digital only right now to add a little bit of analog into my mixes and I have heard of a type of small analog console witch is a multitrack usb interface at the same time and I was wondering if it would be worth it just to get used to mixing analog or if the console is complete crap... or partial crap... lol or maybe could deliver something interresting .. anyway, if you can test it one day it would be really great because i think there is only 2 or max 3 very poorly done reviews on youtube.. the console is the Soundcraft signature 22 mtk ... The reason why im looking at this particular one is that it looks like the cheapest way to mix analog directly from a daw... without external converters or anything you can litteraly send your tracks into the conosle and print back in the DAW... and i've never seen anything at that price range do this .. so if you could, maybe one day, review it, or analyse it, it would be much appreciated. So far i've watched around 15 of your videos and I think those are the best honnest reviews out there ! www.soundcraft.com/en/products/signature-22-mtk

This is an old video, so I doubt you'll see this; but, I believe NKS has to do with NI Komplete Kontrol and/or Maschine Studio. I use Maschine Studio hardware with Maschine Studio software...and much of the effects are NKS instead of VST based. I could be wrong, though.

Man, a great video would be a direct comparison with a real tape machine and plugins on the same sound source !

as always - very interesting and also informative. did you ever test out the Motu Digital Performer and especially the Masterworks Plugins? would be very interesting what you think over it. but nevertheless - please go on and have a good time. (can that be that you´re Dutch? I visited Amsterdam theses days and the idiom of the english talking people there reminded me little bit on yours?) all the best ww

75%?! Wow... I'm already a subscriber and 2$ patron. It's really not that much at all and what you do is totally worth it! Thanks for another snake oil!

My favorite after testing a looot. Nice To see what you think about satin ! :p

Hey, Wytse! Just suggestion for the next snake oil video: Black Rooster Audio Plugins. They have made emulations of some famous vintage gear like LA2A, Pultec etc. and of course the TAPE. I know you 'love' tape plugins! :)

i use soundtoys tape saturation, but I am starting to like this also must compare them

I'd test this plugin with a song that don't have an intro with a filter starting to open .. I' d test on drums, bass or in a fullfilled song. Not with just in an intro.. and make A/B test wiht different materials. There were not much high frequencies in the song ( was just the intro). I don' t know if you catch 'cause I' m really bad in english.

Rather of saw u review PressWork from UHe theyre compressor, its easily a top 5 ITB comp.available.

"Do not mix and drive" Gosh!! haha

Hi Steven Wilson!

Might be worth trying the neve 542....

the dolby machine you are speaking of is cloned by audio thing called TYPE a ( even has a scratched NR) on it. sounds very good

dont mix and drive wise words man

“I don’t know shit about plugins.” The irony writes itself.

I consider it more a delay, flanger fx than tape, the same with Waves J37. But better than AA Taupe imo, that is just a kind of eq with fixed settings, a very bad comp and causing some artefacts and even no saturation at all

Oh and also, if you're still looking for a DAW, have you ever tried SONAR ? i know its dead but an other company revived it and its now completely free, It's now called Cakewalk by Bandlab... must be the easyest DAW to try since well.. you dont even need a licence to own it.

Hmmm interesting, but i like my Tapemachine’s from Nebula4 more, not all but few..... Happy mixing and Mastering everyOne. Thanks for this nice Vid.

Zeer interessante plugin. Ik denk dar ik me deze ga aanschaffen :)

i will say i am a fan of softubes tape. it is very reel, I think the model is based on your new one Wyke

I haven't used satin much, but I enjoy Softube's Tape and Black Rooster Audio's Magnetite

The NKS FX is Native Komplete Suite FX

My favorite tape emulation is the Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines plugin. But I'm also happy to have a real Studer tape machine nearby which is amazing. Because of that I can also relate to your comment about depth. Cool video again! :) I don't mix and drive, but I mix and fly ;)

Depth... What about just adding on a touch of room reverb / early reflections after your tape saturator? Just a smidge...

Just subscribed. Will you now do a snake oil episode on Ferric TDS? Pleeeease? 😋😘

Hi there, i follow your channel and your reviews are great. Can you recommend any two track tape machine for mastering. over there in the market_?

we have original ampex 440 1000series 4 trk 8 trk 16 trc,this plug is very close but its a plug in so its still miles away,tip run it out threw a summing amp of high quality

SSL G and E brainworx emulations, please! :)

You definitely should reach out to the guys a UHE. They would love your input if you haven't already.

Which digital noise reduction plugin / software do you use to denoise stuff you've printed to tape to get the "tape sound?" Does the digital noise reduction grate on your ears too? To me I have yet to find a noise reducer that doesn't make either watery (small FFT) or metallic (big FFT size) artifacts. I know this sounds silly but I almost would rather deal with noise than those artifacts. Curious about your opinion. As always I love watching your videos! You seem like a great person. My wife has family in Boxtel. It would be fun to buy you a pint some time!

Satin is great...just for fun i wanted to see if i can make it sound like my old yamaha shitty 4-track cassette tape recorder...and i got it to sound the exact same. i made presets in both tape speed settings.

The guy who codes Satin made his first plugin release 18 years ago, when he made excellent freeware plugins while coding professionally for Magix. He was immediately onto saturation algorithms. Trust the pedigree - he's done the hard work! www.digitalfishphones.com/main.php?item=1&subItem=2

Is it Night in white (sea) Satin 😁

Thanks

How's this one compared to the Airwindows ToTape 5 in your opinion?

"At least we don't have wooden side panels" well I guess this guy's glasses aren't doing anything for him

"Some plugins have this as a feature" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

mixing on long train trips yes

TRY TAUPE, PLEASE I know you probably hate AA at this point but PLEASE

Try Voxengo CRTIV TapeBus and Nomad Factory Magneto 2

Have a few of these plugs got them recently on sale black Friday etc and they are quite good impart a warmth to a mix but unbelievably difficult to use and are clumpy when it comes to the controls and the interface , the knob controls are very easy to turn up to full accidentally etc things like that are whats wrong with this , it works well otherwise . It doesn't seem to scale well across multi CPU cores and when you're interface is set to the smaller samples say 256 or smaller the plug in doesn't fit , it should be able to share across the different cores but it doesn't do this well and hence the audio bsod, snap crackle and bop (thanks john cooper clarke) , mine is at 4.9ghz on all 10/v20 cores (10900k , 128g ram antelope orion synergy). if you want low latency in these dream on i think.I can get it to work on guitar down to around 8ms on its own with no other plugins added. Adds a lot to the render times as well, much more than any other plug i have used. sounds great though .

They added wooden side-panels after you released this video 😹

You should compare it to Softube Tape.

have you tried Overloud Tools TAPEDESK tape/console plugin?

"We don't have wooden side panels or something".

I SUBSCRIBED! :)

Take a look at the ADHD Leveling Amplifier, a free plugin that supposedly emulates the LA-2A...may are of the opinion that it is VERY good...

The best tape compression I heard was from a Nakamichi cassette deck