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The Galaxy Tape Echo Black Friday deal from Universal Audio puts the tape delay and spring reverb plugin at $29, 40% off, until Nov 30, 2026.
Galaxy Tape Echo is a delay plugin built around the Roland RE-201 Space Echo, the 1973 tape delay and spring reverb unit. Universal Audio calls its version an exhaustive emulation of the 70s hardware.
The RE-201 gave records warm, warped analog echoes, and the maker points to Pink Floyd, David Bowie and dub sides from King Tubby, Scientist and Lee "Scratch" Perry.
Universal Audio says the plugin captures the unit's physical behavior, including distortion, wow and flutter, sci-fi pitch shifting and real-time tweakability.
Drive the input hard and you can add hair to a vocal, as on the hardware. The same trick can widen a drum bus with analog character.
Wow, flutter and pitch shifting can be combined in many ways, which the maker suggests for energizing electric guitars.
The range runs from rockabilly slapback to hazy trails of swirling delay.
The plugin keeps the controls of the original hardware and adds a few for modern workflows.
Self-oscillation is part of the design, and Universal Audio pitches it for sci-fi textures and moods.
The spring reverb adds an ambient shimmer to any source.
Both versions come with your purchase, and the plugin works with any audio interface.
Universal Audio says the Galaxy Tape Echo suits drums, vocals, guitars and synths, from subtle tape delay to colorful cacophony.
Yes. The Galaxy Tape Echo Black Friday deal from Universal Audio is 40% off, bringing the plugin to $29. The offer ends Nov 30, 2026.
Your purchase includes two versions: UAD Native, which runs on Mac or PC without UA hardware, and Apollo Realtime & UAD-2, which runs accelerated on Apollo interfaces and UAD-2 hardware.
No. Universal Audio says the plugin works with any audio interface. The UAD Native version runs on a Mac or PC without UA hardware, and the Apollo Realtime & UAD-2 version is for those who own that gear.
It keeps the original hardware controls: Mode Selector, Repeat Rate, Intensity, the Echo/Normal switch, and global Bass and Treble. Galaxy Tape Echo now offers Tempo Sync, stereo placement for both its reverb and its delay, plus Tape Select, which shifts the character of the repeats.
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