Note: The UAD Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808 plug-in is no longer available for purchase. It has been replaced by the UAD TS Overdrive plug-in, which uses the exact same algorithm.

The Most Iconic Overdrive Pedal Ever Created

Released in late 1979, the Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808* overdrive pedal quickly became legend for its dynamic, touch-sensitive distortion, and throaty midrange. A mainstay on the pedalboards of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Johnson, Brad Paisley, and more, the TS808 holds a hallowed place in guitar lore. The TS Overdrive for UAD-2 and Apollo nails every detail of this vintage grind machine, allowing guitarists of all styles a vast array of sounds at tracking or mixdown.Track through a stunning emulation of the legendary Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808 with Apollo Twin, DUO, or QUAD

• Add colorful distortion textures to guitars, synths, drums, and vocals at mixdown with any UAD-2 hardware
• Get the same circuit interaction, gain range, and clip points of a vintage TS808 Tube Screamer thanks to Unison technology for Apollo
• Use the TS808 plug-in in front of an already-overdriven amp model, adding body and sustain to your sound

An Essential Tone Stage for Tracking and Mixing

Creative producers and engineers have employed the Ibanez TS808 in myriad ways. Producer/engineer Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Kreator, Exodus) runs a TS808 in front of an amp to lean-out the bass response and add teeth, while Joe Barresi (The Melvins, Tool, Weezer, and Bad Religion) uses a vintage TS808 at mixdown to add texture and distortion to already-tracked guitars, synths, drums, and vocals. The Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808 for UAD-2 and Apollo allows you to do the same thing, effortlessly in your DAW.

Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808

Using Ibanez Tube Screamer

Standard DAW Inserts

In much the same way as some premier recording and mix engineers use stomp boxes in a mix, Ibanez Tube Screamer can be used for creative purposes on any source signal by placing it in any plug-in insert within a DAW. For typical guitar tones, follow the pedal with a guitar amp emulation (as one would with a hardware guitar pedal and amp).

Because the plug-in accurately models the original hardware's high-impedance operating levels, precautions may need to be taken to avoid undesirable input clipping.

Note: Since Hi-Z devices typically operate at much lower signal levels than line-level devices, signal levels being routed into the pedal may need to be reduced to avoid undesirable input distortion.

Unison™ Technology with Apollo

The Ibanez Tube Screamer features Unison technology for integration with the high-impedance input hardware in Universal Audio's Apollo audio interfaces. With Unison, Apollo's Hi-Z inputs inherit all of the unique circuit interaction, gain range, and clip points of the original guitar pedal.

Hi-Z Signal Routing

For the most authentic stompbox tones, plug any high-impedance instrument (guitar, bass, etc.) into Apollo's Hi-Z instrument input and place the pedal plug-in into the unique Unison INPUT insert on the same channel within Apollo's Console application. If desired, follow the Unison pedal plug-in with another pedal or guitar amp emulation in Console's standard insert slots.

This Hi-Z workflow enables near-zero latency monitoring or recording with the same input characteristics and dynamic response as the original pedal.

Note: This plug-in can be Unison-enabled with Apollo's Mic or Line inputs. However, because the original hardware has a high-impedance instrument input only, Apollo's Hi-Z input and Unison insert will provide the most accurate sound and experience of the hardware pedal that is modeled.

Important: Unison is active only when the pedal plug-in is placed in the unique INPUT insert available on Hi-Z inputs within Apollo's Console application. For complete Unison details, see the Apollo Software Manual.

Tactile Control

Apollo's front panel preamp knob can independently adjust the Overdrive, Level, and Output controls available within the Unison pedal plug-in via Gain Stage Mode. The control being adjusted can be remotely switched via Apollo, so the control levels and their associated colorations can be tuned from the hardware knob for precise physical tactile control, all without using the Unison plug-in's software interface.

Ibanez Tube Screamer Controls

Overdrive

Overdrive varies the amount of signal distortion. Rotate the control clockwise to increase overdrive and sustain.

Tone

Tone adjusts the high-frequency content of the signal. Rotate the control clockwise to decrease the filter amount, which increases treble content.

Level

Level adjusts the pedal's modeled output level. Rotate the control clockwise to increase the volume.

Bypass

The stomp switch toggles the overdrive effect. When the effect is active, the red LED (above the Tone knob) glows.

Like the original hardware, this is a not a "true bypass" switch. When the effect is inactive, the signal is still colored by the circuitry.

Tip: For true bypass, click the UA diamond logo.

Output

Output controls the clean (unmodeled) gain at the output of the plug-in. The available range is -24 dB to +12 dB.

Tip: Click the "0" label to return the control to zero dB.

Power

The UA diamond logo switch toggles between plug-in enable and disable (true bypass). Click the switch to toggle the Power state.

When Power is off, the UA diamond logo is dim and the external power supply cable is unplugged.

Tip: Power can also be toggled by clicking the image of the external power supply cable.

The unplugged power cable in true bypass mode

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