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Links to the Top 5 Tape Emulation VST Plugins below...
1. Satin (u-he) http://bit.ly/2T03UKF
2. Reels (AudioThing) http://bit.ly/2P8fVg6
3. Tape (Softube) http://bit.ly/2V8hBtF
4. Reelight (Beatskillz) http://bit.ly/39Lz7Ir
5. Bad Tape (Denise) http://bit.ly/3bTAaIj
This week, super producer Tim Cant counts down the Best Tape Emulator VST Plugins of 2020.
For reelzies, keepin’ it reel, from reel-to-reel to meals-on-wheels etc etc
5. Bad Tape (Denise) http://bit.ly/3bTAaIj
This plugin emulates tape, but with extreme prejudice, with controls such as HARM and SQUEAL showing you that your audio is in for a rough night.
So not only is the idea to get the vintage sound of tape – it’s to push it to its extremes, adding intentional artifacts, detuning and slowing the virtual reels, and making things wobble like an uncalibrated setup.
Of course, you can dial all these effects back for some traditional subtle tape flavour, but that’s not exactly the point of Bad Tape. It’s available for just under €50.
4. Reelight (Beatskillz) http://bit.ly/39Lz7Ir
When magnetic tone is your only desire, this plugin can Reelight your fire with its blend of saturation and compression effects. There’s an Input Drive control to warm the signal up just right, and an Output knob to compensate for it.
There’s also a Low Boost dial and a Low Cut switch, meaning you can boost the lows through tape saturation and cut the bottom end at the same time, in a sort of Pultec-meets-tape situation. You also get control over the inches-per-second to change the playback quality, and there are Air and Noise dials to boost the highs and add some background buzz.
3. Tape (Softube) http://bit.ly/2V8hBtF
Softube’s entry into the world of magnetic tape models three types of tape machine for different takes on the sound, each more vintage than the last. From there, there’s an Amount dial to add more tapey depth to the sound, and a Tape Speed dial to disrupt the virtual tape head more or less, giving rise to more of that characteristic sound.
There’s not so much more to it than that – Softube’s Tape emulation is more about the perfect, ready-to-reel processor than a bells-and-whistles tweakfest.
Tape is available for $99.
2. Reels (AudioThing) http://bit.ly/2P8fVg6
For reelzies, here AudioThing have taken the sound of Tape and split the properties up into your control. As well as the simulated tape speed and type, you get command over
Harshness, Wow/Flutter, Ducking and Crosstalk in the signal. There’s also Hiss and Motor Noise in there to add even more authentic tape treatment to your setup.
But it’s not just tape emulation on its own here – while AudioThing were there, they threw in some delay algorithms to get the sound of tape delay as part of the bargain too. There’s also a Limiting stage that you can engage to lop some peaks off.
Reels is just £50.
1. Satin (u-he) http://bit.ly/2T03UKF
A comprehensive tape modelling plugin that aims to throw together as many types of tape machine as possible, Satin offers both professional, sought-after reel-to-reels and personality-filled dodgy ones too, all backed up by that excellent u-he modelling talent. It lets you go insanely deep on the tape modelling parameters, even with control over the Repro Heads and EQ settings.
If you thought most of your time is Satin would be spent dialing in your basic tape sound, you might be wrong – it also features two- and four-tap delay circuits for a classic tape-style delay tone, plus a Flanger mode, to get some real authentic flanging on your tracks.
At €130, Satin is expensive, but you get a lot of professional tone for your money.
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