tape saturation plugin

smythology · Post by **smythology** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:48 pm

is there a effective tpae simulation or tube emulation plugin out there that works well with cubase???? thx

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:02 pm

I like the saturator in PSP MixPack. I've also recently taken to sending a couple of channels to an actual tape machine and back, which is amazingly fun.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:02 pm

I've never found anything close with vst plugins, though there are tons of plugins that do distortion in one form or another. Voxengo makes a tape buss plugin that does some wierd, sometimes cool, stuff.

rushofblood · Post by **rushofblood** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:53 pm

I've got a vst called magneto that does some nice things?

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:40 pm

I keep hearing amazing things about Airwindows Iron Oxide. Like amazing things, and it's only $60. No demo, though there are a ton of free examples of Airwindow's work in the form of additional plug-ins at the bottom of the page. Great attitude regarding copy protection, etc.

If any of you drop $60 on this plug-in (or any of them) please report back.

Jeff

kinger · Post by **kinger** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:16 am

I'd be really interested in hearing about Iron Oxide as well; I still have much better results dumping my stereo mix to tape than I have with any vst plugins I've tried, though I am a bit of a retro-grouch.

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:25 pm

Well since I never engineered anything recorded to tape (only recorded to tape as a band) I couldn't tell you what a plug in tape emulator SHOULD sound like. But the PSP Vintage Warmer sounds exactly like I THINK tape should sound like. . .thats a great plug in and super versatile.

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:41 am

i'm a little dubious about the vintage warmer myself, but hey...

the saturation on the blockfish works in a pinch.

i'm curious about that iron oxide plug as well...chris the airwindows guy is like the archetype crazy genius and the nicest guy on the internet....

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:25 pm

i just PLUG IN my tape machine... har har har...

john

palinilap · Post by **palinilap** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:29 pm

McDSP needs to get it together and release a VST of Analog Channel.

i am monster face · Post by **i am monster face** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:52 am

Do you think anyone ever asked for a "digital emulator" in the 80's?

Ian

justinmc · Post by **justinmc** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:20 pm

I dig the Massey plug in, but it's PT only...

ashcat_lt · Post by **ashcat_lt** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:26 pm

i am monster face wrote:Do you think anyone ever asked for a "digital emulator" in the 80's?

Ian

No, i think most of them were begging for affordable digital. No more hiss, wow, or flutter, and a flat frequency response? Woohooo!

kinger · Post by **kinger** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:34 pm

Can anyone recommend a vst saturator plugin that does a good job of de-brittlefying (I have the copyright on that word) high frequencies? I think that's the main thing I like about tape over plugs, the highs seem to saturate in such a pleasant way. I've tried demos of Vintagewarmer and Voxengo Tapebus but neither one did much for me.

segaface · Post by **segaface** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:05 pm

mjau wrote:Voxengo makes a tape buss plugin that does some wierd, sometimes cool, stuff.

+1

I've had some success using it on drum OHs.

Andy

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