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Tape Emulation Plugin (VST/AU/AAX)
$59.00
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Bundle: Echo Bundle
When you press stop on a reel-to-reel player, the tape doesn’t stop immediately.
Instead, it gradually slows down creating a pitch down and fade out effect.
The same thing happens in reverse, if you hit play, the tape gradually speeds up creating a pitch up and fade in effect.
You can replicate this effect with Reels, and you can also change the speed of the start/stop effect.
Reels is based on a vintage Japanese reel to reel, ironically marked as High Fidelity, found in a distressed state at a local flea market. Most of these consumer tape recorders, also due to their age, produce has a very rough Lo-Fi analog sound.
During recording or playback, the motor noise somehow bleeds in, along with the usual tape hiss, limiting the actual bandwidth available on the tape.
Reels recreates all the imperfection of consumer reel-to-reel vintage recorders, including:
We’ve modeled three different tape types, from ruined to NOS (new old stock) state.
The tape types are named after the country of origin: JP (Japan), IT (Italy), FR (France).
JP Used tape but with an overall better frequency response
IT New old stock but with a limited frequency response
FR Overused and badly stored, very bad frequency response
Each tape will affect the sound in different ways, especially at higher feedback settings when using the Echo section.
WOW/Flutter, Ducking, and other parameters will also change according to the selected tape, creating different amount of pitch and volume changes.
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Windows 7 – 11
2GHz CPU, 4 GB RAM
VST2, VST3, AAX, CLAP (64-bit)
macOS 10.13 – macOS 26
2GHz CPU, 4 GB RAM
VST2, VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP (64-bit)
Universal 2 Binary
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
2GHz CPU, 4 GB RAM
VST2, VST3, CLAP (64-bit)
V1.5
31/03/26
Updated macOS Requirements:
V1.5.1
31/03/26
Added: CLAP plugin format
Added: Oversampler up to 16x
Improved: CPU and memory usage
Fixed: Minor bugs
Fixed: Compatibility with Pro Tools 2021.12
Fixed: Popups not opening correctly with multiple instances in Logic Pro
V1.5.3
31/03/26
Added: Graphics Controls (Brightness and Contrast)
Fixed: Echo Feedback getting too hot causing CPU spikes
Fixed: Latency compensation filtering Dry signal when Oversampled
V1.5.4
31/03/26
