137 Results for "tape"

Recording to Tape: Is it still relevant in 2023? DAWless music making.

Recording to tape was the mainstay for over 40 years, but is tape still relevant in 2023? Should you embrace a DAWless analogue workflow?

The Strymon Deco Plugin brings character to your DAW

With the Strymon Deco Plugin, you have access to all the tasty tonal controls of the Deco pedal within the flexible DAW environment.

Review: GForce M-Tron Pro IV – Tron and On

GForce Software return to their roots and drag M-Tron Pro into the 21st century, not so much kicking and screaming but wowing and fluttering!

Midweek Modular: Trapezoids, Tape Heads and the insane Beat Machine

Expert Sleepers Schools us in classic envelopes, Faded Instruments gets touchy and BeepBoop scratches on strips of tape. And Beat Machine is back.

Superbooth 23: Finegear Dirt Magnet and Modmix to open preorders

We saw prototypes of the Dirt Magnet and Modmix at last year's Superbooth. Now Finegear has them ready with preorders to open at the show.

Cassette Tape Comeback as sales boom: Why YOU should record to tape!

We're witnessing a cassette tape comeback! The compact cassette experiences its biggest sales in 20 years. Here's why you should rediscover tape...

Hot Topic: Audiophiles vs Gen Z – Are you a vinyl head or a TikToker?

The Vinyl vs Digital debate. Opinions abound as Bob and Stefan discuss different music appreciation formats. Lend us your ears, folks!

TapeStop, Xenos, Wave Manuel 2.0: Free Plugins of the Week

Free plugins of the week: TapeStop delivers the tape stop effect, Xenos is an algorithmic synthesizer and the Wave Manuel synth gets an update.

Modbap HUE: Colourise your audio for big, bold and delicious vibes

HUE, from Modbap, is a chain of 5 effects to colour, saturate, compress, distort and texturise your Eurorack bleeps and bloops for lush lofi tones.

Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field Review

Teenage Engineering has updated the OP-1 and released the OP-1 Field – for a mindblowing price. Is it worth it? Find out in our review!

UAD LUNA Recording System now available for Apple M1/M2 processors

Universal Audio's LUNA recording system for macOS now runs natively on Apple Silicon processors. The update also brings several bug-fixes.

Softube August Sale: 15 plug-ins sold at prices under EUR / USD 50

Softube August Sale is another strong montly sales campaign by the Swedish developer. Until August 31, there are 15 plug-ins on sale.

Apogee Soft Limit: free plug-in emulates analog tape compression

Apogee is giving away its Soft Limit plug-in. It's an emulation of tape compression which it introduced in its first A/D converters.

Error Instruments Loopman Field Player: Cassette action in the wild

You can now take your cassette tape loops out into the wild with experimental voltage control on the Loopman Field Player from Error Instruments.

Denise Bad Tape 2: more Lo-Fi and now with side-chain!

Denise Bad Tape 2 has a sequel's best qualities - more of the same, but bigger and better. This means 5 additional algorithms and side-chain.

Excite Audio Lifeline Console: Modular effects for analog character

Excite Audio Lifeline Console has 5 analog saturation modules which can be arranged and combined in as many as 243 different ways.

Best free plug-ins this week: Lost-Tapes, TaraTube Distortion and Vibanez EM-V

This week's collection of free plug-ins features a tape emulation for those lo-fi vibes, tube distortion from the makers of Tarabia, and a delay.

G-Sonique Analog Tape ASX-72: EUR 19 tape machine plug-in

ASX-72 by G-Sonique conjures the sound and color of various tape machines. Expect plenty of warmth, saturation, and all-around analog feel.

Softube Console 1 Analog Drive Edition on sale with free plug-ins!

The Softube Console 1 Mk2 controller is on sale for EUR 449 (a discount of near EUR 100) along with several plug-ins (normally worth USD 596).

Martinic plug-ins now at Thomann and on sale!

The Martinic promotion runs until April 25, 2022 and covers some of the developer's better-known plug-in effects and instruments.

BOSS RE-202 and RE-2: Space Echo pedals without the tape

After the leak earlier this year, Boss has announced not one but two new Space Echo Delay/Reverb effect pedals. The compact RE-2 and full-size RE-202.

Acustica Audio NEBULA N4.5: M1 compatibility and big sale (78% off)

NEBULA N4.5 brings compatibility with macOS Monterey and Apple Silicon. The 70% discount sees the price reduced to EUR 89.

NUX NDD-7 Tape Echo: Another Roland Space Echo inspired pedal?

This new NUX NDD-7 Tape Echo, another Roland Space Echo RE-201 style effect, may give the recently announced BOSS RE-2 Space Echo some tough competition.

Moon Armada Copy Box: Lo-fi delays and modulated echoes

Copy Box is a desktop delay module from Mood Armada, famous for their Baby Bots, that's full of tape-style character, warmth and playfulness from subtle modulations to mighty mangles.