Analog recording is alchemy – during tracking, you actually hit the tape with a certain level to achieve the desired degree of tape limiting / saturation on that instrument. If you’ve never experienced the delight of recording analog, please take our word for it: the difference is like night and day. The result? An easy-to-use plug-in that will juice even the most lackluster digital recordings with stunning analog warmth and punch.ĭynamically reacts to the music you’re laying downĪs compared with cold, unyielding digital, analog tape is a recording medium that dynamically reacts to the music being laid down on it. And being located in LA’s Laurel Canyon, wouldn’t you know they had quite a selection to choose from. Finally, they modeled the best-sounding analog tape machines they could lay their hands on. To nail what they were after, Slate Digital then engaged in a year of critical listening and algorithm tweaks. In the development of this eagerly-awaited plug-in, Slate Digital Chief Technology Guru Fabrice Gabriel put his EE degree to work and studied the physical processes that take place when your record to analog tape threaded onto a good ol’ tape machine.
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Virtual Tape Machines gives you the ne plus ultra of analog tapedom We get it that you really don’t want to go back to chopping tape with with a razor blade, but the best of analog is yours for the taking – with Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines. Fortunately, there’s something you can do about that. Incredible modern workflow conveniences aside, straight digital mixes have a way of, well, just sitting there lifelessly. In comparison, tracking in your modern DAW-based studio can be a rude awakening. Tape’s magical properties can be yours, instantlyįor those of us fortunate enough to have recorded through a vintage console to 2″ analog 16-track, that sound is the gold standard the sound by which all else is measured. Dynamically reacts to the music you’re laying down.Virtual Tape Machines gives you the ne plus ultra of analog tapedom.Tape’s magical properties can be yours, instantly.Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines Plug-in at a Glance: If cold, dull, and lifeless digital tracks have given you a fever, Sweetwater has your prescription: Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines. Run your mixes or individual tracks through Virtual Tape Machines and tweak-to-taste to infuse your music with warm, punchy analog tape mojo. Massive, fat, warm, rich (and just plain exciting), analog has the density factor – that eat-it-with-a-spoon dimensionality that all the best-sounding records have. Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines is a plug-in that juices your digital recordings with vitality.