Digidesign Reel Tape Suite Analog Tape Sim RTASThe Digidesign Reel Tape Suite brings the unmistakable warmth and punch of analog tape color, compression, and saturation effects into the digital domain.
This powerful collection of three plug-ins - Reel Tape Saturation, Reel Tape Delay, and Reel Tape Flanger - is designed to beef up your mixes and add that elusive magnetic vibe to your live sound, without the hassle of actually owning and operating a reel-to-reel tape machine.
Reel Tape Saturation
Reel Tape Saturation models the inherent warmth of classic analog tape machines and tape formulations with astounding accuracy, instantly infusing your music with an authoritative old-school feel. Reel Tape Delay and Reel Tape Flanger duplicate electro-mechanical delay and flanging effects without cluttering your control room with large tape machines (or having to keep rewinding your echo tape), and give you real-time control over every nuance of these classic techniques.
Digidesign brings the unmistakable warmth and punch of analog tape color, compression, and saturation effects into the digital domain with Reel Tape Saturation, a powerful plug-in designed to beef up your mixes and add that elusive magnetic vibe to your live sound, without the hassle of actually owning and operating a reel-to-reel tape machine. Whether you’re a professional audio mixer, musician, or live sound engineer, Reel Tape Saturation brings the vintage sound of analog tape to digital audio while providing all the advantages of today’s state-of-the-art digital effects processors.
Re-create the classic analog recording experience with saturation effects based on popular analog tape formulations, including the classic Ampex 456* and higher-output Quantegy GP9*. The plug-in also features carefully modeled characteristics from renowned tape machines such as the 3M M79* and Studer A800*. Enjoy full control over tape speed, hiss, bias, and calibration levels - and forget about cotton swabs, rubbing alcohol, and razor blades!
Reel Tape Saturation is incredibly easy-to-use; works with Pro Tools HD Accel, Pro Tools LE, Pro Tools M-Powered, Avid Xpress, Avid Xpress DV, Avid DNA, and VENUE systems; and will become an indispensable element in your audio arsenal, whether you’re mixing digital recordings or live sound.
Reel Tape Delay
Psychedelic, Dub, and Electro music styles are hotter than ever, and the warm, ear-pleasing sound of tape-based delay has never been more relevant. Reel Tape Delay emulates analog tape echo and delay effects with expertly modeled frequency response, noise, wow and flutter, and distortion characteristics. Reproduce fluctuations in tape speed - both small and large. Even get the full effect of adjusting tape speed during the record/playback process. Delays are fully adjustable over a wide range, and because EQ and detailed level control are built into the echo/delay loop, the feedback controls allow you to dial-in a variety of effects, from tastefully subtle to over-the-top.
Reel Tape Flanger
The reason why most flanger effects sound unconvincing is because the studio technique that they imitate is dependent on so many real-world factors. Reel Tape Flanger thoroughly models the tape flanging process and hardware characteristics, and provides an arsenal of controls for shaping the output in real time. The results are as close as you can get to the real thing - and a lot easier to use! The sonic characteristics of frequency response, noise, wow and flutter, and distortion are captured in detail and applied to a variety of tape speed and delay control options. Infamously difficult manual flange and artificial double-tracking (ADT) techniques are simple to re-create. Simply adjust the variable delay manually (or use the LFO and Depth controls) and listen to the captivating frequency sweep and crossover cancellation effects heard on so many classic recordings. You also get easy access to tape speed fluctuation and feedback controls.