doctoremmet
Senior Member
So. Tape plugins. I know people that are very passionate about them. They add colour. They glue the mix together. Stuff like that.
Now, I am by no means an experienced sound guy. I just play piano and compose mostly singer/songwriter and orchestral (non epic) stuff. As a hobby, nothing fancy.
I was skeptical about summing mixers and channel strip plugins. Then I tried Waves NLS and I must say, I LOVE that Emi / Abbey Road channel (TG12345). I put it on all my tracks and the 2-bus now.
So this brings me to tape emulation. Would adding this to either mix and/or master be beneficial for an even more glued-together (maybe slightly retro?) sound.
There’s Acustica Taupe, U-he Satin, Waves J37, Waves Kramer Master Tape, Slate and the latest and greatest IK Multimedia T-RackS Tape Machines. Probably a boatload more.
Which ones have y’all got? What are some of your experiences. Typical use cases? Put them in a mix as an insert? Or print your tracks with a tape simulation? Curious to hear from you.
(Or is it all just snake oil?)
Now, I am by no means an experienced sound guy. I just play piano and compose mostly singer/songwriter and orchestral (non epic) stuff. As a hobby, nothing fancy.
I was skeptical about summing mixers and channel strip plugins. Then I tried Waves NLS and I must say, I LOVE that Emi / Abbey Road channel (TG12345). I put it on all my tracks and the 2-bus now.
So this brings me to tape emulation. Would adding this to either mix and/or master be beneficial for an even more glued-together (maybe slightly retro?) sound.
There’s Acustica Taupe, U-he Satin, Waves J37, Waves Kramer Master Tape, Slate and the latest and greatest IK Multimedia T-RackS Tape Machines. Probably a boatload more.
Which ones have y’all got? What are some of your experiences. Typical use cases? Put them in a mix as an insert? Or print your tracks with a tape simulation? Curious to hear from you.
(Or is it all just snake oil?)