You can barely notice any difference of effect when adjusting parameters on the front panel. The pluginвЂ™s effect itself is very subtle. I like Softube TapeвЂ™s design and I think Softube put a lot of effort into making this plugin authentic. The stop button creates a tape stopping sound effect. There are 2 faders for input and output, a noise switch and a Run and Stop button. On a tape machine the sound is radiated from one tape to the other and Cross Talk sets the speed a which this happens. The Crosstalk is a bit like a delay or a minimal stretch.В Cross Talk has an almost stretching & shimmering effect especially noticeable in the higher frequencies. The High-Frequency Trim works like an EQ slope on the Harmonic Distortion. An unstable tape gives you a wobble effect. Speed Stability lets you change how stable the tape is moving in the reel. Here we have Dry/Wet, Speed Stability, High-Frequency Trim, and Cross Talk. The Remote Control can be opened on the lower right side revealing another group of parameters. In the case of Softube TAPE plugin the slower the tape the more lo-fi, so to speak. For example, back it the day you could slow the tape speed down which you gave you more mileage from the tape reel. Next to that, we can change the speed of the tape. This can be adjusted with the Amount knob.ДЇor different colors of distortion, you can choose between 3 different types or models of tape machines. The THD lets you see how much space or harmonic distortion you are adding. We have a level and THD (total harmonic distortion) meters. The pluginвЂ™s interface has a cool and realistic design! The parameter options are very much like a real reel to reel device. Reel to reel can help open up a recording creating spatial gaps between the instruments. It can already be heard when you play back the reel before it has been recorded on. The reel has a certain subtle hiss or distortion to it that creates space. There was a time when all records were recorded on tape and it is believed to give records more space and depth than a completely digital recording. Such plugins are common and most major producers of recording plugins offer one.

Their latest endeavor is TAPE, a reel to reel emulation plugin meant to give your recording the sound of having been recorded on an analog tape reel. Softube from Sweden offers a fine array of quality plugins for recording.

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