I use a few different ones, lots of free stuff, but I usually start my chain with either a tube saturator or preamp emulator, then I put a tape saturator on my stereomix aux to emulate recording to tape.ĪLL OF THIS IS MIXED IN VERY LIGHTLY. Many modern recordings use mics and preamps impart very little color, so starting with saturation can help emulate analogue consoles. If you want a more tape-y sounding effect, I suggest pairing this with the free ChowTape plugin.I like to start with light saturation. This isn't so easy to replicate in M4L as it requires a magnetic hysteresis loop to model accurately.

This was inspired by the Waves Reel ADT effect, which also included some tape saturation. Alternatively, with the Mix knob at 100%, you get an approximation of two unstable tape machines, which may be closer to the original effect. See my uploads for ADT-1 if you'd like the classic effect with only one delay channel. Mix allows for a blend between completely dry to completely wet signals.ĪDT-2 is the 'double' version of this plugin that uses separate delays for left and right, then mixed with the dry signal. Note that this does not effect the panning of the dry signal. The Width parameter controls the stereo image by panning the delayed signals inwards towards the center. A simple HASS widener can also be created with zero Depth, and Bias all the way up. The Depth is the difference between the maximum delay and minimum delay, which translates to the strength of the pitch shifting.

The Frequency of this can be adjusted, as well as the Bias, which in this case is the difference between the minimum delay value and no delay (0ms). I used a smoothed (LPF) random signal as the delay modulation source. When the signals are combined, the create a chorusing and widening effect. The original effect uses two parallel tape machines out of sync (possibly using a varispeed control) to impart speed and pitch differences. This aims to recreate the Artificial Double Tracking (ADT) first pioneered by Ken Townsend at Abbey Road studios. Device Details Device Overview Name/Version:

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