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VirSyn Vtape
the Analog Tape Suite
eur 169
demo version
Audio demo 
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vTape Flanger: ( o )
vTape Saturator: ( o ) , ( o )
Minimal system requirements Window
° Pentium III 600 Mhz processor or Athlon
° 512 MB RAM
° Windows XP
° USB port required for Syncrosoft copy protection device
° 16-bit Soundcard with DirectX/ASIO driver
Minimal system requirements Mac
° PowerPC G4 400 Mhz / Intel Mac
° 512 MB RAM
° Mac OS X version 10.4
° USB port required for Syncrosoft copy protection device
Host compatibility
- VST 2.4
- AudioUnit
- RTAS
-vTape is a set of three plugins based on a simulation of the sound of analog tape machines.
vTape Saturator simulates the recording and playback on an analog tape mastering machine.
vTape Delay combines this sound with a modern, step sequencer-like tapped delay engine .
vTape Flanger simulates the “Tape flanging” effect which can be achieved through the playback of two tape machines running at slightly different speed.
Why bothering about going back to analogue tape recording knowing that todays digital audio recording is undoubtly more precise in reproducing the original sound ?
'Maybe' the imperfection and the technical deficiencies can add something wonderful to the sound if properly used.
Most emulations of the `tape sound´ focus on the saturation characteristic alone and underestimate the effect of a subtle amount of `flutter´ - high frequency fluctuations of the tape speed. This adds something which is probably the most important part of a special sound: the harmonic lines are "widened" by the effect of frequency modulation due to flutter which causes a 'thickening' of the audio signal contributing to the fat sound of analog, compared to the more accurate, but thin sound of digital. This effect called `Modulation noise´ makes it easier to mix tracks together by removing the static character especially of electric/electronic sounds. It´s interesting to know that many natural instruments have a "built-in" flutter effect which contributes to their sound.
The distortion and compression effects due to the saturation characteristic of magnetic recording depend on the input signal level. With normal recording levels the distortion is around 1% which is away from sounding really distorted but quite audible and adds a pleasant color to the sound. Higher values should only be used as special effect on some suitable tracks dependant on the style of music you´re after.
The saturation is also responsible for the `instant compression´ effect which causes transient signals to be reduced in level. In contrast to a dedicated compressor this one is working with instant attack/release and therefore avoiding the typical pumping artefacts
Features
vTape Flanger
- Manual tape flanging simulation.
- Authentic “through zero” Flanging.
- Unique stereo flanging mode.
vTape Saturator
- Realistic tape emulation
- Tape saturation / compression
- Tape hiss
- Wow & Flutter
- Equalizer
- Aliasing free distortion
- Zero latency operation
- Easy user interface “one page only”.
vTape Delay
- Based on vTape Saturator
- Unique step-sequencer style delay pattern input
- Modern tempo-synced delay with up to 32 taps.
- Stereo rotation effect
- Tap Pad for tempo tapping
- Loop filter Lo/Mid/High
- All parameters tweakable in realtime without clicks
- Zero latency operation
- Easy user interface “one page only”.