Analog Productions are inviting people to test their forthcoming Tape Saturation plugin. Please report your findings – your feedback counts!! Access to the beta is available up request via Facebook messenger (use the button below).
Tape Saturation is a professional magnetic tape saturation emulator built from the ground up by producer and developer Nicholas DeAngelis. Designed to bring the warmth, character, and harmonic richness of classic analog tape machines to modern digital productions, it uses a physically modeled Jiles-Atherton magnetic hysteresis engine at its core — the same mathematical model used to describe real magnetic tape behavior.
Three tape formulations capture the distinct character of three legendary machines:
- 456 (Ampex 456): Warm, punchy, full low-mids. The classic 1980s studio sound used on countless hit records.
- 499 (Quantegy 499): Brighter, more headroom, modern clarity with analog color.
- 911 (Studer 911): Dark, smooth, vintage European character with a natural high-frequency rolloff.
Features include:
- Jiles-Atherton Hysteresis Model: Physically accurate magnetic saturation using a parallel blend architecture for musical results at any drive setting
- 4x Oversampling: Keeps nonlinear processing clean and alias-free
- M-S Stereo Processing: Mid channel receives full saturation, sides receive less — creating natural tape width
- Stereo Wow & Flutter: Left and right channels modulate independently for authentic vintage movement
- Tape Hiss Generator: Pink noise filtered to match real tape noise character
- Pre/Post Emphasis Filters: Frequency-dependent saturation tailored to each tape formulation
- Look-Ahead Limiter: 2ms look-ahead prevents transient spikes transparently
- Autogain: Automatically matches output level to input for easy A/B comparisons
- 5 Presets: 80s Warm, Hot Tape, Clean Color, Heavy Sat, Vintage Lo-Fi
- A/B Comparison: Store and compare two complete settings
- Dual VU Meters: Separate IN and OUT level display
- Universal Binary: Native on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs
Tape Saturation is available to PC and Mac users (VST3 and AU).
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