Kristoffer Eikrem has released Deriva Tape Machine for iPadOS, (previously desktop only), available for $9.99.
Press the tape and drag it: Deriva is a smooth sounding tape emulator that you can play with. AUv3 for any host
At first glance it is simple: nine controls, a response graph, two reels that spool. Underneath is a physical model of magnetic tape, written from published research papers.’
Press the tape and drag it. It is a performance, not a setting.
Put it on a mix bus for glue, on drums for weight, or run a whole track through it at the slowest speed when you want it to sound like it has lived a life
Input and drive set the record level and how hard the tape is maanetized, and bias runs from a badly aligned machine to a clean one. Wow & flutter, wear and hiss are a well-kept deck until halfway, and past that the transport stumbles, the tape breathes anc drops out, and the noise floor keeps going well past what a real machine would give you.
The speed lever changes everything at once: losses head bump, flutter rates, hiss. Slow tape is dark tape, Tone is the desk’s EQ. for when vou need to dial back some of those high frequencies.
Every control is a drawing that shows its own value and one line explains whatever you touch. The colours are yours, chassis, display and signal, each with hue, saturation and brightness. Seven presets from a serviced deck to a seasick one, and room for your own.
Watch the demo video HERE.
Deriva is available to PC, Mac, Linux and iPad users (VST3, AU, AUv3 and standalone)
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