Hey guys,
Keen on trying out some different tape emulations, i have been using PSP Vintage Warmer pretty much exclusivly (which i <3) but wouldnt mind trying out some others.
For those who are wondering what tape emulation is i recommend reading this article on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reel-to...tape_recording
The hotter your run the signal onto the tape the more of this tape saturation that you get, personally i think it sounds really nice and adds a really pleasant sound to a mix. Very useful as as insert effect(sounds mint on basslines or drums) or on your master channel.Even today, many artists of all genres prefer analog tape's "musical", "natural" and especially "warm" sound. Due to harmonic distortion, bass can thicken up, creating the illusion of a fuller-sounding mix. In addition, high end can be slightly compressed, which is more natural to the human ear. It is common for artists to record to digital and re-record the tracks to analog reels for this effect of "natural" sound. In addition to all of these attributes of tape, tape saturation is a unique form of distortion that many rock and blues artists find very pleasing.
The only issue i find with PSP vintage wamer 2 is the huge amount of plugin latency that it has This makes it unusable for a live performance or if your doing your production recording in lots of automation from your midi controllers. PSP Vintage Wamer LE (basically a low latency version of PSP vintage warmer 1) however has a lower latency but doesnt have the nice options that PSP VW2 has like the totally awesome fat mode which is total awesomeness.
Off topic: Looking forward to getting this production section of the forums off the ground, i think we can turn it into a really good resource with enough work Props to anyone who contributes and helps get it going strong. Its kinda a case of use it or lose it, if this section dies off then these threads will close up this section of the forum and put it back into the General section, which would be a shame ! I will certainly be doing what i can to contribute my knowledge here and do my best get this off the ground so hopefully it doesnt come to that.
Bookmarks