SketchCassette recreates the glorious sound of 4-track cassette recorders

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The sound of magnetic tape isn’t just about the warmth, saturation and subtlety of professional reel-to-reel machines. Rather, there’s also the lo-fi and nostalgic side of it, where defects of the medium become effects. This is the concept of SketchCassette, a charming lo-fi plug-in that emulates a 4-track cassette recorder. The sloppily sketched user interface […]

Tape emulations galore: TCS-68 and Klevgrand WebCassette

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Isn’t it funny how the more powerful computers became, the more nostalgic-sounding plug-ins started showing up? We find it ironic that the exponential increases in CPU power went on to be used for convincingly simulating decades-old circuits and gear like tape machines. Then again, they do make music sound like music, right? And that’s what […]