UVI’s new Tape Suite explores the sound of analogue tape with 4 effects including Delay, Flanger, Chorus, and Color, we have the details…

UVI Tape Suite encompasses four effects – Delay, Flanger, Chorus, and Color – which are tailored around an advanced physical model to recreate the character of analogue tape and tape-based effects with exacting realism. This combination gives users freedom to explore the sonic qualities of magnetic tape and tape transport, from pristine studio reel-to-reel machines to worn out cassette recorders, and all the sweet spots in-between.

Delay features a 4-head design with per-head pan, sync, and selectable feedback head, Flanger features a through-zero design with manual and LFO modes, Chorus features up to 8 voices with adjustable stereo spread, and Color adds both a texture process and a convolver loaded with impulse responses from vintage devices to deliver an impressive range of character.

The heavy lifting of Tape Suite’s simulation is presented in 4 main sections, available through each plugins’ bottom shelf editor. Tape Simulation provides a novel model of magnetisation, faithfully reproducing a large range of magnetic materials, Compander includes 3 different models of the noise reduction encode and decode stages historically found in tape machines, Playback Filtering models the characteristics of the tape playback head with physically-accurate control over speed, head distance, angle, and width, while Modulation models the tape transport, providing profoundly natural detuning, wow, and flutter.

The plugin also includes an array of additional features such as compensated drive, feedback compensation, low- latency mode, tempo sync, grid-snapping, delay multiplication, and effect visualisations.

Pricing & Availability

Tape Suite is compatible with current versions of all major DAWs on both Mac and Windows platforms (VST, VST3, AU, and AAX). There’s a special introductory price of $59 / 59€ until July 14th, 2024 (normally $99 / 99€).

A single license includes 3 activations that can be used on any combination of individual computer systems or iLok keys. A 15-day trial is available from the UVI website.