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Tapewave.

Six tape styles, adjustable tape age and analog compression for instant warmth.

£44
Wave Alchemy Tapewave
Tape Emulation
Compatibility
VST3 · AU · AAX
Formats
Wave Alchemy
Developer

Overview

Cassette warmth, dialled in.

Tapewave is a tape emulation plugin that recreates the character of cassette and analog tape machines. It combines tape saturation, analog-style compression and six tape styles with an adjustable Tape Age control, plus a wow and flutter modulation engine and a switchable tape hiss circuit. It runs as its own native plugin and requires no Kontakt.

Highlights

Six tape styles with an adjustable Tape Age degradation control
Tape saturation stage for warmth and lo-fi character
Two compression modes, including a Shure Level Loc emulation
Wow and flutter modulation engine
Switchable tape hiss circuit
Up to 16x oversampling and 100 presets

Compatibility

Specs and requirements.

Licence and delivery

Formats
VST3AUAAX
Licence
Perpetual licence
Delivery
Instant download
Type
Tape Emulation
SKU
1246-4100
Product code
11-44279

macOS

OS
macOS 12 – 15
Processor
Apple Silicon & Intel

Windows

OS
Windows 10 – 11
Processor
64-bit Intel / AMD

Apple Silicon and Intel Macs are both natively supported.

Wave Alchemy

About the maker

Meet Wave Alchemy.

Wave Alchemy is a UK developer of virtual instruments and sample libraries, made by musicians for musicians. It is best known for Revolution, a drum machine plugin that meticulously samples fourteen classic machines through vintage hardware signal paths.

Wave Alchemy Tapewave

£44