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DaveDrummer
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Please explain. Im lost. thanks.
Dave
Dave
DaveDrummer said:Cool. the reason I asked is because on my Cakewalk I can add a VTS plugin called 'TapeSim' and it simulated a tape. if I add simulated medium saturation on a 15ips tape, it sounds realllly nice.
Teacher said:really i've always found it to be useless..
...on my Cakewalk I can add a VTS plugin
called 'TapeSim' and it simulated a tape.
mallcore pop said:That said, PSP's Vintage Warmer has that saturate-y vibe without actually being a tape sim. I like it.
But, I like a lot of things, so. . .
MP
mallcore pop said:That said, PSP's Vintage Warmer has that saturate-y vibe without actually being a tape sim. I like it.
But, I like a lot of things, so. . .
MP
Teacher said:actually the vintage warmer simulates analog compression which i think is the saturation thing he is talking about....thats what that big input drive knob is doing...
Reg any difference between input and output is distortion in the literal sense. Distortion does not mean only crackling sounds. Mild tape compression is indeed distortion and has it's own warmth.regebro said:Tape is highly non-linear, so what happens is complex, but yes, one of the first effects of tape saturation is a compression effect, that is the total volume you get back from tape is lower that the volume you pushed to the tape, but the sound isn't distorted.
If you continue to push the tape even harder, you'll finally get distortion. This is a very soft and smooth distorsion, and therefore you can push tape very hard before it starts sounding nasty.
I'd seriously recommend anybody using tape to experiment with just how hard you can push your tape and what effects you get.
Of course you do.chessrock said:-linearities involved, as Regebrow so amply pointed out.
Even though I think tape is slightly over-rated at the moment....[/URL] .
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