UVI Tape Suite – Effects Forum

Ok well I just tried the demo for a little bit. I’ve only tried the tape color version, meaning the actual tape machine emulation.

Those of you expecting to be using this for bus duties will be sorely disappointed. It can do lo-fi and creative stuff very well but in my opinion this doesn’t come anywhere near a realistic actual tape machine. It’s got a very “synthetic” vibe to it, very smeared in a weird way. This doesn’t negate the plugin as a useful creative tool but don’t expect realism at all. No wonder the default preset is a super lo-fi, almost useless thing from the get-go.

The simplest analogy I can give is to compare this to very early versions of Pianoteq.. back when it sounded like a plastic and strange piano. This is the exact same thing here. It tries to look, smell and feel like tape but fails miserably at it.

I suspect the delay, chorus and flanger versions will be far more useful. Especially the delay will probably sound really strange and weird in a very positive way considering how unrealistic the treatment of transients is in the tape model.