whether you want to add it to your mix bus individual tracks or busses in general tape
saturation can thicken up your tracks it can add subtle harmonics and even add some interest and
create some lo-fi effects depending on how you use it so in this video i'm looking at 12 of the best
free tape saturation plugins that you can grab right now and this video is sponsored by DistroKid
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and be sure to stick around for all of them because i just may have saved the best for last
but first up on the list is BPB Saturator this one gives you tape and tube saturation options
you can blend them together or just use one at a time it's quick and easy to dial in great sounds
you can use BPB Saturator to warm up synth sounds vocals drums or even throw it on your
mix bus if you want it's available on mac or windows in vst, vst3, au, and aax formats
next up is Tape Cassette 2 from caelum audio this one adds the character noise
and warmth of a cassette tape you can adjust it to give just a little of the cassette character
or a lot and the wow and flutter settings can really adjust the quality of the cassette and
tape player use it on your entire mix or on individual tracks to get a nice lo-fi effect
you can get tape cassette 2 on mac or windows in vst3, au, and aax formats
the next free tape saturation plug-in is Chow Tape from Chowdhury DSP this is a tape
machine plugin that was originally modeled after the sony tc260 reel-to-reel machine
but it can now emulate several classic tape machines you can use this on individual tracks or
try it on your mixbus to add some tape saturation to your entire track you can get chow tape on mac
or windows in vst, vst3, au, and aax formats and there's also linux and ios versions as well
next up is TB Ferox from Toneboosters this one gives you the compression and saturation
of tape recording you can also use it as a tape delay effect if you want it has some
excellent features like over sampling frequency controls and more this was a premium paid for
plug-in until very recently and you actually get Toneboosters Ferox in a bundle with
over 20 other effects that are available for mac or windows in vst, and au formats
the next one on the list is ferric tds from variety of sound if you previously used the
older 32-bit version of this plug-in this update not only brings it up to 64-bit but they also
updated the tape compression algorithms with increased punch they've added second
order harmonic processing and more throw this on your mix bus drum bus or throw it on every track
and really give your projects that classic analog sound you can get ferric tds on windows only
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free tape saturation plugin is Tape Redux from Air Windows this is an extremely simple plug-in
very basic controls but there's a complex and great sounding algorithm that's working in behind
the scenes the tape saturation is nice and subtle so not really something that you'd use for lo-fi
sound but if you want to smooth out your tracks with some nice sounding analog tape harmonics
this one delivers you can get air windows Tape Rredux on mac or windows in vst and au formats
next up is FreeAmp from Klevgrand this is an easy to use plugin with just
three knobs but it has all the algorithms from their bigger
reamp plug-in this one gives you the sound of tape and tube saturation at the same time it's
very versatile and can be used on pretty much anything from single tracks to your entire mix
Klevgrand free amp is available on mac or windows and vst vst 3 a u and aax formats you
have to register on their website for this and once you do that they give you the license in
your account section so you can add that into the plugin once you load it up in your daw
the next one is prebox from analog obsession this one actually has 11
selectable preamp models including tape color it's another one that can add just the subtle
harmonics of tape without muddying things up or changing the sound too much but you
can push it if you want to overdrive the input plus it has some eq settings in there as well
analog obsession prebox is available on mac or windows in vst3 or au formats
next up is another classic from the 32-bit days and it's now 64-bit this is mystique
tape machine from canna san martin this one has some nice features with bias control transformer
decoupling bass and treble boost and you can choose between two tape styles in 1968 or 2009
this comes bundled with several other plugins that are really nice
the bundle is available on windows only in vst and vst3 formats
next on the list is track24 from low wave studios
this one can deliver some nice subtle tape saturation with some added features like
four times over sampling it has four filter presets that were inspired from two different
tape machines it has a texture setting that allows you to add even more harmonics plus
some frequency controls and a mix control it's available on mac or windows in vst3 and au formats
the next free tape saturation plug-in is SN03 tape recorder from sender spike this one isn't based on
tape speed or tape type instead it takes the key components of analog tape recorders and allows you
to create a custom tape machine dial it in using the clean user interface to get the tape machine
sound that you're after you can get sender spikes sn03 tape recorder on windows only in vst format
next up is tb ReelBus from Toneboosters this one has been modeled after legendary japanese and
swiss reel-to-reel recorders throw it on your mix bus drum bus or wherever you want and you can add
some classic tape saturation it's one of the best free tape saturations that you get at the moment
plus it comes with the other tone boosters plug-in ferrix that we looked at earlier and over 20
other incredible free effects as well real bus is available on mac or windows in vst and au formats
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