AudioThing Reels

There are plenty of high-quality tape machine emulations on the market, but AudioThing’s new plugin is “based on an old Japanese portable tape recorder with a very distinct lo-fi analogue sound”, capturing “all the imperfections of consumer reel-toreel recorders”. Reels models three tape types, each with its own frequency response and saturation characteristics, and plenty of control is provided, including Wow/Flutter, Crosstalk, Ducking, Hiss, Motor noise and more. It even does tape-stop effects. You can grab Reels now, for Mac and PC, for €59.

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