Signal Flow

Signal flow is important with multi module effects, and some markings on Tape Pro’s interface would be handy. That said there is a decent signal flow chart in the manual which is well worth checking out. This clarifies that most of the processing (Drive, Asymmetry, Crosstalk, Saturation, Filters, Wow/Flutter, Autogain and wet/dry Mix) comes first. Next is the tape Impulse response and this feeds the Noise and Delay sections. The Delay can work in two ways and can be before or after the Noise section, and this affects whether the noise joins the delay Wet signal or not. The default delay mode provides a typical wet/dry blend (the dry signal is tapped after the initial Drive process) and is ideal if you want to use Tape Pro as a tape delay emulation. The other option (Initial) inserts the delay into the saturation chain. With either way, when the delay section is enabled, the signal flow of the whole plugin is slightly different.