Kramer Master Tape

Name: Kramer Master Tape
Price: 29.99 USD
Author: Waves

by Waves · Saturation · Tape machine emulation

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Emulation of a vintage 1/4-inch reel-to-reel tape machine with adjustable speed, bias, flux and delay/flange.

Best for: Mix Bus, Drums, Vocals. Genres: all genres.

Keywords: tape, hardware emulation, vintage, full mix, warm, bus processing, drums, flanger, flutter, mix bus, mixing, single-band, vocals, wobble.

What it does

Kramer Master Tape is modelled on a rare vintage 1/4-inch reel-to-reel tape machine, made with Eddie Kramer.

Sound: tape warmth and saturation.
Tape effects: wow, flutter and hiss.

Source: Waves product page

When to use it

A characterful tape plug-in for warming individual tracks, buses or a full mix. Compared with Abbey Road J37 Tape, it models a different machine and adds more obvious vintage artefacts. Suits rock, pop, hip-hop and lo-fi.

Where to buy

Plugin Boutique: $29.99 (regular $149)
PluginFox: $29.99
AudioDeluxe: $29.99 (regular $149)
Waves: see store

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