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There are two main views available with the Tape user interface - when you first open the plug-in, you get a tape deck style graphic and a fairly basic and straightforward set of controls. Softube Tape works fine with all modern sample rates - everything from 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz is fully supported, and the plugin can operate on both mono and stereo tracks, as well as on mono and stereo busses too, making it easy to apply it to things like reverb returns and the main stereo bus.

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You also need a free iLok account, although owning a iLok hardware dongle isn't mandatory the authorization can be stored on your computer.

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Signing up for and using a Gobbler account is a bit of a pain for many people (it was not terribly hard for me, but I can see where the extra steps involved might be a bit confusing or frustrating for some users), but you don't want to deal with Gobbler you can download the installer straight from Softube's website instead.

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Softube uses Gobbler to manage iLok plug in license activation and software downloads. Softube tape is compatible with VST, VST 3, AU, AAX Native and Mix Engine FX hosts. You'll also need Internet access to download everything. On either platform you'll need at least 1280 x 800 screen resolution, at least 1 GB of RAM, and a Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2 or faster CPU.

#Softube tape windows 7 64 Bit

On the Mac side, you'll need to be running OS 10.9 or later, and PCs need to be running a 64 bit version of Windows 7 or later - although 32 and 64 bit DAW hosts are both supported. The computer system requirements are very reasonable. Softube Tape is a native plugin (no UAD-2, TDM or AAX DSP versions are currently available) that is designed to give DAW tracks sonic character that closely emulates the sound of analog tape. Their efforts resulted in a plugin called Tape, which is under evaluation here - the question is, how well does it give you some of those desirable analog tape-like characteristics? Swedish software gurus Softube are well known to many DAW recording enthusiasts they make some very impressive and highly regarded plugins and are considered by many to be one of the top developers on the planet, so when they turned their attention towards creating a plugin that would give DAW users some of the benefits of using analog tape without having to leave the digital domain, it was bound to generate a lot of interest.

Analog tape also provides you with some 'glue' that helps tracks work and mix together more cohesively, and a bit of tape compression that can soften the sometimes overly-harsh sound of digital, especially on transients. Analog tape gives you subtle (or not so subtle, if you intentionally hit it really hard) distortion - especially on transients / loud hits / peaks, wow and flutter (think 'subtle pitch vibrato' and you won't be too far off), a 'head bump' (increased bass usually somewhere around 100Hz, although it varies with different machines and tape speeds), and added hiss and noise. Analog tape imparts sonic characteristics that many people find highly desirable and pleasant. While many of today's recordists have little to no experience using actual tape decks, I am old enough that I started out using them exclusively, and have logged countless hours operating and maintaining everything from cheap cassette decks to top of the line 16 and 24 track 2' reel to reels - I still own and occasionally use both an analog half track mixdown deck and multitrack tape deck, so not only am I well acquainted with their sound, I also know what some of the disadvantages that come along with analog recording are, and it's some of these imperfections that people actually seem to like. Tape emulation plugins have become really popular with DAW users who would like to bring a bit of that classic 'tape sound' to their digital recordings.

Can a plugin really give your DAW the sound of analog tape?