Reel to Reel Analog Tape Sounds

ethanchoo · December 30, 2018, 10:49pm

I was wondering if you guys have old fashioned analog tape sounds and or effects like varispeed control, wow and flutter, tape start/stop like the Beatles did. But jist an idea.

Trebor · December 30, 2018, 11:11pm

There are free plugins to simulate audio (& video) tape which work in Audacity,
e.g. … https://www.kvraudio.com/product/devicer-by-plektron

ethanchoo · January 1, 2019, 1:51am

Thanks! but how do I download it? And Is it an application or a prompt?

steve · January 1, 2019, 1:16pm

Have you looked at the effects here: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Effect_Plug-ins

Trebor · January 1, 2019, 1:39pm

plektronfx devicer is (free) VST plugin, a copy is in this zip file … http://static.kvraudio.com/files/1376/plektronfx_devicer_1_01.zip

That “devicer” VST plugin can be installed into Audacity (Windows only) …
https ://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#vst_install

You can do a simulation of that with Audacity’s native time-track feature.