I just checked CHOW Tape Model (32-bit) works in Audacity on Windows …
https://github.com/jatinchowdhury18/AnalogTapeModel/releases/tag/v2.7.0
Also available for Mac.
Is it any good?
(It’s strange how we used to take so much time and effort trying to overcome the limitations of tape, and now there’s a plug-in to do the opposite )
A few bugs, but yes it does work: controllable wow, flutter, dropouts, tape-chew, hiss.
I prefer sketch cassette, but that doesn’t work in Audcaity & it’s not free, (but reasonably priced).
Just noticed they do other free plugins
https://chowdsp.com/products.html (Windows/Mac/Linux)
The “Chow Centaur” distortion effect on “neural” is very good emulation of analogue if the “Gain” knob is turned above 0.8
A double dose: “traditional” then “neural” is very walkie-talkie …
A year on, they’ve fixed the bugs on Chow Tape Model, and added new features, (still free).
https://chowdsp.com/products.html