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Warm echoes from the past
The Tape Echo is a faithful recreation of the highly sought after Echoplex EP3 tape delay. The original unit made its appearance in 1969 and was immediately adopted by musicians and guitar players as the standard for delay effects.
The principle behind it is a that of a traditional analog recording machine, where incoming signal is printed by a tape head onto magnetic 1/4” tape. A second tape head placed afterwards plays back the recorded signal creating the delay effect. Varying the distance between the two heads determines the delay time.
The IK Multimedia Tape Echo takes all of the analog “imperfections” of moderate headroom class A electronics coupled with magnetic tape into account and puts them under user control, with the advantage of software flexibility and power: BPM syncable delay times, stereo operation for two independent delay lines, complete automation.
All of the electronics and tape behavior have been closely matched: from tape hiss, wear and wow and flutter to AC line hum (selectable among US and UE voltage); with these controls the Tape Echo can be used as a standard analog delay, when set accordingly, or pushed to the extremes, where the use of the Wow and Flutter, preamp gain and tape wear turn it into a wild effects generator.
The natural and organic delay trails will sit nicely in a mix giving a track its own 3D perspective, still making it blend nicely with the rest.
A classic use for this module is on vocals, where the added bonus of BPM syncable delay times can make for very warm and lush echoes.
Another of the staples of this kind of delay has been surf guitar, where its unmistakable signature “slap” turns an ordinary clean guitar track into a trademark sound.
The Custom Shop
This audio processor module is part of T-RackS CS "Custom Shop" Mixing and Mastering Plug-In Collection. With T-RackS CS you can:
install all of the available modules at oncedirectly access Custom Shop online store from the module for immediate trial or purchase
try out any processor for a full 14 day trial period
purchase any module with credits (via Custom Shop) or currency (via Custom Shop or IK online store)
Specs
Fully compatible with Mac OS X (Universal Binary), and Windows (XP / Vista / 7 / 8)Supported plug-in formats: VST, RTAS, AAX, and Audio Units
Works within the T-RackS CS Standalone application
High-quality oversampling
High-precision and high-transparency digital processors
Accurately analog-modeled vintage classic devices
Full-latency compensation support
Supports sampling rates up to 192 kHz
DSM™ and SCC™ proprietary IK technologies for extremely accurate digital models of analog hardware devices
Native compatibility with 64-bit applications and operating systems
System Requirements
Mac® (64 bit CPU, 32 or 64 bit Mac OS)
Minimal: 1.5 GHz Intel processor, 2 GB of RAM (4 GB suggested), Mac OS X 10.6 or later.Supported Plug-in formats: Audio Units, VST, RTAS, AAX (32 and 64-bit).
Note: on 64 bit systems, the plug-in also works in 32 bit compatibility mode.
Windows® (32 and 64 bit)
Minimal: Intel® Pentium 4® 2.4 GHz or Intel® Core™™ Duo or AMD Athlon™ 64, 2 GB of RAM (4 GB suggested), Windows® XP, Windows® Vista, Windows® 7 or Windows® 8 or Windows® 10.Supported Plug-in formats: VST, RTAS, AAX (32 and 64-bit).
Internet connection is required as all of the Custom Shop operations are web based.
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