AIR Music Technology has introduced a new collection of plugins which aim to bring essential analog tape workflows into a modern production environment.
Faithfully modeled on the character of vintage tape effects processing, the Tape Effects Collection delivers the sound and feel of tape delay, saturation, and double tracking without the limitations of hardware.
From added color and harmonic content to spatial depth and time-based modulation, each effect focuses on a different element of classic analog tape recording.
Tape Effects Collection features
- Authentic Tape Behavior: Each effect faithfully recreates the sonic traits of analog tape, including subtle pitch instability, harmonic coloration, and dynamic response that bring movement to digital productions.
- Intentional Unpredictability & Imperfection: From gentle wow and flutter to more expressive, evolving modulation, the Tape Effects Collection captures the organic unpredictability that makes tape effects feel alive and deliberate.
- Flexible Alone, Better Together: Each effect in this collection is made to operate on its own inside your workflow, but together all three effects form a cohesive tape‑processing chain that’s perfect for adding warmth, depth, and motion across individual tracks or full mixes.
- Dedicated Controls for Creative Shaping: Go beyond hardware limitations with precise control over saturation, modulation, delay timing, feedback behavior, and tonal balance, allowing you to tailor each effect to your mix.
- Integration with DAW & MPC Workflows: Whether you’re producing in a desktop DAW or working standalone on MPC hardware, all three effects are optimized for intuitive, hands‑on operation with consistent performance and responsiveness.
Available for Windows and macOS in VST/VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats, the full collection is on sale at AudioDeluxe and from the AIR Music Tech store for the intro price of $99 USD (regular $299 USD). Individual plugins are $59 USD instead of $99 USD during the promotion:
- Tape Saturator: Analog tape saturation processor with multiple tape models, wow/flutter behavior, dropout simulation, tone shaping, and clipping controls.
- Tape Echo: Tape delay effect inspired by classic vintage tape echo hardware featuring multi-head delay modes, chorus, spring reverb, motor drift, and tape instability controls.
- Tape Double Track: Automatic Double Tracking (ADT) processor designed to recreate vintage tape-based stereo widening and double tracking effects.
Introductory pricing is available through June 21st, 2026. Customers at AudioDeluxe can use coupon code HEAT2026 to get an additional 10% discount on a purchase for a limited time.
