Klevgrand’s DAW Cassette
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 21196 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
- KVRAF
- 7342 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
Hmm. I'd kind of fallen off the Klevgrand wagon since realizing I just don't use any of their plugins I've bought. I'll have to check this one out though.
- KVRAF
- 18551 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Why would anyone want their music to sound like it's on crappy Cassette tape ? Years ago I used a Teac 4 Track recorder and couldn't wait until digital recording became affordable for the masses. I can't see any reason whatsoever to go back. There is no magic.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- KVRAF
- 35410 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Every time a new tape emulation plugin comes out, i keep asking myself the same thing.Teksonik wrote:Why would anyone want their music to sound like it's on crappy Cassette tape ?
I hated tapes back in the days, BTW. Good thing we can put USB sticks in our car's hi-fi now.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 21196 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
For some of us, it is magic.Teksonik wrote:Why would anyone want their music to sound like it's on crappy Cassette tape ? Years ago I used a Teac 4 Track recorder and couldn't wait until digital recording became affordable for the masses. I can't see any reason whatsoever to go back. There is no magic.
- KVRAF
- 18551 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
wagtunes wrote:For some of us, it is magic.
Ok whatever. While you're at it maybe you can find a plugin that emulates those old cylinder records that Edison used back in the early 1900's......
You of all people should know since you lived through the Cassette era. I can see some kid thinking there was magic in Cassettes but anyone who used them should know better.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 21196 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
It's something called creativity. There is a use for just about every effect imaginable. It's about vision. And yeah, I know. Some of these "cheesy" FX have become cliche and annoying. Autotune Cher was cool at the beginning. Now it's just that, annoying.Teksonik wrote:wagtunes wrote:For some of us, it is magic.
Ok whatever. While you're at it maybe you can find a plugin that emulates those old cylinder records that Edison used back in the early 1900's......
You of all people should know since you lived through the Cassette era. I can see some kid thinking there was magic in Cassettes but anyone who used them should know better.
But I have an idea for a track that's about nostalgia. Kind of like what the Raspberries did with Overnight Sensation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARkj12Y6Uh4
In fact, I have an idea for an upcoming CD called "The Cassette Tapes" where I sprinkle this sound here and there in each track kind of like what The Raspberries did with this song.
In that context, and not just making every song sound like from an old cassette tape, I think it will be kind of cool.
Again, it's about creativity and vision and not just slapping on a preset on a track and calling it a day.
Now, you might personally think the vision sucks. But there are going to be people, in this context, who will think it's cool IF it's done right.
Naturally, the songs themselves will have to be good otherwise it doesn't matter what I do with them.
Point is, I can see a use for such a plugin that might be out of the norm.
Not for you? Fine. But you don't have to insult everybody who thinks that something might be of some use.
- KVRAF
- 2772 posts since 22 May, 2017
Indeed!wagtunes wrote:For some of us, it is magic.Teksonik wrote:Why would anyone want their music to sound like it's on crappy Cassette tape ? Years ago I used a Teac 4 Track recorder and couldn't wait until digital recording became affordable for the masses. I can't see any reason whatsoever to go back. There is no magic.
- KVRAF
- 2772 posts since 22 May, 2017
Looks wicked, I'm looking forward to trying this!
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- KVRAF
- 1683 posts since 29 Sep, 2013
This is simply not something to look at from a technical POV.
One could of course, but I don't thing it'll say much about why somebody thinks something like this is interesting.
For me it is.
One could of course, but I don't thing it'll say much about why somebody thinks something like this is interesting.
For me it is.
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- KVRAF
- 4218 posts since 15 Sep, 2010
This. I'll never understand that cassette revival of an era of bad and cheap sound. Screw that.Teksonik wrote:Why would anyone want their music to sound like it's on crappy Cassette tape ? Years ago I used a Teac 4 Track recorder and couldn't wait until digital recording became affordable for the masses. I can't see any reason whatsoever to go back. There is no magic.
Damn I hope so much one day they'll build again bad crappy cars of the 80's just like the Pontiac Fiero and Chevrolet Cavalier.
- KVRian
- 1268 posts since 12 Aug, 2004
DAW Cassette brings back the magic era of the 1980:s by emulating the sound of a tape deck. Saturation, distortion, noise, wobble, it’s all there. While there’s no real rational logic to it, the sound color gives us chills down the spines, (or it might be the mullet haircut that tickles). Fresh.
Usage: Choose your preferred level of cassetteness with the different controls for input/output gain, tape/motor/head quality and tape/dolby type. Now, look in the mirror and get stunned by your new mullet haircut.
'nuff said...
Usage: Choose your preferred level of cassetteness with the different controls for input/output gain, tape/motor/head quality and tape/dolby type. Now, look in the mirror and get stunned by your new mullet haircut.
'nuff said...
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- KVRian
- 986 posts since 6 Jun, 2003 from Reading UK. (U rrrrrrs)
I look at these sort of plugins as a creative tool. Add it to a channel with a delay or reverb for example.
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