KVR Audio

Architeuthis · Post by **Architeuthis** » Tue May 14, 2019 4:11 am

I just tried XLN Audio Retro Color vs ValhallaDelay in terms of getting that classic tape sound and ValhallaDelay sounds amazing.

It seems like I can't isolate that effect with ValhallaDelay, not possible to use ValhallaDelay simply as a tape saturation.

https://hearthis.at/soundemote/elanhick ... otapetest/

Architeuthis · Post by **Architeuthis** » Tue May 14, 2019 4:31 am

I'm kinda getting obsessed with 80s vibe now...

Check out this amazing youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9DfSCk-6Ko

That lead me to look up the music and wtf how does this guy do it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ax6jTZlu_g
https://youtu.be/8GW6sLrK40k

mas30066 · Post by **mas30066** » Wed May 15, 2019 1:29 am

Bought it straight off the announcement email. Not disappointed. The HiFi/clean tape may dislodge EchoBoy from the first chair.

metalifuxx · Post by **metalifuxx** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:01 pm

Excited for the Echoplex model update

https://youtu.be/tTxvGKNq_V4

Noumena · Post by **Noumena** » Fri May 24, 2019 3:26 am

Architeuthis wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 4:11 am I just tried XLN Audio Retro Color vs ValhallaDelay in terms of getting that classic tape sound and ValhallaDelay sounds amazing.

It seems like I can't isolate that effect with ValhallaDelay, not possible to use ValhallaDelay simply as a tape saturation.

https://hearthis.at/soundemote/elanhick ... otapetest/

Not sure why you would say that.

What I've been using:

Tape Echo
Past
Mix:100%
Delay time minimum 10ms.

Then you can dial up age, drive and wow to whatever you'd like.

It introduces some latency, sure, but not that much.

Architeuthis · Post by **Architeuthis** » Fri May 24, 2019 6:31 am

Noumena wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 3:26 amIt introduces some latency...

Hermetech Mastering · Post by **Hermetech Mastering** » Fri May 24, 2019 7:52 am

Can set the Delay Time to 0.0ms now, so should only be same latency as every other plugin.

Clean Tape emulation preset, adjust to taste:

<ValhallaDelay pluginVersion="1.0.6" presetName="Clean Tape" Mix="1" DelayStyle="0" DelayLSync="0.25" DelayLNote="0.20000000298023223877" DelayL_Ms="0" DelayRSync="0.25" DelayRNote="0.20000000298023223877" DelayR_Ms="0.30000001192092895508" DelaySpread="0.5" DelaySpacing="0.5" DelayRatio="0.61414140462875366211" RepeatSwell="1" TapA="1" TapB="1" TapC="1" TapD="1" Feedback="0" Width="1" DriveIn="0" Age="0" Diffusion="0" DiffSize="1" LowCut="0" HighCut="1" ModRate="0.27383410930633544922" ModDepth="0.5" Wow="0" Flutter="0" FreqShift="0.5" FreqDetune="0.57999998331069946289" PitchShift="0.5" PitchDetune="0.5" Mode="0.041666667908430099487" Era="1" Reserved1="0" Reserved2="0" Reserved3="0" Reserved4="0"/>

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Fri May 24, 2019 11:19 am

Architeuthis · Post by **Architeuthis** » Sat May 25, 2019 4:59 pm

Vortifex, so he used a physical tape machine? No idea what a "Portastudio-style tape machine is"

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Sat May 25, 2019 5:01 pm

Architeuthis wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 4:59 pm Vortifex, so he used a physical tape machine? No idea what a "Portastudio-style tape machine is"

You can turn any 3 head real to real tape machine into a tape delay via some trickery. I'm assuming that's the approach they attempted to capture in the Hi-Fi mode. See here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP9oRLHC3oo

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Sat May 25, 2019 5:04 pm

Architeuthis wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 4:59 pm No idea what a "Portastudio-style tape machine is"

TASCAM Portastudio

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Portastudio

Krakatau · Post by **Krakatau** » Sat May 25, 2019 5:07 pm

Krakatau · Post by **Krakatau** » Sat May 25, 2019 5:21 pm

Krakatau wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 5:07 pm
ere2learn wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 5:04 pm
Architeuthis wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 4:59 pm No idea what a "Portastudio-style tape machine is"
TASCAM Portastudio

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Portastudio
i owned this model about 8 years and more in my youth...

...but not as a tape delay unit, the Revox B77 tape machine (for instance) might be an interesting option for an emulation if it might be the purpose me thinks...

Krakatau · Post by **Krakatau** » Sat May 25, 2019 5:21 pm

tripple post...

Noumena · Post by **Noumena** » Sat May 25, 2019 10:28 pm

Architeuthis wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 6:31 am
Noumena wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 3:26 amIt introduces some latency...

10ms is about the time it takes sound to go 9ft. I’m playing piano through it live without any perceptible issue. Anything that adds wow and flutter (like retro color) will have to do likewise.

Valhalla Delay released