Wavesfactory releases Cassette

[foosnark]

I had a recording this weekend where I had a few spots that I'd driven too hard inside one of my FX, and there was some nasty, crackling distortion. It was a great take though and I didn't want to try to recreate it.

Cassette rescued those spots. The combination of saturation, compression and high-end rolloff just steamrolled over the nasty sounds and made the distortion pleasant. Much better results than I was getting trying to fix it with dynamic EQ or any sort of "repair" plugin.

[enCiphered]

Thanks for the update.
What bothers me most with Cassette is that so many important controls are hidden in the settings menu and I have to open it every time I want to make adjustments. Even the mix button which I need all the time.

[Gone soft]

What bothers me most with Cassette is that so many important controls are hidden in the settings menu and I have to open it every time I want to make adjustments. Even the mix button which I need all the time.

Yup, an alternative skin or some such with all controls available would be sorely appreciated

[mrcipher]

Lovely plugin, great GUI, great uncompromising sound.

[noiseresearch]

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[smellypants]

There are two approaches when modeling analog gear: circuit simulation (component level analog modeling) or 'black box' approach, also known as phenomenological. We recorded a high number of sound signals into the different cassette tapes and decks. Then we made exhaustive analysis of them to meticulously emulate how the analog equipment changed the sound. This is done not only by ear but by comparing using different methods both the raw digital input signals versus the analog processed ones.

Hi,

So does this mean that this plugin is using circuit simulation (component level analog modeling) or not?

Thank you

[Spitfire31]

There are two approaches when modeling analog gear: circuit simulation (component level analog modeling) or 'black box' approach, also known as phenomenological. We recorded a high number of sound signals into the different cassette tapes and decks. Then we made exhaustive analysis of them to meticulously emulate how the analog equipment changed the sound. This is done not only by ear but by comparing using different methods both the raw digital input signals versus the analog processed ones.

Hi,

So does this mean that this plugin is using circuit simulation (component level analog modeling) or not?

Thank you

It apparently means that Cassette is not built using component level modelling.

[V0RT3X]

If it did use that level of detail, the CPU usage would probably be fairly high considering the complexity of a cassette system.

[Ploki]

Isn't u-he satin component based? CPU usage is higher than Cassette i think...

In any case, despite the fact that i conceptually prefer component level modelling, i gotta say Cassette sounds so much as my tape deck i don't really care in this case.

[wavesfactory]

Hi,

So does this mean that this plugin is using circuit simulation (component level analog modeling) or not?

Thank you

No, we used the 'black box' approach.

[smellypants]

Hi,

So does this mean that this plugin is using circuit simulation (component level analog modeling) or not?

Thank you

No, we used the 'black box' approach.

Thanks for the answer,

And thanks everyone else

[jsmusic]

Hey everyone, would anything speak against putting it as saturation on the master bus of a professional mix?

Because, I have so many saturation plug-ins tested on the master bus, and only this sounds dayum.
I would turn everything into the most pristine settings & turn everything off except saturation.

[legendCNCD]

@jsmusic if it fits what you're doing, go for it. I'm experimenting using this as a complete sound to make tunes against. Its.. magnificent

[Ploki]

i pulled a master through and actual cassette deck once. i mean, why not

[damayor]

I put this on every song on the master last insert and it just sounds damn good. There's no rules to mixing a song.