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beely · Post by **beely** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:58 pm

From the Swedish distortion masters and makers of the acclaimed Tape, Tape Echoes, Harmonics, and Saturation Knob plug-ins comes Dirty Tape. The tape effect you need when you want to get down and dirty and keep the sound quality savage. Dirty Tape gives you warm, analog vibes from the moment you load it on a track. Capable of fiercely gritty distortion and saturation, Dirty Tape can also add subtle texture and movement to a sound. Like a photo filter for your tracks, Dirty Tape will take you from static and dull to lively and colorful in a snap.

https://www.softube.com/products/dirty-tape
Free until Jan 31st 2022

I like their Tape and Harmonics plugins, so I'm looking forward to giving this a try...

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:00 pm

be aware their website was being pretty slow and flaky; i wasnt getting this to register under my account, page kept timing out, it seemed to be going into my cart then disappearing etc; then when i finally managed, i had 4 copies!

teilo · Post by **teilo** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:28 pm

whyterabbyt wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:00 pm be aware their website was being pretty slow and flaky; i wasnt getting this to register under my account, page kept timing out, it seemed to be going into my cart then disappearing etc; then when i finally managed, i had 4 copies!

It's really bad. Developers: Do yourself a favor. Use Cloudflare or a similar CDN. It's trivial to setup, and preserves a lot of consumer goodwill.

progtronic · Post by **progtronic** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:32 pm

Yeah, their servers are getting hammered right now. I managed to get a copy, but can't install it... due to "No Server Response" errors, when trying to log into the Softube Central manager.

Seems like there's been a lot of cool, freebie lo-fi offerings lately. iZotope's (updated) Vinyl, Waves Lofi Space, Arturia's Tape MELLO-FI... and now this.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:51 pm

I presume when they bring out 'Dirty Talk' it will be less complimentary

sprnva · Post by **sprnva** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:58 pm

There's a Jeffrey Epstein joke in here somewhere. I just know it.

itanever · Post by **itanever** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:32 pm

whyterabbyt wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:00 pm be aware their website was being pretty slow and flaky; i wasnt getting this to register under my account, page kept timing out, it seemed to be going into my cart then disappearing etc; then when i finally managed, i had 4 copies!

Not bad. I ended up getting 5.

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:40 pm

Still trying to get one here.

SharksFin · Post by **SharksFin** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:38 pm

It's ok for free

nothing to write home about though

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:49 pm

SharksFin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:38 pm nothing to write home about though

damn; i'd already got my best fountain pen out.

DMG68 · Post by **DMG68** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:56 pm

For me it goes direct to the account, I didn’t have to check out. It drops in the cart temporarily, then shows the cart empty and it was in my account. Won’t get to try it until the weekend though. I suspect it might be nice as a delay inside Late Replies...

pixel85 · Post by **pixel85** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:27 pm

I had just a few seconds of lag. Not as bad as opening the SoundToys website during promos which could take even days sometimes

I hope that their next freebie will be Weiss compressor

Lotuz2019 · Post by **Lotuz2019** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:55 pm

DMG68 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:56 pm I suspect it might be nice as a delay inside Late Replies...

Yes, I'd like to hear how that combination sounds compared to Tape Echoes.

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:20 pm

Ok guys, can you stop trying now so that I can claim my copy? Thanks!

v1o · Post by **v1o** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:39 pm

It's $39 on Plugin Boutique if you cant stand waiting for the slow Softube servers.

https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/8625

Softube "Dirty Tape"