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Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:51 pm

Arturia just released their emulation of the Studer J37 tape machine. Until the 9th of Jan you can buy it at a discount or get it bundled with FX Collection. I own V Collection 9 and FX Collection 3, and it's showing as 59 euros for me.

https://www.arturia.com/products/softwa ... 7/overview

jtsterays · Post by **jtsterays** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:00 pm

Glad I'm able to see the full studio behind now, Will definitely make my track sound more analog.

Held · Post by **Held** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:11 pm

No Christmas gift this year? I've stayed subscribed to the newsletter to get notified, but I guess I can unsubscribe now

Lotuz2019 · Post by **Lotuz2019** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:27 pm

Finally!

I wonder which other tape nachines they'll emulate next.

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:29 pm

Currently 10 bucks cheaper:
https://www.waves.com/plugins/j37-tape

dremin · Post by **dremin** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:00 pm

Lotuz2019 wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:27 pm Finally! I wonder which other tape nachines they'll emulate next.

wish it would be the one that wasn't emulated previously this time though

HOTF · Post by **HOTF** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:06 pm

Another tape machine emu yaaaay

Hanz Meyzer · Post by **Hanz Meyzer** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:06 pm

500mb installation size only for the png animation - I hope that's streamed from the ssd or something.

Seriously, not a good approach to save memory usage.

AcrossTheSky · Post by **AcrossTheSky** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:08 pm

martinjuenke wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:29 pm Currently 10 bucks cheaper:
https://www.waves.com/plugins/j37-tape

Arturia's pricing is poor (edit/. for existng owners of FX bundles > better to just get the complete v4, v5 , v6 to come instead of single bites...

> hot cakes for hot boys&girls...

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:12 pm

Interesting. I just crossgraded to the FX collection for 50 bucks.

Now they want another 50 bucks for a single plugin. hmm...

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:22 pm

Okay now.. damn, I shouldn't have tried the demo. This is one SERIOUSLY impressive plugin. Running it at 384kHz with the highest built in oversampling, you can push it ridiculously far without it sounding like ass.

This has got to be one of the most impressive tape plugins out there. It's super flexible too. Love the "modern" button that removes the EQ colouring of the machine itself.

Quite expensive for a single tape thing but yeah.. this is very impressive in my opinion. Instantly usable on tons of material. No idea how close it's to the real deal as I've never even come near to a real J-37 machine but I do have quite a lot of time using various other tape machines and the way this one kills transients and can be abused "feels correct" in my opinion.

This may very well be the most impressive plugin from Arturia this far.

EDIT: Only missed opportunity is the Delay feature. It can't be set to 100% wet for just the delay, so it can't be used on a send. Wish they had figured a way to do that.

nanostream · Post by **nanostream** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:27 pm

VitaminD wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:12 pm Interesting. I just crossgraded to the FX collection for 50 bucks.

Now they want another 50 bucks for a single plugin. hmm...

Sure, that’s how the whole deal works. If you need this plugin now, buy it now. If you can wait, get it the next time you upgrade the fx collection for a much better price.

I, for one, will not even try the demo

and just stay patient.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:28 pm

bmanic wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:22 pm Okay now.. damn, I shouldn't have tried the demo. This is one SERIOUSLY impressive plugin. Running it at 384kHz with the highest built in oversampling, you can push it ridiculously far without it sounding like ass.

How’s the CPU? Better than IK Tape Machines?

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:37 pm

It does sound nice. 7.5IPS on the dirtiest color (4) with a slight amount of drive is quite fine.

For fun click and hold the mouse button on the tape itself -- tape stop effect.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:38 pm

nanostream wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:27 pm
VitaminD wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:12 pm Interesting. I just crossgraded to the FX collection for 50 bucks.

Now they want another 50 bucks for a single plugin. hmm...
Sure, that’s how the whole deal works. If you need this plugin now, buy it now. If you can wait, get it the next time you upgrade the fx collection for a much better price.

I, for one, will not even try the demo and just stay patient.

Indeed, I know the score. I just don't like it.

Arturia Tape J-37