Arturia Tape J-37

[bmanic]

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?

Didn't remember to compare. But at 386khz and the "render" quality setting the plugin itself reported 26% cpu use, which I assume is single core use. Mac M1 is my CPU.

[jamcat]

26% CPU for a single instance?
Those are IK Tape Machine numbers

[elxsound]

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

Only until WUP is required.

[db3]

Not sure if I need more tape, but after a quick demo it sure sounds like another FX winner from Arturia.

[VitaminD]

The tape stop effect is automatable in Cubase. Neat.

I wish it had a level control to adjust just how much of the effect bleeds through though.

[Gam456]

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

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

Indeed a nonsense and they will release a FX Collection VI in January for what.. €149 ?

[dremin]

26% CPU for a single instance?
Those are IK Tape Machine numbers

but that's with 384kHz OS!

[dremin]

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

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

same here, 10 days ago
even went as far as emailing their support but no mercy was shown

[_leras]

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.

Luckily this is too $$$ to just buy, and I don't really need more tape. My goto is UAD oxide.

However I think I'll definitely have to give this a try. Just to give it a quick comparison. That's a pretty compelling review.

[VitaminD]

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

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

same here, 10 days ago
even went as far as emailing their support but no mercy was shown

haha I appreciate you trying at least. I was curious about that.

[ere2learn]

sine wave
orange is 37, blue is some random distortion plugin

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some eq curves - 1 to 4/7.5 ips

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[Lotuz2019]

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

At the moment they have the lofi MELLO-FI and the multi-track 7.5/15 ips J-37, so a 30 ips mastering tape machine would make sense. Maybe they can do a different brand than usual like Otari?

[jamcat]

26% CPU for a single instance?
Those are IK Tape Machine numbers

but that's with 384kHz OS!

IK Tape Machines run at 384 internal samplerate as well. The difference is you can’t change it to a more economical samplerate.

It would be good to know the CPU usage of J37 Tape at 192kHz.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

The default preset at 192khz using "Render Quality" (i.e. oversampled) reports 13-14%. Studio quality (confusing "Studio Quality" is no oversampling) it's 8%. This is the CPU meter in the plugin itself.

At 44.1khz it's 9% using Render Quality and 3% using Studio Quality.

This is on an AMD 3950X.

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