waves reel ADT alternatives?

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Did you at least try the Airwindows one?



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i tried everything recommended in this thread, and then some.
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fisherKing wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 2:10 pm
simon.a.billington wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 4:48 am Thinking about it, you could always try a regular doubler. Many of them don't do negative time, but it's my understanding some of them do allow for the time parameter to be modulated. Run it as an aux effect, without the dry input and place a tape plugin either before or after it.

It won't be the same, but it could get you in the general vicinity.
what is a 'regular doubler''? just wondering if you're referencing something not yet suggested in this thread. meanwhile, i have decided to stay with reel ADT, it's doing everything i want a stereo-split doubler to do.

Well I was thinking of something along the likes of Doubler, but it's a Waves product so I didn't want to mention it, given the fact this thread is about finding a Waves ADT alternative.

https://www.waves.com/plugins/doubler

I just figured there maybe other plugins out there that I'm not aware of that you could use instead, and pair that with a tape emulation to get you somewhere in the vicinity. It would be ideal if the time parameter could also be modulated internally, as that's how ADT does it. Time and speed... basically tape delay, but with multiple heads doing their own thing.

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simon.a.billington wrote: Wed Sep 17, 2025 6:58 am
fisherKing wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 2:10 pm
simon.a.billington wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 4:48 am Thinking about it, you could always try a regular doubler. Many of them don't do negative time, but it's my understanding some of them do allow for the time parameter to be modulated. Run it as an aux effect, without the dry input and place a tape plugin either before or after it.

It won't be the same, but it could get you in the general vicinity.
what is a 'regular doubler''? just wondering if you're referencing something not yet suggested in this thread. meanwhile, i have decided to stay with reel ADT, it's doing everything i want a stereo-split doubler to do.

Well I was thinking of something along the likes of Doubler, but it's a Waves product so I didn't want to mention it, given the fact this thread is about finding a Waves ADT alternative.

https://www.waves.com/plugins/doubler

I just figured there maybe other plugins out there that I'm not aware of that you could use instead, and pair that with a tape emulation to get you somewhere in the vicinity. It would be ideal if the time parameter could also be modulated internally, as that's how ADT does it. Time and speed... basically tape delay, but with multiple heads doing their own thing.
checked out a LOT of plugins, and went back to ADT, since, in fact, it does the things i want simpler and better than any other plugin i found. so it goes; am working, and all is well :tu:
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fisherKing wrote: Wed Sep 17, 2025 4:04 pm
simon.a.billington wrote: Wed Sep 17, 2025 6:58 am
fisherKing wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 2:10 pm
simon.a.billington wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 4:48 am Thinking about it, you could always try a regular doubler. Many of them don't do negative time, but it's my understanding some of them do allow for the time parameter to be modulated. Run it as an aux effect, without the dry input and place a tape plugin either before or after it.

It won't be the same, but it could get you in the general vicinity.
what is a 'regular doubler''? just wondering if you're referencing something not yet suggested in this thread. meanwhile, i have decided to stay with reel ADT, it's doing everything i want a stereo-split doubler to do.

Well I was thinking of something along the likes of Doubler, but it's a Waves product so I didn't want to mention it, given the fact this thread is about finding a Waves ADT alternative.

https://www.waves.com/plugins/doubler

I just figured there maybe other plugins out there that I'm not aware of that you could use instead, and pair that with a tape emulation to get you somewhere in the vicinity. It would be ideal if the time parameter could also be modulated internally, as that's how ADT does it. Time and speed... basically tape delay, but with multiple heads doing their own thing.
checked out a LOT of plugins, and went back to ADT, since, in fact, it does the things i want simpler and better than any other plugin i found. so it goes; am working, and all is well :tu:
That's still a valid solution I guess. "It aint broke, don't try to fix it" 🙃

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simon.a.billington wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 7:05 am
fisherKing wrote: Wed Sep 17, 2025 4:04 pm
simon.a.billington wrote: Wed Sep 17, 2025 6:58 am
fisherKing wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 2:10 pm
simon.a.billington wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 4:48 am Thinking about it, you could always try a regular doubler. Many of them don't do negative time, but it's my understanding some of them do allow for the time parameter to be modulated. Run it as an aux effect, without the dry input and place a tape plugin either before or after it.

It won't be the same, but it could get you in the general vicinity.
what is a 'regular doubler''? just wondering if you're referencing something not yet suggested in this thread. meanwhile, i have decided to stay with reel ADT, it's doing everything i want a stereo-split doubler to do.

Well I was thinking of something along the likes of Doubler, but it's a Waves product so I didn't want to mention it, given the fact this thread is about finding a Waves ADT alternative.

https://www.waves.com/plugins/doubler

I just figured there maybe other plugins out there that I'm not aware of that you could use instead, and pair that with a tape emulation to get you somewhere in the vicinity. It would be ideal if the time parameter could also be modulated internally, as that's how ADT does it. Time and speed... basically tape delay, but with multiple heads doing their own thing.
checked out a LOT of plugins, and went back to ADT, since, in fact, it does the things i want simpler and better than any other plugin i found. so it goes; am working, and all is well :tu:
That's still a valid solution I guess. "It aint broke, don't try to fix it" 🙃
fwiw, that's not at all my thinking, am a big fan of finding new tools, synths... and discarding previous ones. but ADT just proved to be best for what i want. so it's really about finding what works best :tu:
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You could take a look at Sonnox VoxDoubler, but in my brief experience, it required buffers larger than I was comfortable with.

EDIT: this one definitely requires iLok. Sorry for my lack of attention.
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you could buy it again as a non iLok version.
Waves has no iLok any more afaik

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DCrown wrote: Fri Oct 03, 2025 2:40 pm you could buy it again as a non iLok version.
Waves has no iLok any more afaik
buy what again? i have waves ADT; & i haven't used ilok in years (had a bad experience). am good here :tu:
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It seems AIR Music Tech have seen this thread.

https://www.airmusictech.com/effects/tape-double-track/

Currently free if you enter your email address.

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bnz wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 7:24 pm It seems AIR Music Tech have seen this thread.
https://www.airmusictech.com/effects/tape-double-track/
Currently free if you enter your email address.
Great freebie from Air. :tu:

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This looks really nice.
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Yes
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thievedletter wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 11:51 pm Did anyone actually get this yet? I signed up, but never received an email.
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