TapeStop emulates the warping effect that occurs when stopping a reel-to-reel tape machine while playing. Stopping the "virtual tape" will progressively slow the affected track down to a complete halt, while starting the virtual tape again will accelerate the playback up to normal speed.
Unlike a physical tape machine though, TapeStop ensures that, once restarted, the affected track remains aligned with the rest of the project, as if it had never been stopped.
Start and stop times are adjustable up to 2 seconds and can "snap" to (fractions of) the beat allowing for simple and precise automation control.
Thank you for developing this for Linux.
I'm going to be using this a lot in my productions. From all the tape stop plugins I've tried including ones that are not made for Linux, this one has the smoothest and most pleasant effect. The other ones I've tried emphasize the low end too much, so for example, when you put them on your master bus and stop the tape right when a kick hits, the kick is the most dominant element in the effect. With this plugin you get a nice balanced sound. I love it.
The only thing I wish was better was the latency it introduces to your project. The first time I tried it I was arranging a song and needed the effect in one specific part, so I automated it and left the plugin enabled. Then when I wanted to record my guitar there was a huge delay and I didn't know it was the plugin. I though my computer was going crazy. In other plugins I've tried that latency isn't there.
Inspite of that I'm grateful for this great tool and for it being available on Linux. Thank you once again.
Read ReviewReviewed By mcoyle1960 [all]
April 10th, 2023
Version reviewed: 1.0.2 on Linux
To get this to load in Linux, Reaper specifically, simplify the folder structure. Manually copy the plugin (.so) the json and the graphic elements out of their subfolders and just have them loose in the TapeStop.vst3 folder.
Crashes in Reaper 6.75 under Win 10.
Load VST - application stuck - after 2 seconds Reaper closes.
Reviewed By Eine Alte Oma [all]
February 27th, 2023
Version reviewed: 1 on Windows
edited comment:
4 stars now for the bug fixed. now about the latency: the daw i'm using is bitwig. it usually deals with latency correctly but it has a limit to how much latency a track is allowed to have. idk, i think it was 1sec or so. could it be that you try to send a longer latency to the daw with your plugin? apart from that i know no latency-bugs of bitwig.
old comment:
hey. cool tape stop plugin. i like the temposync feature. unfortunately it doesn't latency compensate the signal and the audio engine breaks when both time parameters are on 0. maybe check if you accidently left some edge cases that can stream nans and infs into the audio buffer.
fix these and i edit this comment and give you 5 stars, because the temposync feature is something that i really wanna have :).
Response from vpascucci from EAS Audio on February 27th, 2023
Thank you very much for confirming that the bug was in fact fixed. As for the latency, what you say is rather interesting. The plugin has (and advertises) a latency of precisely one second (half of the max stop/start time). I wasn't able to find anything regarding the maximum latency compensation in Bitwig, can you point me so some resources? Perhaps though 2 seconds start/stop time is overkill. I could lower it to 1 second (so 500ms latency) if that means working better with Bitwig...
>>> old.
Thanks for the info. I just uploaded a patch. The crashes with start/stop time of zero might have been due to a division by zero. As for the latency compensation, the plugin actually does advertise its latency to the host, and it is up to the host to compensate for that. I could verify that latency is compensated in Reaper and Studio One 6, while for instance Ardour does not seem to compensate it. Which DAW are you using?
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I can't install the plugin, it doesn't have a .dll file to use it in my DAW.
Hello, newer VST3 plugins are simply folders with a bunch of stuff inside (called bundles). All you need to do is take the whole TapeStop.vst3 folder and put it in your VST3 location. Let me know if that helps.
Thanks for the help, it works now, but I found an issue with audio playback, when I play and stop playing my song and then play again, it plays the part that was playing right when I stopped, for around 1.5 seconds, and then plays the correct part, sorry if I can't explain myself very well, english is not my main language.
I'll look into that, thanks for reporting the issue. Which DAW again?
Same thing happening to me on Ableton Live 10.
Erm, I'm still trying to figure out how to actually add to basket/download?
top-right under the green "free" button there is a "downloads" link that will bring you to the downloads page.
Fantastic thanks, I was clicking on the windows icon to the right. Very much appreciated.
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