Two-track tape machine
Tsukuyomi Tape 77
A whole tape machine. Warm or wrecked.
A two-track reel-to-reel in one plugin: three tape formulations, five tape speeds, bias, wow and flutter, hiss and vinyl, a tape echo, and a tape stop, on a deck that turns while you play.
$39
Hit the tape lightly for glue and warmth, or push it until it squashes and growls. Each formulation reacts differently, and every speed from cassette to 30 IPS changes the top end, the head bump, the wobble and the noise. Then add a tape echo that glides and darkens, or stop the whole machine dead.
What is inside
- Three formulations
- Vintage is warm and soft, Studio is clean and balanced, Magnetic is hot, dense and compressed. They differ in how they saturate, not just in tone.
- Five speeds
- 1.875, 3.75, 7.5, 15 and 30 IPS. Slower tape is darker, wobblier and noisier, faster tape is tighter and cleaner.
- Bias, Drive and Comp
- Move from clean to gritty with bias, set how hard the tape is hit, and add slow tape compression. Auto Gain keeps the level steady.
- Head bump and tone
- The playback head's low-end bump, plus Low and High shelves.
- Wow and flutter
- Natural, wandering speed drift with its own rate, drift and stereo controls, not a plain LFO.
- Hiss, vinyl and noise
- Tape hiss that slows and fades with the tape, plus crackle, pops and rumble.
- Stereo
- Width, crosstalk between the two tracks, and a variance control that makes them differ, with a mono switch.
- Tape delay
- Tempo-synced echo with ping-pong, filtered and saturated repeats, wobble on the repeats, and a feedback loop that always dies away.
- Tape stop
- Spin the tape down and back up on one button, or with any held MIDI note. Shape the curve with Bend.
- Deck display
- Reels that turn at the tape speed, with the Isiata LED meter on the deck. Open Advanced for the rarely used controls.
- Presets
- Over 60 factory presets: warmth, mix bus, drums, vocals, bass, lo-fi, vinyl, warped, ambient, delay, speeds and tape stops.
- Presets
- Factory sounds and your own saved presets in folders, with arrows to step to the next or previous one without opening the menu.
Who it is for
Producers who want tape warmth on a bus or a single track, and lo-fi, wobble and echo when the track needs character.
Specs
- Formats
- Windows: VST3 and Standalone. macOS: VST3, AU and Standalone. The Tsukuyomi Drum Engine also ships AAX for Pro Tools.
- Install
- Every plugin ships as its own folder and zip, plus a bundle with Install All and Uninstall All.
