Waves Kramer Master Tape: Tape Machine Plugin

Early analog tape was the sound of rock’n’roll. Recording engineers pushed analog tape ever-further into distortion creating a type of tape compression that made the music powerful and compelling. The tube electronics of that era also added warmth and character. To this day early 1/4" analog tape recorders are coveted—and extremely rare. Whether used on individual tracks or masters these machines exemplify the sound of classic tracks from Hendrix and Led Zeppelin onward. Now Kramer Master Tape brings this sound to digital recording.

Tape and Tubes

Kramer Master Tape is a dual-purpose plugin—it models the tube’s harmonic distortion and mic preamp saturation separately from the tape compression and distortion so you can also use it solely for adding tube warmth.

Vary Tape Textures with the Flux Control

The Flux control simultaneously alters tape saturation tape compression and harmonic distortion. Turn it up for aggressive grit and punch or pull back to clean up the sound for just a hint of tape and tube coloration.

Saturation or Tape Emulation? Yes.

Although designed primarily for modeling tape Kramer Master Tape is ideal for adding saturation based on tape’s sound quality. Help bass stand out in the mix clip drums for more power and add overdrive to keyboards.

Add Ambience with Analog Tape Delay

The built-in tape delay features delay times up to 500 ms with feedback and lowpass filtering. It’s ideal for slapback echo on vocals or rhythm guitar hardcore dub on drums or adding ambience to keyboard and string pads.

All the Original Detail

We flew in virgin 3M Scotch 207 tape from Australia for the modeling process because studios liked the tape’s extended high frequency response for reproducing the sparkle of acoustic instruments and voice.

Combine with HLS & PIE for That Hendrix/Zeppelin Signal Chain

Combine Kramer Master Tape with Kramer HLS Channel and Kramer PIE Compressor to model the complete Olympic Studios signal chain used for recording tracks by Jimi Hendrix Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones.

Features:

• Developed with studio legend Eddie Kramer (Zeppelin Hendrix)
• Models the American tube recorder used in Olympic Studios
• Add wow flutter and hiss for extra authenticity
• Customize the sound with speed bias and flux controls
• Tape delay (up to 500 ms) includes time feedback and filter controls
• Tube saturation helps warm up harsh-sounding instruments

Requirements:

Platform	CPU	RAM	Disk	Notes	Additional Requirement	Audio Card	Ports	Internet Required	32 Bit Support	64 Bit Support	Plugins
mac	Intel or Silicon Architecture	8	16		Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024 USB displays are not supported as the primary display.			0	0	0
windows	X64 compatible Intel or AMD CPU	8	16		Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024			0	0	0