What is Your Go-To Tape Saturation Plugin?

[Peter DeLegge]

Every plugin effects developer seems to have a tape saturation plugin. I’d love to see a shootout from a respected, non-influencer, engineer. I regularly use ones from Softube, UAD, XLN, and IK, but I know that Soundtoys, Waves, Chow, Sonnox, D16, SSL, FabFilter, and others have some excellent ones. I have yet to settle on a tape saturation plugin, but I use Softube Tape and the IK tape plugins the most.

Do you have a go-to tape saturation plugin that you absolutely love? If so, please share and let us know why it’s your favorite.

 

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[patrickwichrowski]

IK Multimedia Tape Machine 24

Or Neold Warble.

I have the same preset in both 😀

 

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[Nitrate Audio]

i find I use IKM saturation-x the most.

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[Ken (Zarg)]

My go-to’s are Softube Saturation Knob, Spicerack by Process Audio, Soundtoys Decapitator and IK Saturation-X. To add: I also often use the saturation available in the Console 1 channel strips (still rocking a mk I).
I have lots of others that I use on a less than regular basis.
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[fretman]

I don’t use tape saturation very often but when I do I use Izotope’s Neutron 4. I’d love to move up to Neutron 5 but their pricing structure hasn’t been very good since they’ve joined NI.

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[fossile]

Saturation knob and Sonar Pro Channel Console emulation for quick and dirty results. a variety of tape emulations from Softube, Wave, and some freebies when going for “tape”. also sometimes the Izotope Neutron has some nice saturation, Izotope Ozone Vintage Tape, and Acon Acoustica has some nice saturation for WAV edits needing some love.

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[patrickwichrowski]

On fossile said

Saturation knob and Sonar Pro Channel Console emulation for quick and dirty results.

 

Same here.

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