You asked for it, here it is! Pre/Post tape machine!

[RevoltStudios]

Special thanks to Sptz for the song. I chose a more pop song because it will show you better what tape does because of it's less busy nature. Great mixing in the first place helps too So! I have a whole box of brand new reels of tape and this was recorded through Apogee converters on a near new condition Otari MX5050 modified that was set up by some well known engineers in Nashville. Sounds absolutely killer! Here's your clips. I thought about a blind test but tape hiss makes it too easy.

Without tape/Original
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3566975/No Tape.mp3

With tape
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3566975/With Tape.mp3

They are MP3 because the original file is MP3. This is not a quality test as much as tape used as a plugin test. Initial thoughts?

 

[Tommy Gun]

That is warm, smooth, and beautiful! Man, sometimes I really miss 2-inch.

 

[dasbrootal]

The tape version sounds sooooo much warmer. I love it. What band is this?

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

I'll load this up in the next hour on my monitors to have a listen. If it really as good as people are commenting I'll hit you up to do it for this same band you did the demo

 

[musickey]

Wow sounds great! the tape almost acts like a gentle de-esser for the whole mix, all the S sibilants in the vocals are rounded off in a good way.

 

[pipaguapique]

wow!! the compression it adds is beautiful!!

 

[FIXXXER]

sounds nice but it's not a big difference IMHO,
still i'll be anxious about some reTAPEing!

 

[RevoltStudios]

If someone can link me a good quality metal recording I'll try it with something heavier.

 

[kernelxsanders]

this song is so awesome

 

[RevoltStudios]

Well after trying to do a whole demo of songs, it's become apparent something is up with the tape or head alignment. Random phase shifts. But the product sounds KILLER..KILLLLLER. So until I get new tape in in a few days I'm down. The joys of analog...

 

[paladin shredder]

this is pretty interesting, it sounds like the mix almost looses a bit of its stereo image on tape. definitely adds a certain character to the mix though. thanks!