Clarification: what exactly is disabled when you use the Tape Bypass mode? - Forum Topic

garret on Jan 30, 2007, 9:17pm, edited 2 time(s), last modified on Jan 30, 2007, 9:28pm:

Greetings Aleksey... love your software...

Here's something I'm not sure about. When I switch TapeBus into Tape Bypass mode, what exactly is disabled? From your description:

The TapeBus plug-in recreates characteristic elements of the reel-to-reel tape sound. This includes saturation, modulation noise and smearing effects which are known for the 'analog' feel they bring to any audio recording. This plug-in also applies a selected impulse response taken by us from the existing tape machine.

In Tape Bypass mode, is only the last feature disabled (convolution with a tape machine impulse)?

Obviously, the saturation stage is still happening, because I can hear it and see the effects on the waveform. But are the modulation noise and phase smearing effects still present?

And a related question... does the Insert plugin do something unique? I've always assumed TapeBus did the same stuff as the Insert plugin, in addition to a few more thing.... but maybe I'm wrong. Should I be using Insert and TapeBus together for best effect?

Thank you,

-Garret

Aleksey Vaneev on Jan 31, 2007, 3:58am:

Tape Bypass removes tape impulse response and phase smearing associated with it. It does not remove saturation and modulation noise.

Aleksey Vaneev on Jan 31, 2007, 3:59am:

'Insert' plug-in is rather subtle - it applies modulation noise alone, but can apply it stronger than TapeBus can do this.