On the second of this week's Free Plug-ins, we are featuring Tape Cassette. A free emulation of, as the name implies, a cassette tape.

What Is Tape Cassette?

Tape Cassette 2 is an audio plugin that emulates the warmth, noise and character of old tape cassettes, updated from version 1 with a new interface and changes under the hood too.

Now you can add that classic sound to an entire track or use it directly on individual channels for added movement, texture, and warmth. Alternatively you can take it further than the material limitations of tape and push the parameters into a far more experimental soundscape, as a sound design tool.

Features

• Selectable Type 1 Cassette Impulse Response (IR).

• Dynamic saturation curve algorithm implementing hysteresis and including oversampling.

• Wow & Flutter engines rebuilt to focus on smoother emulation.

• Real sampled noise from a Type 1 Cassette.

• Low Pass range increased down to 5kHz.

How Do I Get This Plug-in?

Use the button below to go to the Caelum Audio website, Sign up or a free account and the download the installer. The licence code will be in your account.

We found the licence code had to be manually entered to authorise the plugin. If you find your plugin code isn’t accepted when copying and pasting, try typing it in.

Cassette Tape is available as VST3/AU & AAX Plug-Ins for Windows & macOS. No iLok required.