Free · Mac + Windows

Dead Tape

Make it sound like it was found in a drawer.

Some sounds need to feel old. Dead Tape crushes the bits, drops the sample rate, adds hiss, rolls off the top and lets you blend it back in, in one small plugin with a cassette on the front.

The Dead Tape plugin
What it does

Dead Tape in 4 parts.

Five controls

BITS, RATE, NOISE, FILTER and MIX. Nothing else to learn.

From worn to wrecked

Bits run from 16 down to 4, and the sample rate from 48 kHz down to 2 kHz, so it goes from a dull old tape to a broken toy.

Blend it in

MIX keeps the clean signal underneath, so you can add just a hint of age to a whole bus or a single sound.

The reels turn

The cassette on the front spins with the level of the audio. It is a plugin, not a toy, but it is nice to look at.

  • Simple on purpose. It does one job and does it quickly.
  • Not part of the Nu series. It is a separate release with its own look.

Mac: macOS 12+, Apple Silicon and Intel, AU and VST3. Windows: 10 and 11, 64-bit, VST3.

Free

Dead Tape.
Free, with no strings.

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