Sound Skulptor STS (Stereo Tape Simulator)

[Jonas M.]

[Jonas M.]

[Jonas M.]

[Jonas M.]

[Jonas M.]

[Jonas M.]

And here are two versions of a roughmix. one is without the STS on the individual instrument tracks and the other one with the STS applied.

The instrument tracks chosen for this roughmix are:

Drums 30ips
Bass 7.5ips
Electric Guitars 7.5ips
Acoustic Guitars 30ips
Synthesizer 30ips

Other than that, there was a 2dB volume boost applied to both mixes and a little 2.5 dB boost at 10kHz, a 1.5 dB cut at 250Hz and a high pass filter set to 3ßHz and 24dB/octave. But the rest only comes from hitting the STS! I think the changes in overall sound are pretty easy to perceive.

Now it's time for you to judge if what the STS is doing for me, is what you are searching for! And don't hesitate to give some feedback (good or bad) on my samples and especially if you liked what the STS is doing with the tracks!

[Rob Coates]

Wow. Sounds great on the mix. To my ears, sounds exactly what you'd expect tape to do. I'm sold.

[Hardtoe]

The "tape" mix sounds way more alive, exciting and emotionally engaging to me.

Thanks for sharing, this is a great tool.

[Jonas M.]

I love my STS! The drums sound compressed, eq'd, saturated and sometimes a little distorted (a pleasing distortion the drums benefit from in the mix!) all with the turn of one knob. It's amazing! Other instruments can use this effect too and most of the time you'll think, that with the STS engaged it sounds "better", at least when you listen to it in the mix.

Just to be sure... the roughmix contains the STS on the individual instruments and not on the mixbuss!

I also want to offer, that if somebody has a recording they want to be processed with the STS to find out if they might have use for this unit, please post it here or send me a pm.
I have to add, that the effect the STS has on a full blown mix won't be as obvious as it is on (multiple) individual instruments all processed differently and in the most fitting way.

[zeljkom]

Thanks man. I really appreciate it!

I'll try to dig some of my records ....

[Googlyman]

Hi Jonas, where in Germany are you located exactly ?

[Jonas M.]

Originally Posted by Googlyman

Hi Jonas, where in Germany are you located exactly ?

You know Kaiserslautern?!

[Wolfspain]

Nice football team and food!

I really like it ,i am gonna get one.

[Yummerz]

SEXY. i'll take 16 channels.