Saturation plug-in for TDM & RTAS

[sound and form]

Following on the heels of the vt3 3-band EQ, I've just finished up another Pro Tools plug-in. This one is a tube/tape saturation process meant to give tracks a little more character and loudness when it's called for. Find it at: http://www.smassey.com/plugins.html

Like the EQ, there's a usuable demo that never expires. But, if you want to upgrade to a few more features, there's a full version for only $69.

Let me know how it sounds!

Steven Massey

[demel]

Steven You Are The Man!

Sounds Killer.

Thanks.

[matt thomas]

I haven't tried them yet, but I love your simple but stylish GUI's, not to mention your philosophy of free versions for promotion. Will you ever do other plugin formats as well?

Narco

[Diablo]

Originally Posted by sound and form

Let me know how it sounds!
Steven Massey

I can't.

I'm on Win XP! (Hint, hint!) Please do a Win XP version!

Can you "port to Xcode"?? (What ever that means! I just heard it from a developer going Win XP soon.)

[catfish11]

sound and form,
ur drive plug rocks, a big thanks

i know i should just say thanks and shut-up
but a stereo image widener sure would be cool

[Rep]

Originally Posted by sound and form

Following on the heels of the vt3 3-band EQ, I've just finished up another Pro Tools plug-in. This one is a tube/tape saturation process meant to give tracks a little more character and loudness when it's called for. Find it at: http://www.smassey.com/plugins.html

Like the EQ, there's a usuable demo that never expires. But, if you want to upgrade to a few more features, there's a full version for only $69.

Let me know how it sounds!

Steven Massey

is the Tape-Head Saturation plug-in for Pro Tools, mac only as well ?

[Jan Folkson]

Looks great Steve, can't wait to try it.

[Ruudman]

Can't wait to check it out.

ruudman

[Chrisac]

Well done Steve---your a bit of a star

[tommymakestapes]

Someone needs to make a Mac to PC plug-in wrapper. I know it's probably not possible, but dreamers can dream.

[joris de man]

Any chance of VST versions?

I'm on Nuendo3 these days, and although I still have PT (mix), I never upgraded to OS X....

Your saturation plugin sounds very interesting!

Cheers,

Joris

[robocop]

steve, all i can say is it's perfect. no plug developer has nailed this sound, and it is a very important link that has been missing.

very analog in a good way.

great plug.

[djui5]

Steve,
You're an animal!!

I'm really diggin that plug. Gotta play with it more...but so far I like it a lot.

If you were standing in front of me I'd hug you.

[robot gigante]

Very nice!!

for dirtying up tracks!

[Rep]

I see it say's that the one is Mac... but what about the Tape one ?? ... mac only as well ?

[sound and form]

Originally Posted by Rep

I see it say's that the one is Mac... but what about the Tape one ?? ... mac only as well ?

Yep, sorry, they're both Mac-only at this point. Maybe, just maybe, I'll do XP versions someday, but I make no promises right now! There's just not enough time in the day

Thanks for the interest,
Steve

[Rep]

Originally Posted by sound and form

Yep, sorry, they're both Mac-only at this point. Maybe, just maybe, I'll do XP versions someday, but I make no promises right now! There's just not enough time in the day

Thanks for the interest,
Steve

That was nice of you to do here,
hopefully It work out well for you, best ... thumbsup

[blackcatdigi]

TapeHead is awesome!

Tried it on 2buss with a quick ruff yesterday... VERY impressive.

Great Work!

[DaveC]

TapeHead is awesome!

Tried it on 2buss with a quick ruff yesterday... VERY impressive.

Great Work!

Does it "glue"?
Is it comparable to Mcdsp's analog channel?
Reviews sound good so far.

[robocop]

Originally Posted by DaveC

Does it "glue"?
Is it comparable to Mcdsp's analog channel?
Reviews sound good so far.

it does the "glue" thing. it seems to do somthing really cool in the mids. it would be be cool if another switch that added a "low boost" was put in, but this thing is so dead on it would hardly matter.

as for mcdsp, it does what it does, which is great, but it always felt like a combo eq/compressor with buttons that just named a specific tape deck. it does not do what tape head does. lofi kinda of did, but this is way better.

[mjlaudio]

I like it! I like it alot. Thanks great plugin.

[TonyBelmont]

AU and VST please!

[matt thomas]

Hi steven. Just a quick techie question. Once you've programmed a plug for TDM is it easy to port RTAS and vice versa? what about other formats?

Obviously the maths/logic DSP applied to the signal will have been written, but I'm meaning the format specific part of the programming.

thanks
narco

[sound and form]

Originally Posted by narco

Hi steven. Just a quick techie question. Once you've programmed a plug for TDM is it easy to port RTAS and vice versa? what about other formats?

Obviously the maths/logic DSP applied to the signal will have been written, but I'm meaning the format specific part of the programming.

thanks
narco

There's no simple answer to this question, but porting between RTAS and TDM is never really easy. It takes a good amount of patience and time, depending on the algorithm. For example, with a recent plug-in I've been working on... the algorithm is totally done and the RTAS is working nicely. However, I've been wrapped up in the TDM conversion for weeks, and it's still not working properly.

Porting to other formats is a different beast, and involves a lot of re-coding of the user interface, not the audio processing bits.

Steve

[zimv20]

how does one get started writing RTAS plugs? does digi provide a framework and documentation?

[Jax]

Originally Posted by sound and form

For example, with a recent plug-in I've been working on... the algorithm is totally done and the RTAS is working nicely.
Steve

I'm thoroughly enjoying TapeHead here. Intrigued at what's coming next! You'll have my money soon.

Thanks!

[RoundBadge]

Loving it..like a more aggressive version of Phoenix..
Wow!F*kking Fab on snare drumthumbsup
Keep up the good work!
I'm really looking forward to hearing more from you..
And thanks again.

[seawell]

I just tried your EQ and Tape plug-ins for the first time. I'm really, really impressed. Thanks!

[travista00]

i'm still loving your "hf meter" plug-in!! using it on pro tools 7.1 and the thing is a charm... best, travis

[Vaphoron]

Thanks Steve, keep up the good work. I hope you are hard at work on some other cool plug-ins!