Analog Obsession’s tape machine plugin “TheMachine” is now available for free!
This article covers the free distribution details and an overview of TheMachine. Please use it as a reference.
What Is Analog Obsession “TheMachine”?
TheMachine is a plugin that recreates a tube-driven vintage tape machine. You can push the internal circuit with DRIVE to add saturation, and adjust the tape speed (7.5 / 15 IPS), wow and flutter, noise and bias to reproduce the behavior of a tape machine.
Key Features
- INPUT: input gain (with gain compensation) to set the optimal input level for your source
- DRIVE: pushes the circuit to set the amount of internal saturation
- OUTPUT: sets the output gain (completely clean)
- IPS: sets the tape speed to 7.5 or 15
- W/F: simulates the behavior of a tape machine with wow and flutter
- NOISE: adds noise to the source in the range of -120 dB to -40 dB
- BIAS: sets the bias of the tape machine
- I/O: bypass
- Interface resizable from 50% to 200% with the handle at the lower right (double-click the handle to return to the default size)
- Supported formats: macOS 10.11 or later (Intel / Apple Silicon): VST3 / AU / AAX Native and AudioSuite; Windows 10 to 11: VST3 / AAX Native and AudioSuite
How to Download and Install TheMachine
You can easily download and install TheMachine for macOS (Mac Installer) or Windows (Windows Installer / Windows Zip).
That covers the free distribution of TheMachine.