CHOW Tape Model: free saturation plugin by Chowdhury DSP
Physically modelled reel-to-reel tape, open source.
Opens Chowdhury DSP's own site.
Put SCRAMBLE. on your drums, 808s and vocals
One button rolls a new FX chain: glitch, stutter, tape stop, chops, reverb, delay and vocal tune. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible chains, the same count as the positions of a 3x3 cube. Save 10,000 presets a day and 1% of them would take 118 billion years, over 8x the age of the universe.
Not just loops: drum buses, 808s and bass, hats, vocals and the master bus. 3,000+ downloads so far.
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CHOW Tape Model FAQ
Is CHOW Tape Model free?
Yes. CHOW Tape Model is a free saturation plugin from Chowdhury DSP. The button on this page goes straight to the maker's own download page.
What is CHOW Tape Model good for?
Physically modelled reel-to-reel tape, open source.
What are the best alternatives to CHOW Tape Model?
Other free saturation plugins worth trying are IVGI, Chow Centaur and Tube Amp. See the full ranked list of free saturation plugins.