MODEL 05 / Glue / Tape / Warmth
TAPE BOND
Bring it together.
Bring your bus together. Musical compression meets carefully controlled tape colour.
TAPE BOND pairs a stereo-linked glue compressor with an original tape stage. Attack, Release and Gain Reduction Range shape the movement; Tape Character, Drive and tape speed define the colour. Made for drum buses, groups and a subtle finishing touch.
The direct comparison
Same sound.
Different feeling.
A is the original. B is the effect.
You switch. The groove keeps going.
Original drum sketch · 124 BPM
Soft bus — demo setting
Press Play, then switch between A and B as the audio plays.
Active settings · version B
- Threshold −22 dB
- Ratio 2:1
- Attack 30 ms
- Release Auto
- GR Range 4 dB
- Tape 20 %
- Drive 3 dB
- 30 IPS
- Mix 100 %
Listen to the relationship between the kick, clap and hats. Compression catches peaks and brings the elements together.
Original, synthesised sound sketches. Rendered with the plugin engine and aligned in time. A/B levels are not individually normalised afterwards; level changes can be part of the effect. The image shows the interface; the demo settings are listed in the player.
In detail
Glue you can control
Three ratios, six attack times and automatic release. GR Range sets a limit on how much compression can take place.
Tape to taste
Choose 15 or 30 IPS for different voicings. Character and Drive dial in saturation, low-end colour and softer highs.
Keep the details
8× oversampling and an internal detector high-pass filter support controlled processing. Use Mix for parallel compression.
- Format
- VST3
- Platform
- macOS · Apple Silicon
- Version
- 0.2.0
- Signal path
- 65 samples
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