IK Multimedia Tape Machine 80

IK Multimedia Tape Machine 80When it comes to professional analog multi track tape machines, there's perhaps none more respected than the Studer A80. This Swiss machine became the universal standard for profes sional high end multi tracking, and now it's available for you as the T RackS Tape Machine 80. The A80 was produced from 1970 through 1988, and remained a studio staple throughout that time. In its various revisions, the A80 became an essential part of countless influential

When it comes to professional analog multi-track tape machines, there's perhaps none more respected than the Studer A80. This Swiss machine became the universal standard for profes-sional high-end multi-tracking, and now it's available for you as the T-RackS Tape Machine 80.

The A80 was produced from 1970 through 1988, and remained a studio staple throughout that time.  In its various revisions, the A80 became an essential part of countless influential records, with a perfect blend between transparency and subtle harmonic enhancement.

Using a careful mix of dynamic convolution and physical modeling, the Tape Machine 80 re-creates the complex interplay of effects that are happening in the analog audio tape recording process, down to the finest detail.

4 magic formulas: the Tape Machine 80 lets you choose from 4 different tape formulations, each with its own unique harmonic character:

• 250: Modelled after the 3M/Scotch 250 tape
• 456: Modelled after the Ampex 456 tape
• GP9: Modelled after the Quantegy GP9 tape
• 499: Modelled after the Ampex 499 tape 

Comprehensive controls

Each Tape Machine plug-in offers controls over tape speed, head selection, record bias, and other common controls, as well as exclusive features like "true stereo" to re-create the subtle differences between left and right on a real analog machine, and IK's powerful new transport modeling, which captures the realistic wow and flutter of each machine.