UVI Tape Suite Explained

Tape, glorious tape! In this UVI Tape Suite video course, production wiz Eli Krantzberg will give you a hands-on tour of UVI's great-sounding Tape Suite plug-in, including plenty of audio demonstrations and tips on usage, along with a thorough explanation of the various parameters and functions. From adding subtle saturation and non-linearity to getting creative with tape delay and more, it's all covered here! These UVI Tape Suite videos are designed for new users.

Videos

• What Is Tape Suite? (05:39) - Learn about the four plug-ins included in Tape Suite, the parametric tape modeling that's common to each of them, and get a taste of what they sound like.

• Gain Staging (03:46) - Explore the various gain staging tools that help control how hard the input signal is pushing into the tape saturation.

• The Sound of Analog Tape Pt. 1 (07:13) - Discover how to maximize control over tape filtering and distortion fed through various noise reduction encoding and decoding algorithms.

• The Sound of Analog Tape Pt. 2 (06:29) - Explore the effects of adjusting tape speed, thickness, distance between the tape and playback head, modulating pitch in the low/mid ranges, and decoupling random pitch modulations between the left and right channels.

• Tape Chorus (07:36) - Hear the effects of running multiple copies of the input signal through the tape modeling with subtle delay, spacing, and pitch modulation applied to each copy. See how to tweak this widening and thickening effect various ways on rhythm guitar and lead vocals.

• Tape Flanger (08:24) - Flanging is produced by mixing two identical signals together. One signal is delayed by a small amount that gradually changes over time. This produces a swept comb filter type effect. Peaks and notches are created as the frequency spectrums of the two signal overlap and either amplify or cancel each other. Varying the time delay causes these to sweep up and down the frequency spectrum. Explore Tape Suite?s LFO-based and manual flanging in action on drums and keyboards.

• Tape Delay: How It Works (05:53) - Examine the tape delay controls and functions under a microscope and hear how the modeling of tape noise, speed, and spacing between the playback head and tape effects the sound of the generated repeats.

• Tape Delay in Action (07:02) - See how the tape delay is set up in four different settings to take advantage of its unique features that help the parts have interesting character, but also sit nicely within a mix.

• Tape Color (05:51) - Discover the additional texture processor and convolver in this plug-in and see how they work to emulate a number of vintage devices and analog textures.

• Sound Design (07:22) - Explore some creative applications using various combinations, routings, and automation of the Tape Suite plug-ins to create unique effects and motion.