Exotic Tape
ET-06 · reel-to-reel tape that wears with use
A reel-to-reel tape machine that remembers how much you used it. Each instance counts the hours of audio that pass through it, and you can hear that age: fewer highs, more hiss, a less stable transport and a compander that starts to breathe. When you no longer like how that tape sounds, load a new one.
What you get
- ▸Exotic Tape as VST3 for Windows and VST3 / AU for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon)
- ▸Installers for Windows (.exe) and Mac (.pkg)
- ▸24 factory presets in seven categories
- ▸Tapes at 0, 2, 20 and 200 hours to hear the wear right away
- ▸User manual in PDF, in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Korean
- ▸Age saved with your project: reopen it and the tape picks up where it left off
Part of a suite
Exotic Tape is the first piece of an Exotico Records suite we'll reveal soon.
License
Private build for Exotico Records artists with a tester code. Not to be shared or redistributed.
How it works
The tape remembers how much you used it
Every time you hit play, the tape adds hours. Open the project another day and it sounds a little more worn. Exporting doesn't wear it, and neither does leaving the plugin open with no audio.
Real captures of the plugin. Figures at 15 IPS on 456 tape.
What it does
A tape machine with a memory
- 01
Wear that stays
Each instance has its own reel. Its age travels with the project, never with a preset.
- 02
You decide when it stops
FIJAR DESGASTE (freeze) holds the age, CINTA NUEVA (new tape) resets it and the DESGASTE knob sets how much of it you hear.
- 03
Hear it now
CARGAR CINTA (load tape) puts in a 0, 2, 20 or 200-hour tape without waiting, and BYPASS compares with the original signal, click-free.
- 04
A studio machine
Three speeds (7.5, 15 and 30 IPS), two tapes (456 and GP9), NAB emphasis, record level and up to 16X oversampling.
- 05
A compander that breathes
Full noise reduction: transparent on new tape and pumping on worn tape, like real NR on an old reel.
- 06
Exporting doesn't wear it
During a bounce, freeze or offline render the counter stands still: two exports sound the same.
User manual
Every control, explained
What wear does, why the plugin changes color, what RECORD does and every other control, with screenshots and tips. Read it before installing or with the plugin open.
Tester access
Are you an Exotico Records artist?
Enter your secret code to download the test build for Windows and Mac.