Name: Cassette Deck 1
SKU: 1773
Price: 14.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Some tapes were sampled two or three times, at slightly different speeds and with different noise reduction settings (B, C, and none). Most of the tapes are/were highly regarded among cassette enthusiasts (they’re still out there!). Tape types included all four main types- I, II, III, and IV. The deck has a rich history and is very well known for its reliability and performance.

This set provides a type of tape sound that isn’t so often emulated. Reel tape can sound great, and at the highest speeds with high quality decks and tape, any effect it imparts to the sounds recorded to it can become very subtle. People still seek out this kind of effect for it’s subtle enhancing qualities. The cassette sound is much less subtle. You get a high frequency roll off that usually starts around 10khz, so you still have plenty of treble but a distinct low pass effect in the highest frequencies.

You get some saturation and some harmonics, along with the roll-off. All of those qualities vary from tape to tape (and especially across the different types), and most tapes were used multiple times with different speeds (the deck has a vari-speed control that can be adjusted within a range of 12% above and below normal) and Dolby noise reduction settings used, so you have a really big variety of sounds here.

You could think of this set as similar to my tube radio sets, because this stuff is great for tone. The tone is more obvious than you’d get with high end reel recordings, and more lo-fi, although a few of the programs in here can be subtle. So, like with my tube radio series, you get a wide range of flavors going from subtle tone to lo-fi, but of course, these are on the tape side of the spectrum!

Last but not least, the library comes with excellent custom skins by Max Ponomaryov, aka azzimov! There are skins for both N3 and N4. Check the images above to see them! The N3 skins allow you to switch between every tape by clicking buttons right on the gui (unfortunately not possible with N4).

Here’s a video that demos the different tapes and the N3 version of the skin. Keep in mind that in N4 you can’t just switch the programs using those buttons, and you’ll have to use N4’s menu list to select t hem- but the audio effect is still the same! Video also made by Max (thanks a lot max!!!):

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Check out the manual for more info! More background info can be found in it, along with graphs for each program, which can give you a good idea of the variety contained in the full set.
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All products include 44.1 and 96khz versions. Some have 48 and 88.2khz also.

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