Cassette
Wow, flutter, tape saturation, head bump, and gentle tape dips.
Wow and flutter from a modulated tape path, smooth oversampled saturation, a low head bump that grows with drive, and hiss with the occasional crackle. Full stereo. The flutter runs slightly differently per side, which is where the width comes from. The gentlest device: at low Amount it is simply a warmer, softer version of your track.
- Amount
- More wow (up to ~5.5 ms of pitch sway) and flutter, hotter tape saturation (drive ×1 to ×4, level-matched), a bigger 90 Hz head bump, and a darker top.
- Tone
- The real brightness control on this device. It sweeps the lowpass from 2.5 kHz to 12 kHz.
- Noise
- Tape hiss with sparse crackle.
- Dropouts
- Tape dips: the level sags briefly (about −12 to −20 dB) instead of cutting out.
Home demo
- Amount
- 40%
- Tone
- 60%
- Noise
- 20%
- Dropouts
- 0%
- Mix
- 100%
Instant 4-track for whole mixes, pianos and guitars.
Chewed tape
- Amount
- 80%
- Tone
- 35%
- Noise
- 40%
- Dropouts
- 35%
- Mix
- 100%
Seasick pitch and dips, for lo-fi beds and interludes.
Glue bus
- Amount
- 30%
- Tone
- 70%
- Noise
- 5%
- Dropouts
- 0%
- Mix
- 40%
Parallel saturation and head bump as mix glue.
Still stuck? Write to zhi@nonoaudio.com.