jordex Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I love the warmth you get from crackling of tape in recordings. I've noticed that there's a lot of it in hip-hop songs, and other genres as well of course. It could even be the crackling of Vinyl as well, maybe. All I know is that I love it. I'm wondering what I can do to simulate it in my songs since I make most of my music digitally. Anyone have any ideas? Edit* http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1142206/a/Pepper:+Remixes+And+Rare+Tracks.htm Listen to the song Over and you can sort of hear what I mean. It streams at such bad quality so it's sort of hard to hear, but I think you get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I am not sure if it can be done by simulation, but I think this is what you are looking for: http://www.fileupyours.com/view/215432/crackle.wav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordex Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 ahh yes definitely something along those lines thanks! i'll try mixing that in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 You could also try a VST effect by izotope called vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordex Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Ahhh perfect. A VST is what I was looking for. Ah and it's free too! I'm downloading it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 To make sure you're getting the most realistic tape sound make sure it is attenuating the peaks(attack) transients by -6db. Tape on average cuts 6db from the transients, which gives a compressed sound, along with slightly distorting harmonics to give what appears to the human ear as a very warm and rich sound. Would kinda be a hassle to do this manually all the time, but IMO Izotope is one helluva company and makes some top notch plugins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sole Signal Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 You could also try a VST effect by izotope called vinyl. +1 Been using this for years, very useful. Only problem is that is it has a tendency to remain active and cloud your entire track if you don't automate the effect to turn off when you're done using it in the pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Agreed, plus I've noticed that it only has like 2 or 3 different dust samples and you can notice them loop in a pattern after only a few times through, overall I really don't like it. Sampletanks phonograph effect is really nice actually, too bad it doesn't come as a VST, maybe I'll just sample some of it sometime and run the rest through vinyl's age filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordex Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Just to clear things up. Is the crackling/saturation from things peaking on analog tapes? Or is it some other phenomenon that causes them to saturate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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