Post by viciousbliss on Jul 1, 2017 0:50:29 GMT -6
Have any of you guys tried this? It's only $59 for a few weeks. I like the results a lot better than any of the other tape sims(I don't count TapeDesk as a regular tape sim). When you crank the rec level to between 12-18 it is some of the best enhancement I've ever heard. The 7.5 option smooths stuff without ruining the highs. But this could be because I'm running it with TapeDesk w/N80, Dopamine, and Black Box. It reminds me of the feeling I get from the Oxford Limiter's enhance feature, but different and easier to integrate at high levels. Definitely takes things in the right direction when trying to make home recording tracks sound like a Rock or Metal album. I've not yet compared it to other Tape sims, but it's easy to tell this has way different sonic qualities. When you turn the rec level up on Satin, J37, AC202, and a lot of the others, it can drastically change the sound for the worse. VTM can kinda get smeary when turned up too. Softube tape was a step in the right direction but not up to par with Magnetite. HEAT is another one where it can go off in the wrong way. I was just listening to some 80s Paula Abdul on the original '88 cd and kept thinking how it sounded like someone put one of the tape sims on a good mix and dulled it and smeared it more than it should've been. On mastering some old local band demos from over a decade ago, Magnetite really made a difference on this Death Metal one. The vocalist is way too aggressive and has all this reverb that the music seems to lack. He's also too loud in the mix. Drums seem too compressed and lifeless. They should've had more room and less compression. Guitar had a pretty good tone but sometimes it seemed too not balance exactly either. It's kinda a lifeless, sterile recording too. Mix did not have much dynamics to it, more squashed than mastered albums by famous bands but not a total brickwall. Typical of what one would expect a band with no budget to get out of some home studio in 2006. Adding Magnetite to my existing chain and cranking the rec level while turning down the playback allowed me to blend the elements in the mix a lot better and get some more dynamics outta the snare. It's never going to be Death-Leprosy, but it sounds a lot less like a cheap demo from a local band now. Oddly, it seems to sound better on my soundcloud than playing the 24/96 file in Audacity.