Overloud Gem Comp76 FET Compressor and Limiter Plug-In - Manual (Page 13)

OVERLOUD GEMS TAPEDESK
TAPEDESK DESIGN
When recording and mixing in the analog domain, the input signal enters into the preamp stage
of the console channel, and then is sent to the tape recorder. When the tape is played back, the
signal reaches the console again and then is summed in the analog mix bus.
TAPEDESK simulates this complete signal fl ow in order to recreate the tonal characteristics of the
original analog mixing process.
Since in the analog world a tape machine is always physically connected to a console, if you want
to replicate the warm tones of an analog mixing work
fl ow, you need to simulate the tape ma-
chine, the console, and the interactions between the two. This is what TAPEDESK is designed to do.
TAPEDESK uses the best of Overloud’s DSP technology to emulate the complete signal path of
three di ff erent legendary analog consoles: the ones used every day in the last 20 years of audio
production to create thousands of hits by the world’s fi nest studios.
The 2-inch 24 track tape machine emulation lets you control any working parameter, from tape
speed to biasing, in order to recreate any desired classic analog tone.
Of course in the virtual world of plugins, the sound path described above can be reproduced us-
ing many separate plugins strung together as a chain of e
ff ects. TAPEDESK simpli fi es all these steps
by letting you insert the plugin on your track and enjoying the experience of analog mixing.
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