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e-instruments Slower Kontakt Instrument Tape-emulation plug-ins are very much a thing at present, and there are plenty to choose from. However, in the creation process for e-instruments’ latest Kontakt-based virtual instrument, the source instruments (64 in total and including pianos, strings, woodwinds, brass, guitars, keys, various pitched percussion and some classic synths) were actually recorded to four different types of tape machine — large reel-to-reel, small reel-to-reel, standard cassette and micro cassette. Then, they were resampled from those recordings with the tape playback slowed down to half-speed. The intention was to enhance the character (including the imperfections) that each tape format offers and to bring out the lower frequencies within the original sources, to create a warm and organic sound. The end result — Slower — offers some 230 presets…

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Sound On Sound USA (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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