SketchCassette II

Tape Emulation by Aberrant DSP Also available in a bundle

"We were going for Keith Richards’ acoustic guitar sound in the Stones’ ‘Street Fighting Man’. That plug-in gave us the essence that we were looking for. It’s great."

Ariel Rechtshaid. Songwriter & Producer | Madonna, Usher, Adele, Brandon Flowers, Charli XCX & more.

"...I think it is one of the best plug-ins that has ever been made!"

Rostam. Songwriter & Producer | Vampire Weekend, Haim, Clairo & more.

"It’s an intuitive, immediately effective emulation of the sound of vintage cassette decks, doing everything from mild saturation to degraded scuzz."

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Cassette Inspired Degradation

Inspired by 4-track cassette recorders, SketchCassette II is designed to introduce a wide array of lo-fi effects into your mixes. From subtle warble to unearthed-from-the-attic destruction, SketchCassette II unlocks the full range of cheap tape sounds, while also offering the flexibility and control to push your sounds even further into total lo-fi weirdness.

Features

12 unique tape type & quality profiles
Age modelling with continuous control
2 Tape Saturation models: A (gentle), B (harsh)
Tape hiss
Dropouts with newly extended Stereo Width control
Highly adjustable Wow & Flutter section, including:
- Tempo Syncing to DAW
- An “FM Mode” which allows you to modulate the Flutter Rate with the Wow controls
- Flanging
Noise-reduction encoding compression with controls over Brightness & Amount
Mix controls for Tape Filtering and Compression
Custom preset system with 61 factory presets showcasing SketchCassette II’s versatility

System Requirements

Mac

macOS 10.10 Yosemite - macOS 13 Ventura (Intel / Apple Silicon supported) (64-bit only)
AU, VST3, AAX

Windows

Windows 7 or later (64-bit only)
VST3, AAX

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