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Deluxe Lo-Fi Bliss
Tape MELLO-FI is an easy-to-use effect plugin that brings instant chill atmosphere and vintage tape-aged warmth in a few clicks. Kick back and sprinkle sublime lo-fi vibes over your drum loops, vocals, mix bus, and anything in between.
Fun and straightforward to use, Tape MELLO-FI isn’t just a one-trick lo-fi pony. It comes as a feature-rich tool for all musicians and producers to use.
Before sampling, there was tape…
Tape MELLO-FI’s sound and behaviour are inspired by Mellotron V, Arturia's software recreation of the legendary Mellotron instrument.
The combination of tape reels, analog circuitry, and ageing over time gave the Mellotron a distinct sound. Fluttering, grainy, compressed; these qualities have become an endearing part of the ‘Tron sound.
Beauty in imperfection
Take any beat, sound, or project, and instantly inject beautiful nostalgic flavour and endless vibes.
Pitchy flutters, subtle distortion, warm saturation, velvety smooth filtered sounds; Tape MELLO-FI captures the uniquely imperfect behaviour of tape in perfect detail, distilled into a single plugin that you’ll always come back to.
Preset browser
Instantly find the sound that’s in your head with intelligent & streamlined preset browsing. Search with keywords, musical style, and more - you can even save your favourites to quickly recall later.
Resizable GUI
Whether you want the full visual immersion of our classic instrument emulations, or to save precious screen real estate, the interfaces for all of your Arturia plugins can be resized to a scale that suits you.
Features
- Authentic tape emulator & lo-fi effect based on Mellotron V’s vintage sound & behaviour
- Includes classic tape controls like Noise, Flutter, Wow, Wear, and Mechanics
- Introduces useful features like Distortion and Boost
- Interactive tape wheel with tempo-synchronized Tape Stop feature and optional Instant Tape Catch-up
- 12dB low-pass and high-pass filter section
- Enhanced Stereo Width feature introduces offsets to Wow & Flutter from left to right for an extra-wide sound
- Curated 25-preset library for instant-access to retro & lo-fi effects
- Apple M1 compatible
System Requirements
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VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS (64-bit DAWs only).
Mac
- Mac OS 10.13+
- 4 GB RAM
- 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or Apple Silicon CPU
- 1GB free hard disk space
- OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Windows
- Win 10+ (64bit)
- 4 GB RAM
- 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
- 1GB free hard disk space
- OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
- ARM processors not supported on Windows
Registration
1. Go to the Arturia login page. You will be prompted to create an account or log in (if you already have an Arturia account, please log in and skip to Step 4 of the registration process).
2. Click 'Create an account'.
3. Enter your details and click 'I'm not a robot'. Choose your marketing preferences and then click 'Create'.
4. You should have received an email to activate your account. Click the link that has been sent to you and login into your account by entering your personal details.
5. You will be redirected to your Arturia account area, where you can click the 'Register New Product' option.
6. Enter the Serial Number from your Plugin Boutique account (the 16-digit code that consists of 16 numbers), e.g. 1234-5678-9012-0000 and then enter your Unlock Code (the 8-digit code that consists of letters and numbers), e.g. C5GM00N9 > Click 'Register'.
Please note: Your Arturia codes will either be separated by a comma, e.g. 1234-5678-9012-0000,C5GM00N9 or by the letters 'Uc:', e.g. 1234-5678-9012-0000 Uc:C5GM00N9.
Your product is now registered!
Mac Installation
Note: Pigments is used as an example.
1. Go to https://www.arturia.com/support/downloads&manuals > Click the download icon to download the installer for the Arturia Software Center.
2. Open the installer for the Arturia Software Center > then click 'Continue'.
3. Click 'Continue'.
4. Read the software licence agreement > then click 'Continue'.
5. If you are happy with the terms of the software licence agreement click 'Agree'.
6. Click 'Install'.
7. Enter your login credentials and click 'Install Software' (or tap your fingerprint) to install the Arturia Software Center.
8. The Arturia Software Center is now installed > click 'Close'.
9. Open the Arturia Software Center and log into your Arturia account.
10. Your purchase will now be in your account > click 'Activate' to authorise the product on your system.
11. Click 'Install' to download and install the software onto your computer system.
Your software is now activated and ready to use in your DAW.
Windows Installation
Note: Pigments is used as an example.
1. Go to https://www.arturia.com/support/downloads&manuals > Click the download icon to download the installer for the Arturia Software Center.
2. Open the installer for the Arturia Software Center > then click 'Yes'.
3. Click 'Next'.
4. Click 'Next'.
5. Click 'Install'.
6. Click 'Finish'.
7. Open the Arturia Software Center > click 'Yes'.
8. Sign in to your Arturia account.
9. Click 'Next'.
10. Click 'Next' or install the software to your preferred custom VST folder(s).
11. If you are asked about sharing your anonymous data with Arturia's team, click 'Yes, I agree' or 'No, thanks' to proceed.
12. The software will now be in your Arturia account > click 'Activate' to authorise the product on your computer system.
13. Click 'Install'.
14. Your software will now download and install.
Your software is now activated and ready to use in your DAW.
