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The Kramer Master Tape Black Friday deal from Waves cuts 79% off this tape plugin, bringing it to $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
Kramer Master Tape is a tape emulation plugin for digital recording. Waves developed it with Eddie Kramer, the engineer behind records by Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.
The maker says it models the American tube recorder used in Olympic Studios.
It adds the texture of early analog tape to your tracks or your master. The maker describes the sound as the tape compression and tube warmth that came from engineers pushing 1/4" machines into distortion.
Those recorders are now coveted and extremely rare. This plugin is the Kramer Master Tape deal's whole pitch: that sound without the machine.
The speed, bias and flux controls are the ones that change the character of the tape itself. Dial them in before you reach for the extras.
Wow and flutter add the pitch drift you hear on old machines. Hiss adds the noise floor. Each can be set to taste for a more or less authentic result.
The tape delay sits in the same plugin, so you can run a slapback or longer echo without opening a second effect. Time, feedback and filter let you darken the repeats.
On Mac, Kramer Master Tape supports macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15, in VST, AU and AAX formats.
On PC, it needs Windows 10 or later and comes in VST and AAX formats.
If you track in the box and want tape coloration on a single channel or across the mix bus, this is the kind of insert the plugin is built for.
Yes. Waves has the Kramer Master Tape plugin at 79% off, which sets it at $29.99. The Black Friday pricing runs until Nov 26, 2026. It is a tape emulation plugin made with engineer Eddie Kramer.
You get speed, bias and flux controls to shape the tape sound. There is also a tape delay of up to 500 ms with time, feedback and filter controls, plus wow, flutter and hiss, and a tube saturation stage.
Yes. On Mac it comes in VST, AU and AAX formats. On Windows it comes in VST and AAX. Mac support covers macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15. Windows needs version 10 or later.
The maker says it models the American tube recorder used in Olympic Studios. Waves developed the plugin with Eddie Kramer, known for his work with Hendrix and Led Zeppelin, to capture early analog tape sound.
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