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The Stardust 201 Black Friday deal takes 57% off Cherry Audio's tape echo plugin, so it costs $8 until Dec 1, 2026.
Stardust 201 Tape Echo is a plugin take on the Roland Space Echo tape units of the 70s and 80s. Cherry Audio calls it a hot-rodded interpretation of those machines.
It carries features from the original RE-201 and RE-301 units, plus a few additions from Cherry Audio. The maker says it never breaks down and never needs demagnetizing.
The maker says it recreates the limited fidelity and stability of audio tape. That means a natural rolloff of bass and treble, and small speed variances that give the repeats a gentle organic chorusing.
Turn up the intensity knob and the circuit overloads. You get runaway echoes and feedback, the kind a tape echo is known for.
Tempo sync means you can lock the echo time to your session without doing the math.
The independent stereo tape head loops are what Cherry Audio points to for the wide imaging.
On Mac, the plugin comes as AU, VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone. It needs macOS 10.13 or above, 64-bit, and macOS 13 Ventura is supported.
Native Apple M1 support is included, M1 Ultra among them. Cherry Audio recommends a 3.4 GHz quad-core or M1 CPU with 8GB of RAM.
On Windows, you get VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone. It needs Windows 7 or above, including Windows 11, 64-bit. A quad-core machine with 8GB of RAM is recommended.
Yes. The Stardust 201 Black Friday deal takes 57% off Cherry Audio's tape echo plugin, which brings it to $8. The deal runs until Dec 1, 2026.
It has seven virtual tape head modes, a 4x extended echo time range, an LFO echo time mod section, spring-style reverb, a BBD chorus, input overdrive, bass and treble EQ, mono and stereo modes, and selectable color themes.
On Mac it ships as AU, VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone. On Windows you get VST, VST3, AAX and Standalone. Both platforms need a 64-bit system, and Apple M1 chips are supported natively.
Yes. Cherry Audio lists sync to the DAW master tempo as a feature, so the echo timing can follow your session. There is also an LFO echo time mod section, which adds movement to the repeats.
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