Tape Echo
Universal version latest seen at v22.12.0.7 · Reported by 18 Macs in the community.
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Tape Echo is an AAX plugin for Avid Pro Tools that emulates a vintage tape delay effect. It models the characteristic warmth, wow, flutter, and harmonic saturation of classic tape-based echo units from the 1970s, allowing producers and engineers to add analog character to vocals, instruments, and mixes. A native Apple Silicon build has been confirmed running on Macs in the Rosetta Check community, and the plugin is available through Avid's official distribution channels.
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1 suggestionTape Echo ships as a native Apple Silicon build through Avid. To get the native version, open Avid Application Manager (the central update utility for Avid products) and ensure your Avid account is linked and authenticated. The Application Manager will automatically detect and download available native builds for any Avid plugins installed on your system, including Tape Echo. Alternatively, launch Pro Tools itself and navigate to Help → Check for Updates to trigger a check; Pro Tools will coordinate plugin updates through the same mechanism. Make sure your Pro Tools installation is on version 2023.6 or later, as that was when full AAX native plugin support for Apple Silicon became standard in Pro Tools. After the update completes, relaunch Pro Tools and Tape Echo will run natively without any manual configuration — your presets and settings carry over automatically.
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