Tape Cassette 2
Universal version latest seen at v1.3.0 · Reported by 4 Macs in the community.
All sighted native versions (2):
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Tape Cassette 2 is a free tape saturation and emulation audio plugin for Pro Tools, designed to add warmth, character, and vintage coloration to audio tracks by simulating the harmonic and sonic characteristics of analog tape cassettes. It features a convolution-based impulse response engine, adjustable wow and flutter simulation, oversampling, real sampled tape noise, and a dynamic saturation algorithm with hysteresis. The plugin is used by music producers, engineers, and sound designers working across lo-fi, experimental, and professional music production to add nostalgic tape warmth and subtle distortion. A native Apple Silicon build has been confirmed running on Macs in the Rosetta Check community.
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1 suggestionTape Cassette 2 has a native Apple Silicon build available. Since this is an AAX plugin for Pro Tools, you do not update it through the Mac App Store or a generic download page. Instead, visit Caelum Audio's website (caelumaudio.com) to download the latest version of Tape Cassette 2 — they serve the native Universal Binary build directly. After downloading and installing, restart Pro Tools and the plugin will load natively. Make sure your Pro Tools installation itself is updated to version 2023.6 or newer, as that is the first version with native Apple Silicon support; if Pro Tools is still running under Rosetta, the plugin will also run under Rosetta regardless of whether it is native, so updating the host application first is important. Once both Pro Tools and Tape Cassette 2 are current, you will see noticeably faster plugin load times and lower CPU usage during real-time processing.
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