GOAT TAPE

Inside GOAT TAPE

Tape feel without the wobble

What it does

Makes a mix sound like it was recorded to tape. Attacks soften, the sound gets a bit warmer and fuller, the very top gets a little rounder, and there's the faintest bit of movement. Things sit together.

How to use it

Put it on your master or your drum bus. Turn it up until the mix feels glued and a little warmer, usually the first quarter of the knob. Higher settings round off more of the top end and soften attacks more, which suits drums and vocals that feel too sharp.

Under the hood

• Linked envelope with gentle, bounded compression
• Amount-dependent high-frequency loss
• Oversampled nonlinearity
• Wow and flutter bounded to four cents