Heritage Audio has announced the HA1200 TapeSat as a native plug-in modelled on an the 16-channel Ampex MM-1200 unit owned by company CEO Peter Rodríguez.
Bought when he was 19 years old, Rodríguez continues to use his MM-1200 2-inch multitrack Ampex machine (Serial #0232) as his main tape recorder, to add punch, warmth and depth to vocals, synths, guitars and other sources. Thanks to HA1200 TapeSat, this je ne sais quoi is now easier to achieve than ever, bringing the presence, glue effect and low-end punch that is characteristic of mag tape.
The plug-in relies on just five – largely self-explanatory controls Input, Speed, Tape(selector), Level and Output. The Tape control allows users to choose from five different choices modelled after various NOS (New Old Stock) tapes – namely, 250 (for a musical and warm saturation), 456 (for an enhanced transient articulation), 499 (for a clear and more natural tone), 911 (for a highlighted high end and boosted bass) and GP9 (for a sharper midrange).
Heritage Audio’s goal with this native plug-in was ‘to create a tool to channel creativity and put the focus firmly back on music production’. The native version of the HA1200 TapeSat plug-in is available free to owners of any of Heritage Audio’s i73 Profamily products, offering varying I/O and features as the first USB-C audio interfaces with built-in Class A 73-style preamps. For everyone else, is represents an investment of €99/US$99.
The native version of HA1200 TapeSat is available to purchase as a 64-bit AAX, AU or VST3 plug-in for MacOS (10.15.7 and higher, with both Intel and Native Apple Silicon M1/M2/M3/M4s compatibility) and Windows (10 and 11) from Heritage Audio.
More: https://users.heritageaudio.com/product/ha-1200-tape-saturator
