Air Music Tech Tape Effects Collection is a new bundle with three tape-based FX plugins for MPC standalone and for desktop (macOS/Windows).
Last Black Friday, Air Music Tech released the Tape Double Track plugin, which was available for free for a limited time. I reported on it.
With the new Tape Effects Collection, Air Music Tech has now bundled it with two additional tape plugins for desktop and MPC standalone: the Tape Saturator and Tape Echo.
Air Music Tech Tape Effects Collection
The Tape Effects Collection is a new bundle that features three tape-based plugins: Tape Saturator, Tape Double Track, and Tape Echo.
According to Air Music Tech, all three plugins of the Tape Effects Collection bring authentic tape behavior while delivering the precision and flexibility of a modern production environment.
Each effect operates independently or as part of a cohesive tape-processing chain.
Tape Saturator
Tape Saturator emulates the idiosyncrasies of analog tape, delivering warmth, density, and harmonic richness for mixing and mastering applications. It features four distinct saturation models with tape condition control that ranges from mint to heavily aged.
Controls like wow, flutter, dropout, and noise provides extra goodies to emulate the authentic tape behavior. Additionally, you have tone shaping section, an auto gain make-up and different clipping types.
The developers say it’s optimized for mixing and mastering across desktop and MPC workflows.
Tape Double Track
This bundle also includes the Tape Double Track plugin, released last November during Black Friday.
It brings the 1960s Automatic Double Tracking (ADT) technique into modern production workflows, adding natural width and movement without layered recordings.
Key features include true ADT behavior with tape delay and oscillator-driven varispeed. Then, it has built-in modulation with various shapes, including sine, triangle, and random, that weren’t part of the original 1966 design.
Also onboard are new randomize and recalibrate functions to emulate tape imperfections, as well as independent pan, drive, mute, phase, and level controls. Plus, it includes bass mono/solo options with frequency control.
Tape Echo
The best-known plugin in this collection is probably Tape Echo. It’s an emulation of the legendary Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo, delivering classic tape delay textures with multi-head modes.
Based on the color scheme and design, I thought it was an RE-201 Space Echo emulation, but according to Air Music Tech it’s an RE-501 emulation.
It offers a preamp section with various character modes: dirty, clean, and warm so you are pretty flexible with the results.
Tape Echo also features a built-in echo with BPM sync with six best-known modes and additional BPM sync with natural variation.
Alongside this, it has a spring reverb with three sizes and a chorus section. Bass/treble tone shaping, stereo offset, and dry/wet gives you full control over the effect. To reinforce the vintage character, it also motor drift, dropout, and adjustable tape noise.
Air Music Tech Tape Effects Collection First Impression
The arsenal of plugins for the MPC is constantly growing. It’s great to see this, as it also makes the hardware increasingly versatile and flexible. After the first tape plugin, it was only a matter of time before it was expanded.
Three interesting tape plugins that certainly fit very well into the MPC workflow.
Air Music Tech Tape Effects Collection is available now for an introductory price of $99 through June 21, 2026 (MSRP $299).
Tape Saturator, Tape Echo, and Tape Double Track are also available individually at a promotional price of $59 each (MSRP $99) through June 21, 2026.
They are available as VST, VST3, AU, and AAX plugins on macOS (native Apple Silicon + Intel) and Windows as plugins for the MPC Standalone.
More information here: Air Music Tech
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