Black Rooster Audio Magnetite Tape Saturator

An homage to the sound of yesterday's magnetic tape recorders. 

What it is: 
Emulations of all the beloved sonic aspects associated with analog tape. 

How we use it: 
Add comforting to over-the-top saturation to a track. 

Why it's cool: 
Various tape types, musical noise emulation, and wow and flutter options bring everything we love about recording to tape to our in-the-box recordings, and then some. Magnetite is our homage to the sound of magnetic tape recorders. Simply dial in the desired amount of saturation and warmth using the recording gain knob and Magnetite will add the analog tape sonics that you're looking for to your mixes.
Huge drums, distorted loops, saturated vocals, you name it - let Magnetite breathe new life into your tracks. We recommend using Magnetite as the first insert of your chain, just as if your signals were recorded to tape. You can, of course, put it into different spots if you're going for creative effects.

AUTHENTIC SOUND

We put a lot of thought and work into emulating all the sonic aspects associated with analog tape: Class A recording and playback amplifiers, tape response and saturation, NAB pre- and de-emphasis EQs, the sonic effect of different tape speeds and bias levels, hiss and hum - it's all there. We also added an adjustable wow and flutter feature that emulates frequency modulation (FM) due to motor speed fluctuations.

SSE2 OPTIMIZED CODE

DSP operations are pipe-lined using the SSE2 instruction set. This ensures highest possible performance operation despite very complex computations.

AUTO-ADJUSTED OVERSAMPLING FOR MAXIMUM AUDIO TRANSPARENCY

Aliasing artifacts are efficiently attenuated using a low latency linear phase Dolph-Chebyshev poly-phase design. The oversampling is auto adjusted to your session‘s sample rate to save valuable CPU power while offering the most transparent sound possible.

HIGHDPI / RETINA SUPPORT

All our plug-Ins support high pixel density on Mac OSX and Windows to bring you the most enjoyable user experience on high DPI displays. Please refer to your manual to find whether your DAW is HighDPI capable if you‘re working on Windows.

Compatibility
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MAC)

• SSE2 compatible processor (Intel Core CPU recommended)
• 1GB of RAM
• Mac OSX 10.7 (Lion) or newer
• VST, AU or AAX compatible host
• Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels or more

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (WINDOWS)

• SSE2 compatible processor (Intel Core CPU recommended)
• 1GB of RAM
• Windows 7 or newer
• VST or AAX compatible host
• Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels or more

Installation Instructions

1. Login or create a Black Rooster account here.
   
2. Once logged in, visit the Black Rooster License Manager. 
   
3. Under "Your eCoupon," enter the serial number emailed to you via Reverb SYNC.
   
4. Click Submit Code.
   
5. You will then be prompted to download your authorized plugin.