- Product: Insert Tape
- Developer: Insert Audio
- Type: Character-driven saturation
- Version: 0.2.6
- Format: VST3, AAX
- Requirements: Windows 10 or later
- Source: store.insertapp.io/plugins#insert-tape
Insert Tape is a saturation and tone-shaping plug-in built for fast, musical color on tracks, buses, and full mixes.
It moves from subtle harmonic density to obvious tape-style weight, with easy level matching, flexible oversampling, Mid/Side and dual-mono workflows, and a focused Delta listen mode for hearing exactly what the process is adding.
At its core, Insert Tape is designed to feel immediate: drive the signal, shape the tone, balance the level, and keep moving. The Vintage DSP mode adds a second character path inspired by classic early digital hardware, bringing a grainier, animated edge that sits somewhere between tape polish, converter attitude, and old-school studio circuitry.
Highlights
- Tape-inspired saturation for tracks, buses, and mastering
- Vintage DSP mode for classic digital-era color and movement
- Stereo, Mid/Side, linked, unlinked, and dual-mono processing
- Normal and HQ oversampling up to 32x
- Delta listen and gain-match tools for confident level decisions
- Input/output filtering plus tone-path filtering
- A/B slots, presets, undo/redo, and scalable UI
- macOS support for AU, VST3, AAX, and standalone; Windows support for VST3 and AAX