Overloud Gem Comp76 FET Compressor and Limiter Plug-In - Manual (Page 16)

OVERLOUD GEMS TAPEDESK
TOLERANCES enabled, that the internal amounts of drift will be preserved when saving and
restoring the project.
CONSOLE MODEL - You can switch the console emulation between three available models: S4000,
N80, and T88. The features are the same for all, but of course each console has its own character-
istic timbre.
S4000 is a very famous mixing console, with a clean, wide and somewhat aggressive kind of
character that made it the fi rst choice for high gain rock, metal and pop music.
N80 is another very popular console, with a rich, warm sound which can give your mix some
classic vibe.
T88 is a particularly sought-after console, with a thick, fat tone and a renowned personality due
to its midrange push.
TAPE SPEED - Three speeds are available: 30, 15 and 7.5 inches per second. Low speed provides bet-
ter low frequency response, but with some loss in the higher frequencies. Higher speeds re-
sponse is more full range but with slightly less low end.
REC & PLAYBACK LEVEL - REC LEVEL adjusts the sound level before the virtual recording head, and
includes tube circuitry, mic-pre transformer and saturation. PLAYBACK LEVEL adjusts the sound
level after the virtual playback head, and includes the e
ff ects of tape speed, bias, wow & fl utter,
and noise (as well as, indirectly, mic-pre transformer modeling and saturation).
BIAS - In the original machine, the bias control was an adjustment which added an ultrasonic sig-
nal in order to reduce some limitations of the magnetic heads. This practice has been popular-
ized over the years because adding bias, even at higher ranges, allowed many engineers to get a
better sound. The tape machine modeling of
TAPEDESK provides two settings for bias: NORM for
nominal bias and OVER for a +3 dB overbias.
WOW & FLUTTER - These two words describe fl uctuations and modulation in the playback speed
and frequency response, caused by the mechanical parts of the tape itself. Even if those ma-
chines were designed to minimize wow and
fl utter, these e ff ects have become part of what we
refer to when we have to do with an analog tape. Adding more wow & fl utter makes the sound
rougher and worn.
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