Tape emulation

I agree with you Cake's Tape Sim is very useable, though it's horses for courses, I use Cakes Tap Sim for drums it's really good for the drums it gives them real bottom end.

I've used UAD's tape emulator and my opinion and I haven't used it very much is I prefer an outboard compressor with tubes because basicly what you are doing is adding a thinkener to the overall mix and whilst the UAD stuff works and def if you were mastering in the box I would use it, my compressor adds a silkiness to the mix where as the UAD tape emulator sounds a bit like a plastic wrapper going over the mix albeit a nice warm plastic wrapper but you can hear the difference.

Peace Ben

Don't forget degaussing.

There was an interesting bit in SoS about Slate VC and the effect of the console on sound.  I think most of the problem w/ tape/analog emu is the fact that you have to turn it up to 11 to hear it, and then it is too late.

I feel ya Rain, I'm am not sure it is the thing for me either.