Eric,
great work man, thanks for this, would love to see how X3 tape sim compares to the UAD Ampex or Studer emulations.

I just wanted to bump this as I think it's great.
 
Nice work, Eric.

This is very cool! Thank you for taking the time to do this.

Awsome! Eric, you're a legend! Keep up your good work discovering the numbers behind the "magic"!

Geektastic!!! 

Now this is cool.  thanks!

Wonderful information Erik!  I always wanted to know what was going on with the different emulators and you showed us precisely the answer.  Awesome!
 
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Excellent there is some science going on somewhere.
 
Thx

To partially answer my own question re the origins of the tape sim, this document by Cakewalk indicates that it was done by Overloud:
 
http://www.cakewalk.com/D...atures.15.html#2468527

Do Overloud reps ever post here?  Perhaps they could talk about the creation of the tape sim. (what modeled and how)   I (and I expect others) find stories like that very interesting. 
 
(It could also help sell the producer upgrade given that other tape sims cost as much or more as the studio-producer difference.)