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If you decide you don't want your order, you can return it within 14 days of receiving it. Provided your product hasn't been activated in that time, you can exchange it for a different product, or get a refund.
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This does not affect your statutory rights.
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If you decide your order isn't suitable for any reason you can return it - just let us know within 30 days of receiving it. Please keep hold of all the original packaging until you're sure you want to keep the order.
Eligibility for Money Back Guarantee
Important: For hygiene and software licensing reasons, some items are only eligible for our Money Back Guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging with all software still "unregistered." Details of exclusions are shown within the product descriptions. Products include:
- Monitors and Headphones
- Earplugs and Ear Protection
- Reeds and mouthpieces for woodwind and brass instruments
- Mouth and Lip-Care Products
- CDs, DVDs and Software
We can collect your return for a small fee, or you can send it back to us yourself. The collection fee can be found in the returns information on each product's page on Gear4music.
In the unlikely event that any item in this order is faulty, damaged or incorrect on receipt, notify us within 14 days and we'll arrange a free collection.
When returning an order please ensure products are appropriately packaged and protected, to prevent them from getting damaged.
This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
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Key Features
The Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machine is a highly-authentic and digitally enhanced virtual tape machine plugin. Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines emulates two legendary tape machines, allowing you to choose tape speed, reel size, and bias to precisely tailor tone and saturation. Flexible speed settings include 15 ips for warm, harmonically-rich textures or 30 ips for tighter, cleaner dynamic, offering a wide range of tonal shaping onboard. Select between a 2-inch multitrack for track glue or a 1/2-inch mastering deck for polished finishing touches. VTM's adjustable bass alignment refines the low-end, while its Wow & Flutter controls deliver subtle pitch and timing variations, bringing analogue authenticity directly into your DAW.
Product Ref: 346207
With Virtual Tape Machines, capturing the iconic warmth and character of analogue tape is simple. Modelled precisely after two revered tape machines, VTM allows you to quickly achieve rich, punchy sounds formerly reserved for high-budget studios. Dialling in subtle saturation for cohesion or more intense colouration is easy, instantly adding depth and musicality to digital recordings. Whether you want gentle warmth on vocals or more intense punch for drums, VTM brings immediate sonic richness without complex processes, saving valuable studio time and enhancing workflow efficiency.
Tape speed significantly influences your sound’s character, and Virtual Tape Machines provides two versatile options. Choosing 15 inches per second (ips) yields warmer, thicker tones with natural harmonic saturation, ideal for creating cohesion and depth in your mix. Alternatively, switching to 30 ips delivers tighter bass response and greater clarity, suited perfectly to cleaner, more refined productions. Having these clearly defined speed choices helps you precisely shape the tonal balance and overall energy of your tracks quickly and intuitively, giving total control over your final sound.
Virtual Tape Machines offers selectable reel sizes, each tailored for specific audio tasks. The 2-inch 16-track multitrack machine is excellent for enhancing cohesion and glue on instruments like drums, guitars, and vocals, blending them seamlessly into your mix. Meanwhile, the 1/2-inch stereo mastering deck provides a refined polish, carefully tightening transient response and improving frequency clarity for professional-sounding masters. Having immediate access to these two tailored reel formats lets you effortlessly achieve the ideal sonic qualities for both mixing and mastering, streamlining your creative workflow.
Managing low frequencies is essential in mixing, and Virtual Tape Machines makes this straightforward. Emulating how real tape machines naturally enhance bass frequencies, VTM includes adjustable internal bass alignment, allowing you to clear muddiness and establish balanced, well-defined lows. The integrated Wow & Flutter controls mimic subtle analogue pitch fluctuations, adding authentic depth and liveliness to your tracks. Together, these precise tonal shaping features let you craft clean, controlled bass effortlessly, ensuring your tracks retain clarity and punch without unwanted boominess or confusion.
“I use VTM on all my mixes. My real ATR 102 hasn’t been turned on since.” - Dave Schiffman (Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer)
