Harnessing the power of the symphony through tape
Prepare for orchestral time travel - go from intimate solo players to a full symphony — in an instant — resampled through 200 cassette players, all in the same virtual instrument.
We've gone back to the early days of tape sampling and taken inspiration from the sound world of the mellotron, and then blown that out of proportion - capturing strings, brass, woodwind and percussion and resampling through a custom built symphony of cassette players.
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Listen to Aperture Cassette Symphony
Courage Despite Literally Everything - Dan Keen
Lacrimosa - W. A. Mozart (arr. Oliver Patrice Weder)
Moonchild - - Louis Rugg
Stasis - CAIROXVI
Orchestral time travel
Delivered with the nostalgic warm tones that only cassette can deliver, featuring 100 articulations, Aperture Cassette Symphony allows you to control the dynamics and the number of players in an orchestra simultaneously, giving you incredible focus, texture, and magnitude allowing you to create all new and modern scores.
With tones that offer modern and beautiful tape warmth, through to the charming, warbling, worn sound of old cassettes, and the Aperture fader which spans size — from section leaders, to small orchestral sections, to full symphonic — Aperture Cassette Symphony is a library that not only takes your productions on a journey through time, but also space.
The largest tape orchestra ever created
- Over 800 Tapes of organic orchestral material
- 200 Custom cassette players (Warpman) - organised and played back in classic orchestral positioning
- 10 Custom made performance controllers
- 15 Speakers
- Recorded with a full Orchestral Microphone Setup
- 7 sections - Hi strings, Low Strings, High Woods, Low Woods, High Brass, Low Brass and Percussion
- Captured in a beautiful converted church
The Aperture
An imagined aperture in sound. At the bottom of the dynamic range, the library features single players recorded close, as you increase the dynamics, the size of the ensemble also increases, until you are playing a full symphonic orchestra.
What's Included
Aperture
Building from solo players through to symphonic
Strings
High Strings
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Low Strings
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Brass
High Brass
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Low Brass
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Woodwinds
High Winds
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Low Winds
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Percussion
Percussion
- Kit
- Timpani
Worn
Building from solo players through to symphonic with beautiful and raw degraded tape artifacts, perfect for adding character
Strings
High Strings (Worn)
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Low Strings (Worn)
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Brass
High Brass (Worn)
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Low Brass (Worn)
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Woodwinds
High Winds (Worn)
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Low Winds (Worn)
- Sustain
- Sustain (Mono)
- Tape Loop
- Reels
- Scattered
- Hairpin
- Marcato
- Staccato
Percussion
Percussion (Worn)
- Kit
- Timpani
FAQs
How can I get Aperture Cassette Symphony?
Aperture Cassette Symphony was originally available as part of a special offer during one of our Black Friday sales but is now available for purchase in our store
Can I remove the tape noise entirely from each preset?
While you can increase or lower the tape noise by using the ‘noise’ knob, there will always be a level of tape noise contained within each sample.
How does your dedicated plugin work?
Our dedicated plugin libraries work as standalone instruments in your DAW, meaning that no serial number is provided and the authorisation process happens during your download. We provide an AU, VST2, VST3 and an AAX, so as long as your chosen DAW supports one of those plugin formats, you’re good to go.