{"product_id":"waves-tape-tubes-transistors-1","title":"Waves Tape, Tubes \u0026 Transistors","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is as close as you can come to sitting in the studio with Eddie Kramer back in the 60s and early 70s, as he cut and mixed classic tracks from seminal artists like Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, and the Stones. The signal chain of Helios Console, Pye compressor, and 2-track tape worked magic that lives to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow you can travel back in time to Olympic Studios, and enjoy the warm, fat, analog character of those classic recordings. These artfully crafted plugins are a breath of fresh air in a digital world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMore than Just Tape Emulation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKramer Master Tape models ¼” analog tape saturation with uncanny accuracy—but also delivers tape delay effects. 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