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Galaxy Tape Echo

Universal Audio

Where to get itAvailable from Universal Audiouaudio.com

Galaxy Tape Echo is an exhaustive emulation of the Roland RE-201 Space Echo, a legendary 1973 tape delay and spring reverb system. It captures the physical behavior of the original hardware including distortion, wow and flutter, and pitch shifting, enabling users to add subtle tape textures or create psychedelic effects ranging from dub-style delays to self-oscillating chaos. The plugin faithfully reproduces the original controls while adding modern workflow features like Tempo Sync, separate pan controls for echo and reverb, and tape age selection.

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Key Features

0112 tape echo and spring reverb modes (four echo only, seven echo+reverb, one reverb only)
02Three tape heads with fixed delay times: Head 1 (69–177 ms), Head 2 (131–337 ms), Head 3 (189–489 ms)
03Self-oscillation with program-dependent qualities that vary by head mode and signal source
04Tempo Sync for rhythmic delay synchronization to host DAW
05Tape Age switch for emulating new, used, or old tape cartridge behavior
06Distortion, wow and flutter, and pitch shifting modeled from original hardware
07Separate Pan controls for Echo and Reverb signals
08Input clipping distortion as a musical effect tool

Things to Try

  • 01Drive the input volume hard to add harmonic distortion and character to vocals or widen a drum bus
  • 02Use the Splice switch to trigger tape splice points during self-oscillation for chaotic, unpredictable effects
  • 03Select older Tape Age settings for increased wow and flutter and greater character on sources where chaos is musical
  • 04Reduce Input Volume below unity and compensate with Output Volume for a cleaner sound with less input clipping distortion

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