Origin Free Tape Saturation

Origin is a vintage/lofi plugin created to make your samples sound like they’re straight from an old tape machine

The main knob is a resampler/bitcrusher with two special filters to make your samples sound “underwater” (this effect can often be heard in Drake songs)

The other four knobs are Tape Saturation, Noise, Movement, and Chorus. Using these 5 powerful controls you can instantly give your samples a vintage vibe.

Origin was built based on vintage gear to give the most realistic analog sound.

The “Movement” knob (or Wow/Flutter) has a special mode that uses a randomizer algorithm to create realistic tape pitch wobbles.

We also replicated the famous Juno 106 chorus sound with the two classic slow and fast chorus modes.

Finally, the tape saturation modes are modeled from vintage tape machines. Using these in tandem with the noise knob and Resampler, you will get an undeniable vintage tone to your sounds.

The core of Origin is its resampler, which changes the sample rate of your running audio in real-time. However, reducing the sample rate alone will produce bitcrusher-style artifacts called “images.” In many cases, these aren’t desirable.

Removing these images using Origin’s special filters results in an effect similar to a brick-wall lowpass filter, but with an altogether different sonic character.

Rather than turning down the cutoff on a lowpass filter to cut high frequencies, Origin mathematically forbids high frequencies from existing above the resampler cutoff frequency.

Origin is 64 bit only

Controls

• Tape Speed: This control determines the speed of the tape, which affects the tone and character of the sound.
• Tape Saturation: This control adds distortion to the signal, giving it a warmer, more analog sound.
• Noise: This control adds noise to the signal, giving it a more raw and realistic sound.
• Movement: This control adds wow and flutter effects to the signal, giving it a more unstable and dynamic sound.
• Chorus: This control adds a chorus effect to the signal, giving it a wider and more spatial sound.

In addition to these main controls, Origin also has a wet/dry control that allows you to adjust the amount of effect that is applied to the signal.

Overall, Origin is a versatile plug-in that can be used for a variety of purposes. It is an excellent choice for giving your sounds a vintage or lo-fi feel, and is especially useful for creating hip hop, trap or lo-fi beats.