As always folks, if you find this useful, consider taking a second to grace it with your thumbs-up and subscribe to the channel if you haven’t already - I put out one or two detailed tutorial videos per week and often have free app giveaways. I will soon have giveaways coming on Mynth by Fingerlab and on Pure Piano by E-Instruments, keep your eyes peeled for a notification. Please do me a favour and remember to support the channel by not watching behind an adblocker, by donating by PayPal if it is within your means, and maybe by watching the odd ad or two. Huge thanks to all the channel regulars for your great support and appreciation of my work 🙏 - more people have been watching ads and I can actually see that the RUclips ad revenue is increasing. Big thanks everyone! Don’t forget you can follow me on Twitter at @gavinski_s and on Instagram at instagram.com/gavinskistutorials. Alternatively, just search using my channel name on either of these and you will find me. I generally only post music related stuff. Also, if you enjoy the channel and would like to show your appreciation, my PalPal is paypal.me/GavinskisTutorials PayPal donations make a really huge difference to how sustainable my continuing to do this channel is, so I am very happy when people support me in this way, and will certainly take the time to email you to thank you personally if you do 🙏.
Its like everything in nature fades away. Memories, family, our bodies, the birds and trees. Maybe that’s why this effect makes me sad. But it’s also beautiful. Thank you to the dev and to you for the effort.
The CHEW effect is brilliant! It’s an era when we had to do regular maintenance on cassette tapes and decks to minimize the chewing of our precious music haha!
Synchronicity. Was just watching a video on creating drones, which was the first time I’d heard of this plug in. Finish that, go to home and your video is there. RUclips algorithm at work, I presume,
This is great walthrough! I went to read the docs and was surprised how complex it was and decided to use this video as a starting point before referring back to it. This has been super helpful!
Well I had soviet tape recorder in my childhood, I even was using it to load apps to BK-0010-01 computer (yes they were sound files) so all that magnetic tape process is very familiar to me. You bringing me more and more into your world Gavin, thanks for that! -- it's all of details and emotions. Will use CHOW Tape at my ambient gig this Friday thanks to this tutorial. Thank you. Cheers!
Thanks Gav, I downloaded this app after I saw Ed the Outcast presentation on the app. I straight away quickly got it, I am an old school tape guy that is my era. great stuff!
Awesome video, I've recently started doing a deep dive into using this plugin after having it for a long while and not really using it. I'm really loving what it can do. Awesome tutorial and super helpful to have the mechanical tape stuff explained with diagrams and such, really appreciate that. Also the sounds at the end are lovely! BoC style :-) but still a unique vibe.
dolbydolbydolby…hihi, this tape-sim-app is bringing back, what was so annoying in the past: chewed tape-cassettes, abrasion on playheads, perishable taperecords😫, droning sound…love this one, gonna get it… thank you Gav for your video…never realized such a software😎
I mean ..amazing for a free app [ so tip the dev folks! ] I will likely stick to ReelBus and Tape Pro though. more options/degradation possibilities. But really loving the 'chew' function on this. Sounds like real tape chew. As crazy detailed as your walkthrough was you did overlook the Wow and Flutter Sync buttons that allow you to sync to the Tape Speed itself or Sync to quarter notes, eighth notes etc. A petty and minor observation, indeed, but it isn't a Gavinski vid without all the deets. ..an aces one, at that.
I resisted getting Pure Piano, since I have Ravenscroft and trying to not bloat too badly. but I do appreciate the greater subtlety and softness with PP. with your techniques here, achieving some of those nicely muted tones, to my ears at least. Notes taken.
It seems from the forum that pure piano can definitely sound better on some things. I'm trying to figure out why Ravenscroft definitely sounds better processing Piano Motifs melodies, to my ears. More tests needed!
I have almost all tape plugins on iOS, if not all. This one came so unexpected. It sounds great and it is free. Just wow. I hope we'll see more apps from Jatin. I downloaded all there is for PC DAWs but Tape Model is my favorite, just lovely for my style of music.
Weird btw that your comment saying they were all free was marked as no longer available when I went to reply to it. RUclips comments system definitely a bit glitchy!
I’d heard that this plugin was good, wow, not sure why I hadn’t played with it. I’m a big fan of Blankfr.ms and the sample pack he creates, this would help glue my sounds with he’s samples. First thing I’ll do it put it on fundamental.
My dude I literally bought Reelbus 3 days before this launched 😂. When I first saw it I was like... well, I guess now I have twice as many tape emulators as I originally intended to have 😁. Hey dude have you checked out Pure Piano? Just curious because of Ravenscroft. It might be too early to say but I think I have found a piano I prefer (in comparison to Ravenscroft), definitely check it out especially now that it’s on intro sale!
@@GavinskisTutorials to be honest pretty much everything, it is far more versatile if you consider the effects and the way better implemented velocity curve. Even the sound, feels rivaling to me... and even though Ravenscroft has fixed their UI, for the longest time it bothered me every time I had to use it on the iPhone because of how bad the UI-UX was. Luckily, it’s better now... but it still doesn’t compare to Pure Piano in that regard. When it comes to sound, do you prefer Ravenscroft then? I didn’t notice much of a difference especially because of the EQs on both : seems like you can shape both sounds quite a lot so sound isn’t what defines this for me as at least I find them equivalent in that regard. The effect pad on Pure Piano is so useful tough. On the other hand, Ravenscroft crashes a lot... I still haven’t used much Pure piano, at least not in comparison but I have yet to experience a crash whereas with Ravenscroft it was almost a daily thing. Last, well, it’s cheaper... much cheaper if you buy it now for 14 bucks, while on 50% sale. I’m curious as to why you prefer Ravenscroft !
I have barely compared them yet as I just got pure piano. But basically when I ran this lioop from Paino Motifs through them both, Ravenscroft was the clear winner, even using the EQs. Piano Motifs use a lot of sustain, and it seemed to be, at least partly, something about the quality of the sustained note sound, which was much more resonant on Ravenscroft than any of the Pure Piano settings. Again, just an initial impression, but if you have Piano Motifs, try it and see.
But yeah, Ravenscroft does crash occasionally, though not every day for me, no way, and it definitely has issues wotjh Polyphony which cause it to work badly with Polyphase, so I am keen to compare how these two handle Polyphase.
A useful quality app ... and evidence of developer decency ... what's not to like? Just looking at what's happening in the world any suggestion of human kindness is to be grabbed enthusiastically. Off to grab this one immediately... both hands.
Thank you again for making a video tutorial on this app. Pianos always sounds great with old Reel to Reels. I'm going to overuse this app for sure. Loving the demo at the end as well. I like switching between the tape speeds, it sounds like a broken microcasette player. You mentioned in the beginning The Disintegration Loops. My question is - is there a way to automatically have the variance go from 0.00 to 1.00 gradually (even better - with you choosing the time it takes it to reach 1.00) so it can create the same degrading tape effect that's happening in TDL? Like, creating a loop, run Chow on it, go take a shower and come back with a completely ruined music loop?
Well, u could maybe try automating it with a slow lfo like the lfos in Midi Lfos set to the slowest speed, which is crazy slow. Or you could draw a line for that automation in something like Midi Mixer or Polyphase
Hi, different hosts do things differently. But basically, yes, you have to use chow tape as an fx app in a chain after some other instrument app or whatever. Probably watching my 'almost everything you need to know about AUM' video would be helpful for you!
Enjoy! It's my most popular video, and I'm a huge AUM fan. It's great for experimental, modular style workflows. Recommended additions: Atom2 as a piano roll. Xequence Keys AU as a much better keyboard than the AUM keyboard
Soon, I had some things related to setting up my own business etc to sort out first, for tax purposes and so on, and just got those sorted. I'll also create a few vids etc to make the patreon not look too barren etc and then will start that, thanks for your interest 👍
Sounds good. But I laugh every time I hear about Lo fi stuff. I remember a time not long ago when everyone was ready to put out lots of cash for CD sound to get rid of all if those sounds. So one day we want crystal clear, crisp sound and then suddenly we buy electronics to bring the noise back. What's next? How do we decide what we like? How does everyone like the exact same things at the same time? Fashion and trends blows my mind. It's as if noone has any taste of their own. Their taste is based on what is trendy. "It's what everyone is listening to these days". Why does that mean we have to like it?
Of course it doesn't! In fairness, lofi stuff has been popular since the 90s, in the indie scene etc, but also in underground hop hop and many other genres. It is only recently that it has kind of exploded as it got embraced by people in more mainstream hip hop etc but yeah, that's just the way people are I guess, they like novelty and often what is novel is just a rediscovery of something that previously had gone out of fashion.
@@GavinskisTutorials thats the word that I find strange in our society. "Fashion and trends". People go for whatever is fashionable and trendy, determined by who? Who decides on what should be trendy. It's as if we don't have taste anymore. We are limited by what the kardashians decide should be in fashion. You have to admit it's weird. And I think it is why pop music today is so boring. There are the few who everyone wants to sound like and no one has their own thing. Creativity is stifled by this restriction called fashion and trend. I hope you get my point.
Yeah, but it's nothing new Perry. Fashion has been a thing for hundreds, probably thousands of years, among the rich, and for about a century among the plebs....
As always folks, if you find this useful, consider taking a second to grace it with your thumbs-up and subscribe to the channel if you haven’t already - I put out one or two detailed tutorial videos per week and often have free app giveaways. I will soon have giveaways coming on Mynth by Fingerlab and on Pure Piano by E-Instruments, keep your eyes peeled for a notification.
Please do me a favour and remember to support the channel by not watching behind an adblocker, by donating by PayPal if it is within your means, and maybe by watching the odd ad or two. Huge thanks to all the channel regulars for your great support and appreciation of my work 🙏 - more people have been watching ads and I can actually see that the RUclips ad revenue is increasing. Big thanks everyone!
Don’t forget you can follow me on Twitter at @gavinski_s and on Instagram at instagram.com/gavinskistutorials. Alternatively, just search using my channel name on either of these and you will find me. I generally only post music related stuff. Also, if you enjoy the channel and would like to show your appreciation, my PalPal is
paypal.me/GavinskisTutorials
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Bless this developer/researcher, giving us the fruit of his labor in the form of a impressive piece of kit.
Absolutely, Said, well said 👏👏👏
Its like everything in nature fades away. Memories, family, our bodies, the birds and trees. Maybe that’s why this effect makes me sad. But it’s also beautiful. Thank you to the dev and to you for the effort.
Ooh, very poetic, thank you for that Ian, I think u have the makings of a haiku there
The CHEW effect is brilliant! It’s an era when we had to do regular maintenance on cassette tapes and decks to minimize the chewing of our precious music haha!
Yeah ncie to have that as optional here instead of accidental lol
Yeah, if you had told me 25 years ago that I'll be searching in the future for tools to ruin casettes on purpose...
😁👻
@@eylvy so true lmao 😂
You are the king! Gonna have to give you producer credits on my first hit record.
Haha! If/when I finally get round to making an album, I am pretty sure that this will be used extensively!
Another fantastic walkthrough. Love how you used Gauss in your final examples - it just makes the best sounds and works great with Chow.
I have been killing that combo! They're so good together
Synchronicity. Was just watching a video on creating drones, which was the first time I’d heard of this plug in. Finish that, go to home and your video is there. RUclips algorithm at work, I presume,
Just when u thought the universe loved you it turns out it's just the bloody youtube algo 😂
This is great walthrough! I went to read the docs and was surprised how complex it was and decided to use this video as a starting point before referring back to it. This has been super helpful!
Thank you Carlito - you’ll find loads of deep walkthroughs here, especially my older vids, but also some recent ones. Enjoy!
Thanks, Gav, for the heads-up on this, I have downloaded it and a give a tip. The chow matrix is one I would be very excited to see on iOS
Nice one Mark! I am not aware of his other stuff at all
Well I had soviet tape recorder in my childhood, I even was using it to load apps to BK-0010-01 computer (yes they were sound files) so all that magnetic tape process is very familiar to me. You bringing me more and more into your world Gavin, thanks for that! -- it's all of details and emotions. Will use CHOW Tape at my ambient gig this Friday thanks to this tutorial. Thank you. Cheers!
Nice comment, thanks Piotr!
My first experience of using computers was also loading games via tape lol, that sound brings back memories,
Fantastic video! Especially for a beginner like me. Love this plugin, what a gift ❤
Glad it was useful, cheers!
Glad it was useful, cheers!
Agreed. Definitely a contender for the free app category of the Gavis.
The Gavis, I like that. Not as good as the Vagis, but worth watching nevertheless 😏
Thanks Gav, I downloaded this app after I saw Ed the Outcast presentation on the app.
I straight away quickly got it, I am an old school tape guy that is my era. great stuff!
Sweet!
Both Chow Apps are exceptional! Thanks Gav, and big up to the developer for creating something so amazing and letting everyone enjoy it.
I haven't checked out his other stuff, must do so Chris!
Awesome video, I've recently started doing a deep dive into using this plugin after having it for a long while and not really using it. I'm really loving what it can do. Awesome tutorial and super helpful to have the mechanical tape stuff explained with diagrams and such, really appreciate that. Also the sounds at the end are lovely! BoC style :-) but still a unique vibe.
Thank you! Any BOC reference is highly appreciated haha 😂
dolbydolbydolby…hihi, this tape-sim-app is bringing back, what was so annoying in the past: chewed tape-cassettes, abrasion on playheads, perishable taperecords😫, droning sound…love this one, gonna get it… thank you Gav for your video…never realized such a software😎
This is life, the eternal recurrence of the same!
Great run-through Gavinski! The music and tape effect made me want to put on Satie and sip some absinthe afterward! 😃
Mmmm, tasty combo. Oh, it's hard to beat a bit of wow and flutter on piano
I mean ..amazing for a free app [ so tip the dev folks! ] I will likely stick to ReelBus and Tape Pro though. more options/degradation possibilities. But really loving the 'chew' function on this. Sounds like real tape chew.
As crazy detailed as your walkthrough was you did overlook the Wow and Flutter Sync buttons that allow you to sync to the Tape Speed itself or Sync to quarter notes, eighth notes etc. A petty and minor observation, indeed, but it isn't a Gavinski vid without all the deets. ..an aces one, at that.
Yeah! I realised that after, annoyingly, and mentioned it in the app description or pinned comment, it's a pity as it is a cool effect with the sync 😁
I resisted getting Pure Piano, since I have Ravenscroft and trying to not bloat too badly. but I do appreciate the greater subtlety and softness with PP. with your techniques here, achieving some of those nicely muted tones, to my ears at least. Notes taken.
It seems from the forum that pure piano can definitely sound better on some things. I'm trying to figure out why Ravenscroft definitely sounds better processing Piano Motifs melodies, to my ears. More tests needed!
Dope great for Lo-Fi.
Downloaded the app, made me feel like I've won the sweepstakes this week 🤩
Totally haha
Nice detailed walkthrough, and a great app that's made it over from its desktop roots!
Cheers Chris!
Amazing effect, and free. The dev definitely deserves a tip 👏🏾
Mos' def!
Great video, thanks for the in-depth tutorial. I'm a big fan of tape effects so will definitely look into this one.
Hard not to like when it is this good and this free 😂
Great video! It was nice to know the history behind it.
Great vid, I can already tell I'm going to have a lot of fun with this app. Cheers dude
Cheers man, yeah, I have loved playing about with this
Thank you for bringing this great app to our attention!
Another great review Gav, very interesting app to explore
Thanks Nuno!
I have almost all tape plugins on iOS, if not all. This one came so unexpected. It sounds great and it is free. Just wow. I hope we'll see more apps from Jatin. I downloaded all there is for PC DAWs but Tape Model is my favorite, just lovely for my style of music.
More iOS apps would be great, is all his desktop stuff free?
All free, wow, what a dude. I really love it too that he went the extra mile and ported these to iOS
Weird btw that your comment saying they were all free was marked as no longer available when I went to reply to it. RUclips comments system definitely a bit glitchy!
@@GavinskisTutorials I replied to this comment and the reply disappeared ... curious to see how this one goes ;)
This one made it! A few ppl have complained of disappearing comments, so strange
I’m here to be part of the algorithm and to see if Gavinski says “powerful”
Must - feed - powerful - algorithm 😂
Well done. Thanks. Already picked it up!
I’d heard that this plugin was good, wow, not sure why I hadn’t played with it. I’m a big fan of Blankfr.ms and the sample pack he creates, this would help glue my sounds with he’s samples. First thing I’ll do it put it on fundamental.
It's a great explanation.
Thnx!
Another great walkthrough! Thank you :)
Thank you!
Yeah absolutely love this app have used it quite a bit already on some of my stuff.
This suits your vibe, for sure
My dude I literally bought Reelbus 3 days before this launched 😂. When I first saw it I was like... well, I guess now I have twice as many tape emulators as I originally intended to have 😁.
Hey dude have you checked out Pure Piano? Just curious because of Ravenscroft. It might be too early to say but I think I have found a piano I prefer (in comparison to Ravenscroft), definitely check it out especially now that it’s on intro sale!
They sent me a copy today, finally! I still prefer Ravenscroft I think, but I probably need to investigate further. What do u prefer about it?
@@GavinskisTutorials to be honest pretty much everything, it is far more versatile if you consider the effects and the way better implemented velocity curve. Even the sound, feels rivaling to me... and even though Ravenscroft has fixed their UI, for the longest time it bothered me every time I had to use it on the iPhone because of how bad the UI-UX was. Luckily, it’s better now... but it still doesn’t compare to Pure Piano in that regard.
When it comes to sound, do you prefer Ravenscroft then? I didn’t notice much of a difference especially because of the EQs on both : seems like you can shape both sounds quite a lot so sound isn’t what defines this for me as at least I find them equivalent in that regard. The effect pad on Pure Piano is so useful tough.
On the other hand, Ravenscroft crashes a lot... I still haven’t used much Pure piano, at least not in comparison but I have yet to experience a crash whereas with Ravenscroft it was almost a daily thing.
Last, well, it’s cheaper... much cheaper if you buy it now for 14 bucks, while on 50% sale.
I’m curious as to why you prefer Ravenscroft !
Ravenscroft was my “Main instrument” on my default AUM template, I replaced it already :}
I have barely compared them yet as I just got pure piano. But basically when I ran this lioop from Paino Motifs through them both, Ravenscroft was the clear winner, even using the EQs. Piano Motifs use a lot of sustain, and it seemed to be, at least partly, something about the quality of the sustained note sound, which was much more resonant on Ravenscroft than any of the Pure Piano settings. Again, just an initial impression, but if you have Piano Motifs, try it and see.
But yeah, Ravenscroft does crash occasionally, though not every day for me, no way, and it definitely has issues wotjh Polyphony which cause it to work badly with Polyphase, so I am keen to compare how these two handle Polyphase.
Good explanations as always, many thanks :)
Cheers man!
A useful quality app ... and evidence of developer decency ... what's not to like?
Just looking at what's happening in the world any suggestion of human kindness is to be grabbed enthusiastically. Off to grab this one immediately... both hands.
Oh for sure Pete, you know all too well how much a bit of kindness can make someone's day or week, hope you're doing well! 🎅🎉 🎉
This is also built into Surge V1.9 VST. Definitely one of the best emulations available
Thank you again for making a video tutorial on this app. Pianos always sounds great with old Reel to Reels. I'm going to overuse this app for sure. Loving the demo at the end as well.
I like switching between the tape speeds, it sounds like a broken microcasette player.
You mentioned in the beginning The Disintegration Loops. My question is - is there a way to automatically have the variance go from 0.00 to 1.00 gradually (even better - with you choosing the time it takes it to reach 1.00) so it can create the same degrading tape effect that's happening in TDL? Like, creating a loop, run Chow on it, go take a shower and come back with a completely ruined music loop?
Well, u could maybe try automating it with a slow lfo like the lfos in Midi Lfos set to the slowest speed, which is crazy slow. Or you could draw a line for that automation in something like Midi Mixer or Polyphase
@@GavinskisTutorials well damn, if only i knew a bit more about using midi tools in ios. maybe this is a sign i need to start diving deeper.
Well worth the time!
Oh this sounds great for Lofi stuff, and free so no brainier
Indeed!
Really nice plugin, I started using it on each channel, but after 3rd killed the dsp, so I need to be flutterlight :)
😂
Wondering how inputs work on the iOS app: can other apps offer inputs, or does the CHOWDSP app itself have "inputs"? Thanks for the video! Cheers
Hi, different hosts do things differently. But basically, yes, you have to use chow tape as an fx app in a chain after some other instrument app or whatever. Probably watching my 'almost everything you need to know about AUM' video would be helpful for you!
@@GavinskisTutorials Thanks so much for your response! I'll check the video out right away.
Enjoy! It's my most popular video, and I'm a huge AUM fan. It's great for experimental, modular style workflows. Recommended additions: Atom2 as a piano roll. Xequence Keys AU as a much better keyboard than the AUM keyboard
@@GavinskisTutorials Thanks so much for the tips!
When will you do Patreon?
Soon, I had some things related to setting up my own business etc to sort out first, for tax purposes and so on, and just got those sorted. I'll also create a few vids etc to make the patreon not look too barren etc and then will start that, thanks for your interest 👍
Sounds good. But I laugh every time I hear about Lo fi stuff. I remember a time not long ago when everyone was ready to put out lots of cash for CD sound to get rid of all if those sounds. So one day we want crystal clear, crisp sound and then suddenly we buy electronics to bring the noise back. What's next? How do we decide what we like? How does everyone like the exact same things at the same time? Fashion and trends blows my mind. It's as if noone has any taste of their own. Their taste is based on what is trendy. "It's what everyone is listening to these days". Why does that mean we have to like it?
Of course it doesn't! In fairness, lofi stuff has been popular since the 90s, in the indie scene etc, but also in underground hop hop and many other genres. It is only recently that it has kind of exploded as it got embraced by people in more mainstream hip hop etc but yeah, that's just the way people are I guess, they like novelty and often what is novel is just a rediscovery of something that previously had gone out of fashion.
@@GavinskisTutorials thats the word that I find strange in our society. "Fashion and trends". People go for whatever is fashionable and trendy, determined by who? Who decides on what should be trendy. It's as if we don't have taste anymore. We are limited by what the kardashians decide should be in fashion. You have to admit it's weird. And I think it is why pop music today is so boring. There are the few who everyone wants to sound like and no one has their own thing. Creativity is stifled by this restriction called fashion and trend. I hope you get my point.
Yeah, but it's nothing new Perry. Fashion has been a thing for hundreds, probably thousands of years, among the rich, and for about a century among the plebs....
How do you load in a wav file in the standalone version?
I don't believe you can - it is more designed as an fx app, so you would load your audio in, for example, a host app like Aum etc
Check out my '(Almost) Everything you need to know about AUM' vid to see if it would be up your street. Many love it