Magnetite

Authentic tape warmth

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Supported formats

AAX plugin support VST plugin support VST3 plugin support Audio Unit plugin support

Magnetite is available in AAX, VST, VST3 and Audio Units (AU) — compatible with all major DAWs.

Supported platforms (32/64 bit)

Magnetite System Requirements

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MAC)

  • Intel Core CPU or Apple SIlicon M+ Processor
  • 1GB of RAM
  • MacOS 10.13 or newer (M1/M2 supported)
  • VST, VST3, AU or AAX compatible host (64bit)
  • Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels or more

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (WINDOWS)

  • SSE2 compatible processor (Intel Core CPU recommended)
  • 1GB of RAM
  • Windows 7 or newer
  • VST, VST3 or AAX (x64) compatible host
  • Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels or more
 

About the Magnetite

Inspired by Studer tape machines: Magnetite recreates the warmth, saturation, and gentle compression of Studer's iconic open-reel recorders.

Magnetite is our homage to the sound of magnetic tape recorders. Simply dial in the desired amount of saturation and warmth using the recording gain knob and Magnetite will add the analog tape sonics that you're looking for to your mixes.
Huge drums, distorted loops, saturated vocals, you name it - let Magnetite breathe new life into your tracks. We recommend using Magnetite as the first insert of your chain, just as if your signals were recorded to tape. You can, of course, put it into different spots if you're going for creative effects.

Magnetite Features

Authentic sound

We put a lot of thought and work into emulating all the sonic aspects associated with analog tape: Class A recording and playback amplifiers, tape response and saturation, NAB pre- and de-emphasis EQs, the sonic effect of different tape speeds and bias levels, hiss and hum - it's all there. We also added an adjustable wow and flutter feature that emulates frequency modulation (FM) due to motor speed fluctuations.

SSE2 optimized code

DSP operations are pipe-lined using the SSE2 instruction set. This ensures highest possible performance operation despite very complex computations.

Auto-adjusted oversampling for maximum audio transparency

Aliasing artifacts are efficiently attenuated using a low latency linear phase Dolph-Chebyshev poly-phase design. The oversampling is auto adjusted to your session‘s sample rate to save valuable CPU power while offering the most transparent sound possible.

HighDPI / Retina support

All our plug-Ins support high pixel density on Mac OSX and Windows to bring you the most enjoyable user experience on high DPI displays. Please refer to your manual to find whether your DAW is HighDPI capable if you‘re working on Windows.

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Magnetite — Customer Reviews

4
Does what it's supposed to do by Peter (2025-10-13)

"It gives everything this mmpf, which is nice. Quick to use, that's always handy. There should be more plugins like this. 4 stars because I just recently heard real tape played through a Studer A80. For this price though just get it."

5
great!!!! by shinji kobayashi (2025-10-13)

"This plugin adds warmth to digital sounds, and it adds punch to transform tracks into something completely different. It's an essential plugin for me."

5
Wonderful! by y_Jun (2025-10-13)

"I always use it when I feel the sound isn't cutting through well. The results are surprisingly effective, and I feel happy during the mixing process."

4
Great tape flavors by William Lacey (2025-10-13)

"I use Magnetite to give some grit and life to sterile digital sounds like programmed drums—wow and flutter adds some nice movement to get things off the grid. The tapes and bias buttons have nice variety and can really smooth out some harsh top end."

5
Great Tape Plugin by Andres (2025-10-13)

"I came across this when I was looking for a tape plug-in and a famous engineer recommended it.Good."

5
Great Tape Plugin by Andres (2025-10-13)

"I was looking for a tape plugin and found this one through a recommendation from a famous engineer.Good."

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