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.

Magnetite Examples & Videos

Magnetite — Customer Reviews

5
Add richness and harmonics to some Virtual Synths by Emiliano Lopez (2025-10-09)

"A really cool tool to give some live and analog vibe to Virtual Synths. Easy to operate, intutive and beautiful GUI. Really useful."

5
Excellent tape simulator by Leo (2025-10-09)

"Great on the mix bus, vocals, bass, kick, or Rhodes when you want warm character. The wow/flutter knob is impressive it adds a much more enticing vibe to the instrumental. I love it."

5
Amazing by SM (2025-10-09)

"Great plugin for depth and glue"

5
Always on mixbus shiner by Kimmo (2025-10-09)

"It lives in my mix buses and glues everything together. Red and blue tapes give nice variations."

4
Color, Color, Calor... Ufff by Lex Under (2025-10-09)

"Un plugin muy interesante un poco pesado. Pero vale mucho la pena por el color que le.logra aportar, lo probe en el ordenador de un amigo y es demasiado bello. Cuidado con saturar mucho, es adictivo "

5
useful by Nob (2025-10-09)

"Recently, I've been using it just by running it through the master chain. Just start it up and choose from three different tapes."

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