10 May 2023 | 20 GB
界面
极简主义，越简单越好，页面和标签越少越好——这是我们设计界面时的重点。 Tapes 界面分为两页，第一页仅包含基本控件 – 音量、样本开始、宏控件 – 这样您就可以立即开始塑造声音而无需担心细节。 最后，它是您在加载大部分预设后首先看到的东西，这是快速找到您正在寻找的声音或进一步塑造的好方法。
如果您想更深入地了解该仪器，可以查看第二页，分为三个水平部分，其中包含所有控件：
上半部分是“音频部分”，它具有所有的源控制、过滤器和效果。 中间部分是“调制部分”——在这里您可以找到包络、音序器、LFO 和 MIDI 控件。 最后是底部部分，顺便说一下，它在两个视图上都可用 – 它包含用于微调声音（噪音、漂移、压缩、EQ 等）的最后一组控件。
声音
Tapes.01 侧重于合成器声音和一般声音合成。 声源是使用各种硬件和软件合成器和效果创建的——从数字 FM 和物理建模合成器到模拟和数字 eurorack 模块和合成器。 一切都记录在磁带、盒式磁带、微型盒式磁带或盒式磁带循环中，因此在您开始弄乱之前，每个声音都已经具有很好的质感（也因为我们只是喜欢将东西记录到磁带上）。
大多数参数都可以通过各种来源进行调制，因此虽然它自然擅长创建 lofi、温暖和（通常不可预测的）不断变化的声音，但它也非常适合创建现代和电影的东西，甚至更好 – 两者的混合。 我们认为这是非常特别的东西 – 再加上磁带循环的不可预测性，您可能会花费数小时来弄乱它。 有趣的是，我们甚至没有预料到它最终会变得如此多才多艺。
此外，还有新的群模式（除了其他模式，如和弦、单声道和连奏）。 它非常适合将声音的一小部分熔炼成更大的不断变化的循环，或者像水滴一样下雨，甚至把它们变成模糊的声音墙，类似于颗粒合成的声音。
使用您自己的样品
只需将单个音频文件拖放到源 A 或源 B 上。
声源类型
声音
每个键都有自己的样本（每个声音 73 个样本）
就像在盒式磁带循环中一样，您可以听到循环点在哪里，但循环本身比普通磁带循环更长、更平滑且更“稳定”。
胶带环
整个键范围的一个样本（每个声音 1 个样本）
这些是真正的盒式磁带循环：温暖、低保真且有时“不稳定”。 此类别包含复杂和简单的声音。 由于磁带循环的性质，使用它们可以产生最独特和美丽的结果，尤其是当您开始将两个声源组合在一起然后使用内置音序器调制所有内容时。
已同步
每个键都有自己的样本（每个声音 73 个样本）
循环以 80 BPM 录制，大部分长度为 4 小节（一些声音为 2 小节长）。 由于 Kontakt 的时间拉伸算法，来自该类别的声音循环非常流畅并与主机速度同步。
眼镜
需要完整版的 Kontakt 6.60 或免费的 Kontakt Player 6.60（或更高版本）
由 Native Access 处理的下载
11 100 个样本
21.2 GB（NCW 24 位），26.8 GB 未压缩（WAV 24 位）
443个音源
217个噪声样本
492个预设
Interface
Minimalistic, as simple as it can be, the fewer pages and tabs it has the better – that was our focus when we were designing the interface. Tapes interface is divided into two pages, first page contains only essential controls – volume, sample start, macro controls – just so you could start shaping the sound right away without worrying about the details. In the end it’s the first thing that you’ll see after loading most of the presets, and it’s a nice way to quickly find a sound you’re looking for or to shape further.
If you want to dive deeper into the instrument, then there’s the second page, divided into three horizontal sections, which contains all the controls:
Upper section is the ‘audio section’, it has all the source controls, filter and effects. The middle section is the ‘modulation section’ – here you’ll find envelopes, sequencers, LFOs and MIDI controls. Lastly there’s the bottom section which by the way is available on both views – it contains the final set of controls to fine-tune the sound (noise, drift, compression, EQ, etc.).
Sound
Tapes.01 focuses on synth sounds and sound synthesis in general. The sound sources were created using various hardware and software synthesizers and effects – from digital FM and physical modelling synths to both analog and digital eurorack modules and synths. Everything was recorded either on tape, cassette, microcassette, or cassette tape loops, so every sound already have a nice texture before you start messing with it (also because we just like to record things to tape).
Most parameters can be modulated by various sources, so while it naturally excels in creating lofi, warm and (often unpredictable) evolving sounds, it’s also great for creating modern and cinematic stuff or even better – a mixture of both. It’s something that, we think, is quite special – add to that the unpredictable nature of tape loops, and you can spend hours messing with it. Funny enough, even we weren’t expecting how versatile it’ll end up be.
Furthermore, there’s the new swarm mode (beside other modes like polyphonic, mono & legato). It’s great for taking small portions of the sounds and smelting them into bigger evolving loops, or rain like droplets, or even turning them into smeared-out wall of sound, similar to how granular synthesis can sound.
Use your own samples
Just drop a single audio file on to either source A or source B.
Type of sound sources
Sounds
Every key has its own sample (73 samples per sound)
Like in a cassette tape loop you can hear where the loop point is, but the loop itself is longer, smoother and more ‘stable’ than in regular tape loops.
Tape Loops
One sample for the whole key range (1 sample per sound)
These are actual cassette tape loops: warm, lofi and sometimes ‘unstable’. This category contains both complex and simple sounds. Due to the nature of tape loops, using these can produce the most unique and beautiful results, especially when you start combining two sound sources together and then modulate everything using built in sequencers.
Synced
Every key has its own sample (73 samples per sound)
Loops were recorded at 80 BPM and are mostly 4 bars long (a few of the sounds are 2 bars long). Sounds from this category loop very smoothly and are synced to the host tempo thanks to Kontakt’s time-stretching algorithm.
Specs
Requires full version of Kontakt 6.60 or free Kontakt Player 6.60 (or higher)
Downloads handled by Native Access
11 100 samples
21,2 GB (NCW 24-bit), 26,8 GB uncompressed (WAV 24-bit)
443 sound sources
217 noise samples
492 presets
