J37 Tape Saturation Plugin - Waves Audio (2024)

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What Top Pros Are Saying

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It\u2019s one of my favorite delay plugins too.","isMainQuote":false,"sortID":3},{"itemID":2590,"itemGUID":"2a6ffb54-9c80-4c26-8b0b-b97cb64c1c47","artistName":"Terrace Martin","artistTitle":"Artist, Producer","credits":"Quincy Jones, Kendrick Lamar, Herbie Hanco*ck, Snoop Dogg","artistImage":"/images/artists/1280/terrace-martin.png","quote":"Whenever I feel that I need to add a certain level of warmth, J37 is my go-to plugin. ","isMainQuote":false,"sortID":4},{"itemID":3165,"itemGUID":"125f0b54-2bcb-4a51-ba4f-d4f9ba9ba225","artistName":"Alissia Benveniste","artistTitle":"Producer, Musician","credits":"Bootsy Collins, Anderson .Paak, EarthGang, Mary J. Blige","artistImage":"/images/artists/1280/alissia-benveniste.png","quote":"I\u2019m a big fan of the J37 Tape saturation, I love the way it sounds on any instrument, it provides the right tape feel! 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","isMainQuote":false,"sortID":12},{"itemID":2695,"itemGUID":"004cb11f-5230-4f83-83ea-7d87391f10cb","artistName":"Caesar Edmunds","artistTitle":"Mixing/Recording Engineer","credits":"Suede, EOB, Ride","artistImage":"/images/artists/1280/caesar-edmunds.png","quote":"J37 is so much more than a tape saturator. It has delay, wow, flutter and then the saturation! It can be as creative or subtle as you want.","isMainQuote":false,"sortID":13},{"itemID":2074,"itemGUID":"ac4c5576-2e1e-4219-8b88-0dcd515f342a","artistName":"Graham Reznick","artistTitle":"Sound Designer, Re-Recording Mixer, Composer, Writer, Director, Editor","credits":"The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers, In a Valley of Violence, Until Dawn","artistImage":"/images/artists/1280/graham-reznick.png","quote":"No music leaves my DAW without a slow, deep Wow detuning in J37. 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It\u2019s on so many of my mixes I can\u0027t even count.","isMainQuote":false,"sortID":17},{"itemID":2869,"itemGUID":"745343a2-be27-41f6-b75a-78e1d16d2853","artistName":"Tim Kvasnosky","artistTitle":"Composer, Producer","credits":"Honey Dijon, Sam Sparro, Morrissey, Dawn Richard","artistImage":"/images/artists/1280/tim-kvasnosky.png","quote":"J37 gives me a great combination of tape saturation and modulation that I want in my productions, to achieve a warm, engaging lo-fi sound. Sounds fantastic on strings and complex sources.","isMainQuote":false,"sortID":18},{"itemID":2929,"itemGUID":"6b101480-b32d-4204-aaff-8b0805d9e4cb","artistName":"Suzy Shinn","artistTitle":"Producer, Vocal Producer, Engineer","credits":"Weezer, Panic! At The Disco, Dua Lipa","artistImage":"/images/artists/1280/suzy-shinn.png","quote":"I put J37 on the majority of my keys and synths to add a bit of warmth and for the tape emulation, just enough to barely notice it. 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