[linux-audio-user] drum loops, samples,

[Daniel James]

> > Although this can be an effect in its own right - last week we
> > were trying out LADSPA Tape Delay, trying to get the sound of a
> > Watkins Copicat (explanatory picture follows for the
> > post-analogue generation):
>
> Did you manage to faithfully reproduce that warm muffled warble of
> worn tape?

Not really - digital is a bit too clean. You could fake it with a 
second plugin after the tape delay though - maybe a valve effect, an 
oscillator, some EQ...

> I haven't found the good documentation for LADSPA yet

http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html

> I find some of the names of the plugins a bit obscure, not being a
> techie or sound engineer as such, I mean "Barry's Satan Maximizer"
> sounds great, but what does it DO?

Try it - you'll see it's a very good name for that plugin...

Cheers

Daniel