Start from a machine
Choose a sampler-inspired profile for its rate, word length and filter.
Vintage sampler converter colour
Emulate
Shape rate, bits and filtering like an early digital sampler.
Start with twelve vintage sampler-inspired profiles. Push the rate, bit depth and filters to find your own texture.
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Windows & Mac · VST3 / AU / standalone
Made forGrainy drum busesDarker percussionLo-fi texture
What you can do
Inside Emulate.
Set rate and bits
Keep the profile values or control each manually.
Drive and blend
Push the converter, shape the output and blend with Level and Mix.
Filter and aliasing
Shape conversion with Cutoff, resonance and Aliasing.
Drift and jitter
Add clock movement and instability.
Hear the texture
Delta isolates the change; the display shows the converter's Nyquist frequency.
Profiles are models built from published documentation, with estimated behaviour. Hardware names describe the inspiration; they are not measured replicas and no manufacturer endorses them.
Before / after
Hear what changes.
Compare Emulate with the original. Listening levels are matched.
About the recordings
Hear Emulate · before and after
Drum loop
16.6 sec · Level matchedTwelve-bit grit and the SP-1200’s converter colour.
How this example was made
Only Emulate is processing: Emulate, running as its own plug-in, with its factory preset "E-mu SP-1200", on an Ableton Live Core Library loop. Both versions are loudness matched with a constant gain, so the change cannot win by being louder. No other processing is added.
A first pass
Start with what you hear.
Choose a machine
Start with a profile and listen to its converter and filter as they are.
Push the texture
Change drive, rate, bits and filter one at a time so you hear what each contributes.
Add movement and blend
Bring in drift or jitter if it helps, set the output level and blend with Mix.
Questions
About Emulate.
Is Emulate tape saturation?
No. Emulate is digital conversion: sample rate, quantisation, filtering and clock behaviour. Tape lives in Character.
Can I keep the machine's filter but change its bit depth?
Yes. Rate and word length each have their own Machine/Manual switch, and the filter has its own controls.
Which formats are available?
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit), and macOS 10.15 or later on Apple silicon and Intel. Both have VST3 for your DAW and a standalone application, and the Mac installer adds Audio Units. One purchase covers both platforms: download whichever installer you need from your account.
How do updates work?
Updates are free for as long as we make them. Sign in at your account with the email address you bought with and download the current version. Installing it replaces the plug-in in place, so your presets and existing projects are untouched.
Can I hear it before I buy?
Yes. Every module has a before-and-after example on its page. If you buy and it isn't for you, email us within thirty days for a full refund, no questions asked. See terms and refunds.
One tool, or all twelve
Emulate for US$10 introductory.
Regular US$20. Or get it with Master Rack and the other eleven modules for an introductory US$50 (regular US$79).