Van Moose Audio
Cheap Cassette Deck

CASSETTE

v1.0.0-beta — beta · Standalone + AU · macOS Apple Silicon

CASSETTE
cheap deck
Noise
0.30
Cheap
0.40
Wobble
0.30
Mix
0.60

A minor chord through CASSETTE — hi-fi vs boombox via DRY|CASSETTE

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Get CASSETTE.

Beta build. No payment, no account.

Binary upload pending — check back soon.

v1.0.0-beta — What's new ▾
  • Play your audio off a cheap 1987 cassette deck — the budget consumer / boombox sound
  • Cheap: boxy mid-forward band — lows AND highs roll toward the middle, plus HF breathing (noise-reduction mistracking)
  • Wobble: one-sided pitch droop + erratic cheap-motor jitter (sags, never oscillates evenly)
  • Noise: tape hiss + 50 Hz mains hum with harmonics, entering at the playback amp
  • Built on the shared vmtape defect core; zero latency, no look-ahead

Requirements

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later
  • Apple Silicon (arm64) — Intel / Windows coming later
  • ✅ Standalone app (CASSETTE.app) — A minor chord test tone
  • ✅ AU (Audio Unit v3) — GarageBand, Logic Pro, REAPER, Ableton Live

Install

  • AU → ~/Applications (open CASSETTE.app once to register)

Gatekeeper

Not notarized yet. Run once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CASSETTE.app
Windows version

At 100 votes we build VET for Windows — FL Studio, Ableton, Reaper.

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