Slower: Half-Speed Tape Instrument Library for Kontakt by e-instruments

Slower's samples were recorded to four types of tape machine: a Studer A812 and Revox PR99 in the studio category, Uher 4400 Report recorders as portable reel-to-reel units, a Tascam Portastudio 424mkiii cassette machine, and a Sony M650v micro cassette dictaphone. Each machine gives a different result at half speed. The Studer A812 offers a fuller, more faithful tone, while the Sony M650v adds a lo-fi crunch.

Because the four machines are available side by side, you can choose the flavor that suits a track rather than relying on a single fixed tape sound.

Slower includes 27 built-in effects, including delays, distortions, reverbs and filters, arranged in a customizable five-slot FX chain. Modulation options include assignable LFOs, a modulation envelope, a step modulator and aftertouch. Reverse samples create slow-attack, ethereal sounds.

Three single-slider macros let you change several parameters at once in real time, which is useful for performing and automating sound changes during a track.