TB ReelBus
Authentic tape effect plug-in
$8.99
4.7.5for iPhone, iPad and more
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About TB ReelBus
ToneBoosters ReelBus is a top-quality, authentic, versatile and accurate magnetic tape simulation AUv3 / IAA plug-in bringing warmth and excitement of tape to your iOS or iPadOS device!
Instant gratification from 80s compact cassette sound to professional 30 IPS studio recorder simulation. Sweeten your mix with a touch of tape hysteresis, saturation and compression. Create that 'Boards of Canada' sound by adding a tad of wow-and-flutter. Top it up with tape flanging, echo and tape start/stop effects.
The ToneBoosters ReelBus app captures the microphone (or external sound card) input and processes the signals in real time. To use it as a plug-in, use an AUv3-compatible host app such as Steinberg Cubasis, Apple Garageband, Audio Evolution Mobile Studio, Auria, AUM, or others. ToneBoosters ReelBus will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for effect plug-ins.
Key features:
- The same professional sound as the acclaimed desktop version
- Wide variety of tape and saturation modes available
- Saturation, hysteresis, wow and flutter, tape hiss, asperity noise controls
- Tape speed and amount controls
- Unique drive EQ to drive certain frequencies harder into the tape model
- Tape wear model for worn-out tape simulation
- Tape flanger and dual tape echo modules, with beat sync functionality
- Tape start and tape stop effect modules
- Oversampling and anti-aliasing filters for top-quality output
- Input and output VU meters showing peak and RMS levels simultaneously
- Master Bus mode with analog VU meters and macro controls to get great results efficiently
- Undo/redo, and A/B comparison
- Color themes for the user interface
- Max screen support in Garageband
- Legacy Inter-App Audio (IAA) support
- Optimised for iPad and compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch
What you should know:
- Inter-App Audio (IAA) can only use one instance of this app simultaneously. We recommend to use an AUv3 host to use multiple instances.
- Licenses acquired for this platform are not compatible with other platforms.
- Audio Unit (AUv3) extensions require an iPad mini 2, iPad 4 or later models.
Instant gratification from 80s compact cassette sound to professional 30 IPS studio recorder simulation. Sweeten your mix with a touch of tape hysteresis, saturation and compression. Create that 'Boards of Canada' sound by adding a tad of wow-and-flutter. Top it up with tape flanging, echo and tape start/stop effects.
The ToneBoosters ReelBus app captures the microphone (or external sound card) input and processes the signals in real time. To use it as a plug-in, use an AUv3-compatible host app such as Steinberg Cubasis, Apple Garageband, Audio Evolution Mobile Studio, Auria, AUM, or others. ToneBoosters ReelBus will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for effect plug-ins.
Key features:
- The same professional sound as the acclaimed desktop version
- Wide variety of tape and saturation modes available
- Saturation, hysteresis, wow and flutter, tape hiss, asperity noise controls
- Tape speed and amount controls
- Unique drive EQ to drive certain frequencies harder into the tape model
- Tape wear model for worn-out tape simulation
- Tape flanger and dual tape echo modules, with beat sync functionality
- Tape start and tape stop effect modules
- Oversampling and anti-aliasing filters for top-quality output
- Input and output VU meters showing peak and RMS levels simultaneously
- Master Bus mode with analog VU meters and macro controls to get great results efficiently
- Undo/redo, and A/B comparison
- Color themes for the user interface
- Max screen support in Garageband
- Legacy Inter-App Audio (IAA) support
- Optimised for iPad and compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch
What you should know:
- Inter-App Audio (IAA) can only use one instance of this app simultaneously. We recommend to use an AUv3 host to use multiple instances.
- Licenses acquired for this platform are not compatible with other platforms.
- Audio Unit (AUv3) extensions require an iPad mini 2, iPad 4 or later models.
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.7.5
Last updated on Apr 25, 2024
Old Versions
Efficiency and performance improvements
Master mode VU meter does now not reflect output gain anymore
Master mode VU meter does now not reflect output gain anymore
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Version History
4.7.5
Apr 25, 2024
Efficiency and performance improvements
Master mode VU meter does now not reflect output gain anymore
Master mode VU meter does now not reflect output gain anymore
4.7.0
Jun 28, 2023
UI, UX and efficiency improvements
Harmonize version numbers with macOS versions
Harmonize version numbers with macOS versions
1.5.9
Jan 4, 2023
- Improved UI rendering
- New app icons
- Inproved handling of key commands for copy/paste/undo/redo
- New app icons
- Inproved handling of key commands for copy/paste/undo/redo
1.5.8
Dec 5, 2021
Optimizations for new iPad Mini
Icon refresh
Icon refresh
1.5.6
Aug 16, 2021
Fixed an issue with the program manager in certain edge cases
1.5.5
Aug 15, 2021
- stand alone: settings are stored when closing the app and retrieved when re-starting it
- improved preset manager
- add load/save buttons to title bar for quick access to saved patches
- improved preset manager
- add load/save buttons to title bar for quick access to saved patches
1.5.3
Jul 15, 2021
- Improved navigation through drop-down menus using mixed use of mouse, keyboard, pen, touch
- New color schemes and various UI improvements
- Improved UI refresh rates and performance
- All-new program manager to save, load and organise programs
- New color schemes and various UI improvements
- Improved UI refresh rates and performance
- All-new program manager to save, load and organise programs
1.5.1
Mar 29, 2021
Significant UI performance improvements
New audio settings panel in stand-alone app to select audio sampling rate and frame size (latency)
New audio settings panel in stand-alone app to select audio sampling rate and frame size (latency)
1.5.0
Jan 15, 2021
Fixed a bug in wow & flutter simulation
1.4.9
Jan 7, 2021
Stability and usability improvements
New app icon
New app icon
1.4.8
Nov 7, 2020
Stability and efficiency improvements
1.4.7
Sep 23, 2020
- iOS app and iOS AUv3 can now save default settings for new instances
- iOS AUv3 can now export single programs and full program banks
- iOS plugins can now reset to factory programs
- New program manager to load, save, rename, delete, search and categorize user programs that are shared between IAA, stand alone and AUv3 instances
- Improved support for soft bypass if supported by host program
- iOS AUv3 can now export single programs and full program banks
- iOS plugins can now reset to factory programs
- New program manager to load, save, rename, delete, search and categorize user programs that are shared between IAA, stand alone and AUv3 instances
- Improved support for soft bypass if supported by host program
1.4.6
Sep 2, 2020
- Improved sound quality
- New 'HQ' (High Quality) mode with even more extreme oversampling
- New 'HQ' (High Quality) mode with even more extreme oversampling
1.4.5
Aug 20, 2020
Improved UI rendering for tiny form factors (e.g. scaled UI in AUM)
1.4.4
Aug 19, 2020
UI improvements
1.4.3
Aug 8, 2020
Minor UI improvements
1.4.1
Aug 7, 2020
- Improved output for 0% 'amount' setting
- UI, efficiency and stability improvements
- UI, efficiency and stability improvements
1.2.5
Jul 13, 2020
Tape flanger now works correctly in hosts such as AUM.
1.2.4
Jul 6, 2020
Icon now contains name of app
1.2.3
Jul 5, 2020
Appstore icon refresh
1.2.2
Jul 3, 2020
Various stability and usability improvements
1.2.1
Jun 21, 2020
- Improved master mode audio quality
- Master mode now has 'Hysteresis' control
- New color themes
- Multi-touch gesture to modify Q on iOS
- Various efficiency, usability and stability improvements
- Master mode now has 'Hysteresis' control
- New color themes
- Multi-touch gesture to modify Q on iOS
- Various efficiency, usability and stability improvements
1.2.0
Feb 26, 2020
- AU and AUv3 now save full plugin state including all programs in host
- Tooltips update
- Updated iOS icons
- Tooltips update
- Updated iOS icons
1.1.3
Feb 1, 2020
Various user-interface improvements
Fixed an inconsistency in master mode for 'amount' values smaller than 100%
Fixed an inconsistency in master mode for 'amount' values smaller than 100%
1.1.2
Jan 24, 2020
Efficiency improvements
Stability improvements
More pronounced effect for wow and flutter for extreme settings in Master mode
Some minor GUI fixes
Stability improvements
More pronounced effect for wow and flutter for extreme settings in Master mode
Some minor GUI fixes
TB ReelBus FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of TB ReelBus.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.