Stereo character processor
Built to make stereo feel alive.
A musical stereo multi-effect that turns static tracks into wider, deeper, moving sound — from subtle dimension to beautifully worn character.
VST3 · AU · macOS · Windows
Same take, same loudness. One toggle between the untouched file and Stereo Memory.
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Lead vocal
Stereo image illustration — audio demos arrive with the release build.
No stacked effects. No hidden mastering chain. Just Stereo Memory.
A wider signal can still feel flat. Stereo Memory combines small differences in pitch, timing, tone and texture, so the image feels dimensional instead of simply spread apart.
Width
Dimension builds width through chorus, micro-pitch or a second-take spread — you choose the mechanism, not just the amount.
Life
Motion and Body add movement, density and the feeling of a performance instead of a rendered file.
Memory
Texture and Wear leave the trace of a medium, a machine and time spent playing back.
Three ways to use it
Add width, body and depth without making the effect obvious.
Vocals, guitars, keys, synths and buses. Low Mix, moderate Dimension, Motion you feel rather than hear.
Introduce natural movement and turn static sources into performances.
Pads, backing vocals, arpeggios, loops and long sustained notes.
Push pitch, texture and wear until the processing becomes part of the arrangement.
Intros, transitions, breakdowns, sound design and experimental treatment.
Each control works beautifully on its own. Together they behave like one instrument.
Width
Go from focused width to a larger, more immersive image. Choose chorus, micro-pitch or a second-take spread.
Movement
Slow, irregular pitch and time movement that reads as organic rather than looped. No single LFO doing laps.
Density
Build harmonic density, weight and gentle glue while the source stays recognisable. Seven modelled circuits, each with its own peak behaviour.
Transformer weight under a bass, valve elasticity on a vocal, VCA on the drum bus, Bridge Dense when it should be obvious.
Material
Blend tape, VHS, vinyl, electronic and studio textures into the space around the sound. Generated, not looped — it can sit below conscious hearing.
One macro
Push the whole system deeper into age — more movement, more texture, softened detail — with one musical control. It changes the condition of the machine, not the level of a noise generator.
Stereo Memory
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Drifting
Pitch and time start to move. The take stops sitting perfectly still.
Interface
Start with five musical controls and a global Mix. Open the advanced panel when you want to shape stereo behaviour, movement, texture and tone in detail.
Main: five engines, Mix and Output. A finished character in a few moves.
Track · Bus · Master
Add size around the centre without losing intimacy.
Spread layers into a soft, moving frame around the lead.
Turn static patches into dimensional performances.
The impression of a second take without recording another pass.
Density, movement and sampled character on programmed kits.
A lighter touch for cohesion, depth and subtle motion.
Presets
Organised by what you want to achieve, then filtered by source. No sunset names.
Stereo Memory draws on ensemble choruses, micro-pitch shifters, doubled recordings and imperfect playback systems from the 80s and 90s. It isn't tied to one machine, one decade or one kind of music.
Borrow the movement of old recording systems. Choose how much of the damage comes with it.
Width, movement, body, texture and wear — designed to work as one system.
Not just wider. Not just older. Alive.
Tapechild Stereo Memory
$29$49
Stereo Memory is still in development. The price above is the planned launch price, not an open offer.
No. At subtle settings it works as a clean stereo enhancer for vocals, synths, guitars, keys and buses. Texture and Wear are what take you into obvious vintage or experimental territory — and they are dialled separately.
Dimension can create width, but Stereo Memory also adds organic pitch movement, harmonic body, material texture and controlled wear. The engines run as one path, so each stage changes how you hear the next.
Yes — Dimension generates a stereo image from a mono input, with the centre kept in focus. Chorus, Micro Pitch and Second Take each do it differently.
Head Align and the low-focus control exist for exactly this. Keep the low band centred and check the correlation meter — the manual documents mono fold-down behaviour per mode.
Output compensation keeps perceived level close to bypass, and Output Trim is there when you want to set it by hand.
Yes — a 14-day full-feature trial, no feature gates, no watermark noise.
Looking for drums instead? Tapechild also builds UDS-16, a Soviet-inspired drum synth.
