Use Shift-Command-5

Tape Stop simulates the effect you get when you turn off a tape recorder or a turntable with the sound still on. Modes: EP(vinyl) - EP is normal mode, TD (Tape deck) - TD will back up the tape a bit when it stops. Adjustable display: N - normal; R - reverse the button. Reels is a tape emulation plugin with built-in echo section and tape start and tape stop effect. Based on an old Japanese portable tape recorder with a very distinct Lo-Fi analog sound, Reels emulates all the imperfections of consumer reel-to-reel recorders. We have modeled three different 1/4” tape frequency responses and saturations, along with all the analog imperfections. Tapestop is a Effect standalone plugin for Mac. Comes in AU,VST,AAX you can load up in your music host and add some cool tapestop effects.

If you're using macOS Mojave or later, press Shift-Command (⌘)-5 on your keyboard to see onscreen controls for recording the entire screen, recording a selected portion of the screen, or capturing a still image of your screen. You can also record the screen with QuickTime Player instead.

Record the entire screen

Tape Stop Effect Mac

1. Click in the onscreen controls. Your pointer changes to a camera .
2. Click any screen to start recording that screen, or click Record in the onscreen controls.
3. To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
4. Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save, or take other actions.

Record a selected portion of the screen

1. Click in the onscreen controls.
2. Drag to select an area of the screen to record. To move the entire selection, drag from within the selection.
   
3. To start recording, click Record in the onscreen controls.
4. To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
5. Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save, or take other actions.

Trim, share, and save

After you stop recording, a thumbnail of the video appears briefly in the lower-right corner of your screen.

• Take no action or swipe the thumbnail to the right and the recording is automatically saved.
• Click the thumbnail to open the recording. You can then click to trim the recording, or click to share it.
• Drag the thumbnail to move the recording to another location, such as to a document, an email, a Finder window, or the Trash.
• Control-click the thumbnail for more options. For example, you can change the save location, open the recording in an app, or delete the recording without saving it.

Change the settings

Click Options in the onscreen controls to change these settings:

• Save to: Choose where your recordings are automatically saved, such as Desktop, Documents, or Clipboard.
• Timer: Choose when to begin recording: immediately, 5 seconds, or 10 seconds after you click to record.
• Microphone: To record your voice or other audio along with your recording, choose a microphone.
• Show Floating Thumbnail: Choose whether to show the thumbnail.
• Remember Last Selection: Choose whether to default to the selections you made the last time you used this tool.
• Show Mouse Clicks: Choose whether to show a black circle around your pointer when you click in the recording.

Use QuickTime Player

1. Open QuickTime Player from your Applications folder, then choose File > New Screen Recording from the menu bar. You will then see either the onscreen controls described above or the Screen Recording window described in the following steps.
2. Before starting your recording, you can click the arrow next to to change the recording settings:
   
   • To record your voice or other audio with the screen recording, choose a microphone. To monitor that audio during recording, adjust the volume slider (if you get audio feedback, lower the volume or use headphones with a microphone).
     
   • To show a black circle around your pointer when you click, choose Show Mouse Clicks in Recording.
     
3. To start recording, click and then take one of these actions:
   • Click anywhere on the screen to begin recording the entire screen.
   • Or drag to select an area to record, then click Start Recording within that area.
4. To stop recording, click in the menu bar, or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
5. After you stop recording, QuickTime Player automatically opens the recording. You can now play, edit, or share the recording.

Learn more

• When saving your recording automatically, your Mac uses the name ”Screen Recording date at time.mov”.
• To cancel making a recording, press the Esc key before clicking to record.
• You can open screen recordings with QuickTime Player, iMovie, and other apps that can edit or view videos.
• Some apps, such as DVD Player, might not let you record their windows.
• Learn how to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

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Tape Stop effect is the slowing down or pitching down a portion of a track, and if you want to spice up the effect, you can incorporate upwind automation to kick it into another element seamlessly.

Tape stop is slowing down and upwind (Not necessary if you only care about Tape stopping) is when the pitch slowly goes up in a certain time frame, it’s like an inverse of Tape Stop.

This effect can be practically used on any samples or instruments, and the way they are implemented differs from one plugin to another.

In this guide, I’ll be recommending the best Tapestop plugin in the music production scene, I will also describe how each of them works, let’s dive in…

1.) Tape Stop – Vengeance Sound (Paid)

The first Tapestop machine on our list is the Vengeance Tapestop plugin which is not only designed to support numerous pitch effects but also builds in sequencer, volume, and filter envelopes or the new “tape slip” feature you can create crazy effects, way beyond the classic Tapestop pitch-down.

Video Overview

►Key Features:

• Simulates Pitch-Down and Pitch-Up
• LP Filter can be added
• Volume Fades can be added
• Tape Slip: simulates worn Tapes/Vinyl
• Stepped or smooth pitch effects
• Internal sequencer
• 3 independent envelopes for pitch, filter, and volume
• Realtime scope
• 80 presets with pitch, wobble or special fx presets
• No clicks and 100% sync with your song
• The tape stop effect duration can be set in note values

►System Requirements:

• Windows Vista/Win7/Win8 or higher and a minimum CPU of Pentium III 800Mhz
• Mac OSX 10.8 and a minimum CPU of IntelMac 1.5Ghz
• 2GB RAM
• VST 2.4 compliant host
• eLicenser USB dongle
• No Power Mac supported

2.) Tape Stop Snapin – kiloHearts (Paid)

Ever wondered why it is called the Tapestop effect? This is because the magnetic tape was the coolest way to store recorded audio back in the days. So, when you start and stop the tape while playing back, you’ll hear an interesting effect, like a slowly pitched down of a sound when stopped and a slowly pitched up of a sound when started.

With the Tape Stop Snapin, you can create great spindown/speedup sounds quickly with the push of a button. Again, kiloHearts would always be one of the best plugin manufacturers with simple and intuitive interface design.

Video Overview

System Requirments:

• CPU: 2 GHz or faster
• Memory: 1 GB or more
• Operating System: Windows (7 or newer) or Mac OS X (10.7 or newer)
  Supported formats: AAX/AU/VST2/Snapin

3.) Glitch 1.3 – illformed (Free)

Glitch has been around for a while, and it is the combination of a crusher, stretcher, and tape stop all in one. The downside of using this plugin is that its owner – Illformed no longer supports it.

4.) TbT :Tapestop (Free)

The TbT tapestop features:

• PLAY/STOP button: Trigger a slowdown/speed up.
• MODE: EP = A normal slowdown // TD = Do a “search position” at the end.
• BUTTON: T = Toggle PLAY/STOP when PLAY/STOP button is pressed. D = Direct A slowdown as long as the PLAY/STOP button is pressed and speed upon the release of the button. Use the D mode when the plugin is automated to get proper(expected) action.
• UP/DOWN buttons: Indicates direction. If pressed it turns grey and disables the selected direction.
• SPEED box: LEFT click to select DOWN speed. (green), RIGHT click to select UP speed. (red)
• BLUE show live position in slowdown buffer.
• PROCESS MODE: REALTIME = for live/automation use.
  OFFLINE = will trigger the current PLAY/STOP button direction when the plugin resume is called. This is used when you use for example Wavelab and want to process a selected portion in a wave file.
• SPEED FADE:
  ON = fade the volume together with the speed.
• FULL SPEED MUTE: ON = Mute output when full speed is attained. This is desired when you use the plugin as a send effect.
• UP/DOWN OFF FADE TIME: 0%-100% If a direction is turned off then you can set the fade to zero/full time to avoid clicks.
• RE-ENTER STREAM CROSSFADE TIME:
• 0%-100% To smooth the re-entrance from the slowed buffer to the live signal.
• BUTTON: NORMAL/REVERSED. Some people think backward and want the PLAY/STOP button to show the “next” state instead of the “is” state.

5.) Scratch It – z3 audiolabs (Free)

Tape Stop For Mac

Scratch it! is a free scratch / tapestop vst plugin for windows, it is specially created for live scratching and tapestop effects.

With the envelope you can define how the stop button works on the audio signal, it allows you to define up to 16 points in a synchronized beat grid, like this the stop button can act as “scratch sequence”.

Requirements:

• Computer: Pentium III or higher/AMD with SSE support – 1200 MHz – 512 MB RAM – Windows 2000 or XP or newer
• Host: VST compatible 32 bit ( 64 bit when using j bridge) host software – tested and known to work in FL Studio – Cubase – Live – Renoise.