Tape · Valves · Springs

Make it sound like a record.

Authentic magnetic tape saturation, vari-mu and FET compression, British EQ and transient shaping, voiced like a 1960s studio. Then a spring reverb that drips, a tape delay that wears in with every repeat, and a harmonic tremolo that shimmers. Turn a few knobs and you're there.

Meet the Channel Strip Try free for 14 days

macOS VST3 & AUApple Silicon & IntelNo iLok, no account3 computers per licence

Monastery Channel Strip: a slate-blue rack panel with red and black knobs, two cream VU meters, and sections for filters, equalizer, compressor, transient, tape and output.

Simple to use

Every control is on the front panel, one section at a time. No menus, no tabs, no hidden pages.

Good sounds, chosen for you

The frequencies, speeds and timings are the ones engineers reached for. Anywhere you set a knob sounds musical.

Character built in

Tape, valves and springs that colour the sound the way the hardware does. Not clean tools you have to dirty up.

A small studio in your DAW

Two plug-ins cover a 1960s session: the desk channel, the tape machine and the effects.

The plug-ins

Model III · Channel strip

Monastery Channel Strip

Everything you need to mix a track, in one strip: EQ, two classic compressors, a transient shaper, tape and stereo widening.

EQ with the broad curves of 1960s British desks
Valve vari-mu that pumps, or a fast, punchy FET
Four tape machines, from hi-fi to lo-fi
ADT and width to spread a track out

$49

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Model IV · Effects

Monastery Effects

Three go-to sounds from old amps and echo machines, in one plug-in.

Harmonic tremolo, free or synced to tempo
Tape delay that can run away into endless repeats
Spring reverb with a knob just for the drip

$49

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Want both? The Monastery Bundle costs less than buying them separately.

Close-up of the Tape section: Tape Type, Wow / Flutter, Saturation and Tape Mix knobs.

In the session

Sounds right as soon as you reach for it

Push SATURATION and the low end swells, the top softens and the drums thicken up, the way a real tape machine responds. Lean on the vari-mu and the kit pumps with the kick. There are no wrong settings to dig yourself out of.

Every control sits on one panel. Click any printed value to jump to it, double-click to reset, and switch sections in and out without clicks. You decide by ear, not by menu.

Watch & listen

Hear them on real tracks

Each section switched in and out, so you can hear what it does.

Made for musicians

Licensing that stays out of the way

No dongles, no accounts

Paste your key once. The plug-in never checks in during a session.

Three computers

Studio, laptop and a spare. Move a licence any time.

Works offline

Studio Mac never online? Activate from your phone and copy a file across.

A fair trial

14 days of use, fully working. Days you don't open it don't count.

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