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Crane Song Dark Essence

Tape emulation plugin setting, 2000s. Software: Dark Essence is one of the five tape-saturation characters in Crane Song's Phoenix plug-in for Pro Tools, the darkest of them.

Source, read 15 Nov 2026

Records it appears on · 1

All About That Bass
Meghan Trainor · Title, 2014
- Piano and organ · Mix effectsVerifiedUsed on the organ to make it darker and less harsh.

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No plugin suggested. This is itself a plugin: Dark Essence is one of the tape characters in Crane Song's Phoenix, which is what the record used.

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