MCI-JH16 Tape Emulations (GENESIS)

AnalogX – MCI-JH16 Tape Emulations (GENESIS)
Exclusive to Genesis | Modelled at 48kHz | Powered by Gold and our new High Quality Modelling Tier
💥 Price: £25 | Format: .gen (Genesis Exclusive) | Availability: Download now

🌀 The Full Tape Experience, Captured from a Studio Legend

The AnalogX MCI-JH16 Tape Emulations bring the depth, warmth, and tonal complexity of a classic 2-inch 16-track tape machine into your DAW. these 16 Tracks of True Tape have now been upgraded to our High Quality Modelling Tier, delivering stunning analog tone with greater harmonic resolution, richer saturation behaviour, and a more fluid response.

This pack gives you all 16 tracks at 15 ips — for total flexibility and realism.

🧬 A Brief History of the MCI JH16

The MCI JH16 was one of the first 16-track 2-inch multitrack recorders, widely adopted during the golden era of analog studio recording. Known for its transformer-based circuitry and rugged build, the JH16 delivered a warm, punchy tone with subtle tape compression that helped define countless records throughout the '70s and early '80s.

This emulation captures its full multitrack behaviour — including tone variation, and near analog glue — so you can mix with that same vintage sound that engineers once tracked through.

🎚️ What’s Inside

• All 16 Tracks Sampled at 15 ips – Saturated, warm, low-end rich tone. Perfect for classic rock, soul, drum-heavy tracks, or analog-weighted mixes.

💡 Why It Stands Out

• All 16 Tracks Included – Full multitrack emulation for authentic tape workflow
• True Tape emulations - for warmth and glue and that true "Vintage vibe"
• Flexible Gain Staging – Perfect for drums, vocals, guitars, or full multitrack stems
• Offline Bounce Friendly – Ideal for pre-processing all stems through tape before mixing

⚙️ How to Use It in Genesis

• Insert one of the MCI profiles onto each track in your session
• Set source levels to –18 RMS with peaks between -12 to -6 dbfs with Red Drive at Unity (0)tape emulations
• Adjust Genesis output to balance loudness pre/post
• For High Quality Models, print/freeze your tracks if CPU becomes a factor — the sound is worth it

*IMPORTANT - real vintage tapes have high noise floors compared to digital medium. The Emulations are designed to be used with the Red Drive at Unity, if you reduce the red drive to negative values you will bring more of the natural noise floor of the machine into play, if this is not what you want keep red drive at unity or above.

📦 Applications

• Multitrack Workflow – Load each track with a corresponding MCI emulation to recreate real analog tape path
• Mix Bus Processing – 15ips on the stereo bus for natural glue, push high end Eq into these for vintage tape flavour
• Instrument Tracking – Use on vocals, drums, synths, and guitars to add tape saturation and control
• Sound Design – Add tape harmonic depth and low-end softening to sampled material
• Tape Bouncing Workflow – Process stems through tape before you even start mixing

We’ve always said we don’t pretend to be analog — but our users keep telling us otherwise. Time and time again, producers say our emulations do sound like the real thing. Some even tell us to stop being so modest and just own it. So, alright… you got it.

Welcome to the world of truly analog-sounding emulations — inside the box.

📄 AnalogX Product Disclaimer

AnalogX products are digital emulations inspired by both classic and modern recording devices. Our products are designed to emulate and pay homage to iconic hardware, vintage circuits, and our own DSP creations.

We use a combination of open-source technology and proprietary modelling systems developed entirely in-house. AnalogX has no formal affiliation, endorsement, or licensing arrangement with any hardware manufacturer. Names, visuals, and references are used only for context and educational description.

All AnalogX products are distributed as digital downloads only, containing no physical components. Trademarks and product names remain the property of their respective owners.

By using AnalogX products, customers acknowledge these are independent digital emulations and not official hardware recreations.