I’m noticing around a 3db volume push when engaging the Headspace algo. It occurs whether the delays are mixed in or not. I can have all 4 heads at 0 level and will still get this volume spike.
If I drop the in or the out gain by -3 it’s closer to unity.
I’m just trying to figure out if this is intentional or a bug. I know old tape units like the Echoplex are famous for their preamps so maybe it’s modeling that? Which is great, but I’m looking for a clean tape sound and would like to avoid that spike, I just need to know if it’s part of the design or an error, and if it is part of the algorithm, what’s the exact number I need to turn things down to achieve unity gain?