Is there anything superior to the Scream4 Tape in the VST world?

[Heigen5]

Is there anything superior to the Scream4 Tape-compression in the VST world?
As Scream4 has served me already since 2003, I would be now ready to try out something else as well.

Thanks!

[Mr. Watts]

I really like Softube Tape, got it a while back for $50 and it’s been my go to tape plugin. Just got Waves J37 also as a freebie after spending $50 on their site but haven’t had a chance to use it yet. Seems to be pretty popular as well. Airwindows makes some good tape emu’s also, just gotta route them in a combinator and your good to go. Really wish we could get an updated combinator with more knobs and features just for airwindows plugs !

[DougalDarkly]

I like the tape saturation (and others) in Trash 2 - multiband too - works wonders on kicks!
And of course Trash 2 can do a lot besides...
It's usually on sale on its own or as part of a bundle pretty regularly too.

[BRIGGS]

Have you tried Saturn 2?

[Boombastix]

Saturation FX: Klanghelm SDRR. Very versatile and the price is silly low.
Authentic Tape Emulation: IK Multimedia. Nothing like their take sim. Hands down the best tape if you want real tape, not gimmicks.

[ProfessaKaos]

I like the tape saturation (and others) in Trash 2 - multiband too - works wonders on kicks!
And of course Trash 2 can do a lot besides...
It's usually on sale on its own or as part of a bundle pretty regularly too.

I concur, Trash 2 is really good once you delve into it and learn it. Really good on kicks and bass because of it's multi-band and 2 stage saturation per band functionality, and all the other little tweaks you can do within each band.
Another couple of my favourites are PSP MixSaturator2 and Unfiltered Audio Indent 2.

[DaveyG]

Trash 2 is the only one you'll ever need.

[Spryx]

I'll be the odd guy out, but give Cytomic's The Scream a try... it is hands down the best distortion i've heard from a plugin.

[BlkRd]

ReelBus 4 is very fairly priced and my personal favorite all things considered from demoing numerable tape plugins (Satin, Saturn(1), Ozone Stuff, TRacks, Waves, etc). For my needs ReelBus 4 is just amazing value and sounds beautiful. Good luck with it all!