The third module is Saturation & Distortion (which might just make your other saturation plugin obsolete). Next up is the Wobble & Flutter module, which emulates the unstable playback qualities of analog gear, like tape machines and record players. The Noise Generator gives you access to a variety of noise types, be it tape hiss, vinyl crackle, ambient studio noise, stompbox stack noise, or electric circuit hum. The secret of RC-20 Retro Color (which isn’t much of a secret) is hidden in the six modules apparent form the expertly designed user interface. Music Tech found it a “soul-warming slice of awesome,” DJ Zinc loved it on synths and textures, and Sound on Sound thought it brought life and texture to one’s audio. XLN Audio’s RC-20 Retro Color is one of our favorites, and many producers seem to agree. You can hear several of the effects in the video below. Flux Machine also includes a warm tape saturation, dark and bright controls, an intensity slider, and two time modes (free-running or sync).įinally, LoFi Flux Light is the reduced version of Flux Machine, and it includes a warble section, two time modes, jitter mode, and slow mode. It also has a tone section that allows for total tone shaping control. LoFi Flux Machine delivers analog modelled tape warble and flutter to your tracks. Pitch Dropout includes six dropout modes, with Mono and Stereo dropout modes, Trigger Dropouts with adjustable Chance and an automatable Dropout button, Amount dial, and more. Like a tape in an old playback system getting stuck and speeding up, this plugin can add pitch errors and flux to your signal. There’s also a Dust control that allows you to add noise and artifacts. This one is basically an analog tape player effect with Flux, Noise, and Muffle, and customizable start and stop times. This one literally allows you to play with time and pitch with two virtual tapes (with different playback speeds), freeze audio (and change its sound), add pitch fluctuations and chorusing with Tape Age, add delay, and more. This package includes five lo-fi products, and we’ll be looking at each. We could have highlighted and shared about each, but since they have a convenient and reasonably priced bundle simply called The LoFi Bundle, we thought we’d talk about that here. Yum Audio has so many fascinating, highly rated lo-fi VST effects that frankly it’s hard to know which to feature. But at this price point, simply couldn’t resist making the versatile Lifeline Console our best overall pick. There are plenty of competitors nipping at this one’s heels. Check out the video below to hear it in action. You can do all kinds of things to your sounds, transforming ordinary instruments into sound designed material. Overall, we find Lifeline Console quite flexible. It might affect usability a bit, but we like it anyway.įreemasons thought the plugin went above and beyond the call, Bedroom Producers blog said it was a versatile channel strip plugin, and composer / producer / sound designer Dokkodo Sounds thought it was inspirational. The only downside, if there is one, is the size of the font, which seems a tad thin and small (though it is in keeping with flat vector design). Flat vector artists take note – this is how its done! The pastel colors against the subtle grey backgrounds and just a touch of drop shadow on the knobs make it an eye-catching plugin. The interface is simply a thing of beauty. In total, Lifeline Console features five effects modules, 15 unique algorithms (with 243 different combinations), interactive display for each module, left / right and mid / side functionality per module, drag and drop workflow, scrollable and resizable UI, 325 presets, and zero latency. The five modules include Pre-amp for warming up your signal with saturation and customizable frequency response, EQ for spectral shaping, Compressor with an Auto Makeup control, Modulation with tape speed variations and warped records, and Wear with noise and artifacts from tape, vinyl, and cassette. The promise of Excite Audio’s Lifeline Console is “instant analog character.”Ī quick look at the interface and you may have already noticed that the Lifeline Console has a modular, drag and drop design, kind of like the RC-20 Retro Color.
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