Opinion: why so many lofi libraries/effects these days?

[Michael L]

as midi is not audio, how can a chord be lo fi?

I said pretty much the same in this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=8608625#p8608625
LoFi Midi FFS

Whoa, perfect example. Two notes change in an entire progression. Zzzz . . .

[dumbledog]

ok, lo fi chords midi pack...

surely that's just chords?
as midi is not audio, how can a chord be lo fi?

Add a 'seventh' to it.

[metamorphosis]

Same goes to too many Taiko drum sounds in market. Many are very expensive.

but not a single lo fi taiko drum plugin

It's called a 'tom drum'. (honestly, just roll off the top end of a taiko and it's a tom)

[BONES]

To answer the titular question which, of course, I find titilating in a very school boy way, it's because people are idiots and you can sell them anything if you find the right angle. In this case it's nostalgia, which is very big in music these days because contemporary music has largely been rubbish for some time now. That makes it an easy sell.

[Dirtgrain]

I guess I’m supposed to be making more beats for people to relax/study to?

Dear Dumbquestions:

WTF?

[rod_zero]

I am actually surprised there are instruments when the results can be achieved with effects anyway.

[thecontrolcentre]

as midi is not audio, how can a chord be lo fi?

I said pretty much the same in this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=8608625#p8608625
LoFi Midi FFS

Whoa, perfect example. Two notes change in an entire progression. Zzzz . . .

So ... Lofi is a genre now (?) rather than a production ethic.

[Michael L]

as midi is not audio, how can a chord be lo fi?

I said pretty much the same in this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=8608625#p8608625
LoFi Midi FFS

Whoa, perfect example. Two notes change in an entire progression. Zzzz . . .

So ... Lofi is a genre now (?) rather than a production ethic.

With its own musicology and history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo-fi_music

[whyterabbyt]

I guess I’m supposed to be making more beats for people to relax/study to?

yes. your mandated quota is fifteen by 3pm friday. failure to comply will result in termination.

[martinjuenke]

Lofi was loved even in those days:
viewtopic.php?p=1883677

[elxsound]

as midi is not audio, how can a chord be lo fi?

I said pretty much the same in this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=8608625#p8608625
LoFi Midi FFS

Whoa, perfect example. Two notes change in an entire progression. Zzzz . . .

So ... Lofi is a genre now (?) rather than a production ethic.

With its own musicology and history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo-fi_music

That’s a poorly written page, referring to it often as a type of music while simultaneously referencing specific genres and including wrongly placed notes as a characteristic of lo-if sound. It’s overly broad and I know I can edit the page, but might as well let the absurdity stand alongside the marketing for a lo-fi midi pack.

[Michael L]

as midi is not audio, how can a chord be lo fi?

I said pretty much the same in this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=8608625#p8608625
LoFi Midi FFS

Whoa, perfect example. Two notes change in an entire progression. Zzzz . . .

So ... Lofi is a genre now (?) rather than a production ethic.

With its own musicology and history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo-fi_music

That’s a poorly written page, referring to it often as a type of music while simultaneously referencing specific genres and including wrongly placed notes as a characteristic of lo-if sound. It’s overly broad and I know I can edit the page, but might as well let the absurdity stand alongside the marketing for a lo-fi midi pack.

Lo-fi writing is part of the genre.
That page has lo-fi artistic integrity.
Respect!

[elxsound]

I said pretty much the same in this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=8608625#p8608625
LoFi Midi FFS

Whoa, perfect example. Two notes change in an entire progression. Zzzz . . .

So ... Lofi is a genre now (?) rather than a production ethic.

With its own musicology and history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo-fi_music

That’s a poorly written page, referring to it often as a type of music while simultaneously referencing specific genres and including wrongly placed notes as a characteristic of lo-if sound. It’s overly broad and I know I can edit the page, but might as well let the absurdity stand alongside the marketing for a lo-fi midi pack.

Lo-fi writing is part of the genre.
That page has lo-fi artistic integrity.
Respect!

So true.

[Michael L]

Whoa, perfect example. Two notes change in an entire progression. Zzzz . . .

So ... Lofi is a genre now (?) rather than a production ethic.

With its own musicology and history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo-fi_music

That’s a poorly written page, referring to it often as a type of music while simultaneously referencing specific genres and including wrongly placed notes as a characteristic of lo-if sound. It’s overly broad and I know I can edit the page, but might as well let the absurdity stand alongside the marketing for a lo-fi midi pack.

Lo-fi writing is part of the genre.
That page has lo-fi artistic integrity.
Respect!

So true.

According To Wikipedia, these lyrics were from a Grammy-nominated 1966 lo-fi song on a lo-fi album by pioneering lo-fi artists!
Are these lyrics poorly written with wrongly-placed words that need editing?
Or, are they a work of genius in a musical genre that did not then exist?

na na na na na, na na na
Na na na na na, na na na (bop bop-bop-bop-bop, bop)
Do do do do do, do do do (bop bop-bop-bop-bop, bop)
Do do do do do, do do do (bop bop-bop-bop-bop, bop)

[thecontrolcentre]

Back in the 90's a lot of that "lofi sound" was caused by low sample memory in affordable samplers. Kit like the Cheetah SX16 had only 512kb of sample memory, so people sampled at very low sample rates to fit more in. I think my Roland S-550 had a 1 mb. It was great when the Yamaha A3000 came out with 120MB RAM and the possibility of adding a HDD.