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

[jsp1979]

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

I think that's the crux of it, those lofi study YT channels and playlists are incredibly popular, people making some serious cash off them.

So (being a total cynic...) maybe 'producers' are seeing them as an easy way to make money, not the most taxing of genres (IMOSHO) especially if you have the tools/samples...

Yep, streaming is king and people play lots of those beats to chill-by channels for hours at a time.

[dumbledog]

Brian Eno was right.

E: and there's nothing better for walking the dog on a chilly night than some chill beats

[Vortifex]

Lofi hiphop has been the default genre aspiration for a lot of young producers for some time now. It's relatively easy to make and there are lofi playlists everywhere. Easy crowd to market to.

[Hewitt Huntwork]

I think this market is still underserved as far as instruments go. For FX there's a ton, but most of the instruments I see could be much better. On the low end, there's a bunch of Maize Sampler instruments that need to be on your C drive, and on the high end there is Spectrasonics' Expansion and Falcon's expansion. I haven't used Falcon's but the Spectrasonics one is a bit... extra - the enemy of lofi. I'll check out Phonec 2 mentioned earlier in this thread.

[MattLeschuck]

I find that lo-fi type synth patches and lo-fi type effects crossover well into other genres. Another reason why they are popular.

[hebex]

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

Because the lofi grainy computer generated sound disguises the sound otherwise not passing as enough authentic analog sounding.

[kvotchin]

Because nostalgia sells, particularly when tsome vague concept of a “golden age” can be pimped out, and what-many-people-think-of-as-“the-80s-sound” (and vision, actually) has for a while now been the supreme nostalgia du jour: reel to reel recording, albums on cassette, movies on VHS tape, crappy car audio systems, walkmans, low bitrate and sample rate digital gear, etc.

[vurt]

Because nostalgia sells, particularly when tsome vague concept of a “golden age” can be pimped out, and what-many-people-think-of-as-“the-80s-sound” (and vision, actually) has for a while now been the supreme nostalgia du jour: reel to reel recording, albums on cassette, movies on VHS tape, crappy car audio systems, walkmans, low bitrate and sample rate digital gear, etc.

so long as i don't have to get a perm or wear a pastel suit with the sleeves rolled up

[vurt]

though i would benefit from shoulder pads

[Shabdahbriah]

though i would benefit from shoulder pads

That's an awfully long way to pee.

[vurt]

though i would benefit from shoulder pads

That's an awfully long way to pee.

i had the whole unit, transplanted to the shoulder, to fool people who try to kick me in the balls

[dlandis]

see also: covers of Time magazine.

Excellent!

Think: David Byrne.

[vurt]

ok, lo fi chords midi pack...

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

[Michael L]

ok, lo fi chords midi pack...

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

The chord progressions make very little progress

[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