Best one to get a vintage effect?

[Transfigurationsofbeing]

Hi friends, I'm looking for a plugin that ages the sound, which one do you recommend I should try? On the other hand, I'm looking for the effect not only because I want to find something cool , but because some that I've tried, don't stop applying the effect even when the sound where I've inserted it, is no longer playing. Thank you very much for your recommendations!

[JerGoertz]

Here are some (try the demo's):

- XLN Audio RC-20
- Goodhertz Tupe/Wow/Tupe-Wow
- Wave Alchemy TapeWave
- Jatin Chowdhury ChowTape (free)
- Impact Soundworks Tape Sculptor (basically paid version of ChowTape with a few more features)
- Wavesfactory Cassette
- Soundghost Drift

[cryophonik]

….but because some that I've tried, don't stop applying the effect even when the sound where I've inserted it, is no longer playing. Thank you very much for your recommendations!

Yeah, a common issue with many of these plugins is that the tape hum, hiss, noise, etc is always present and that’s not always the desired effect (e.g., when you only want it on the vocals). Usually, the best solution is to put a gate plugin right after it.

[Benedict]

Hiss etc being permanent represents the real world as electronics hisses all the time that it is on. It is electrons doing the electricity thing. That is vintage and when done nicely adds real presence.

If you don't want any or all devices hissing away like Satanic asps, simply use a Gate. Again this is how vintage works. Plenty of old records you can hear gates opening and closing.

The video Mr Snake Oil just posted on the new Hornet Overtones thing at times sounded very vintage-distorty. Seems a bit unready perhaps. I do like and still occasionally use the Hornet Analog Stage but the older version as I did not dig the new one. His new stuff seems to have issues.

Again older, but this tape unit has a slightly different charm and the presets are actually useful as a this, or this, or this thing.


Most of the vintage-izers make things sound silly with all kinds of warble and distortion of a style that was never there in real recordings. That makes them a modernizer (or Hipsterizer) which is what most are really after.

[JerGoertz]

Most of the vintage-izers make things sound silly with all kinds of warble and distortion of a style that was never there in real recordings. That makes them a modernizer (or Hipsterizer) which is what most are really after.

Yes, I think there are a lot of vintage-izer plugins that are pretty over-the-top, or at least many of their presets and demo songs display this side. In my experience and opinion, subtlety is key, as is adding various aspects of the vintage sound in stages or layers.

[seangm]

Unfiltered Audio Lo-Fi AF

[jamcat]

Arturia Tape MELLO-FI

[Lotuz2019]

I'm looking for a plugin that ages the sound

Could you be more specific? There a quite a few plugins available that can age your sound in various ways. Do you want studio quality sound from a certain era or do you want to make it sound very lofi like dusty vinyl recorded onto worn tape played back through tiny speakers for example?

[martiu]

Unfiltered Audio Needlepoint is very good for that, it is 20$ at Plugin Alliance

[sinkmusic]

Audiothing Reels
Lifeline Console

[Julion]

Hi friends, I'm looking for a plugin that ages the sound, which one do you recommend I should try? On the other hand, I'm looking for the effect not only because I want to find something cool , but because some that I've tried, don't stop applying the effect even when the sound where I've inserted it, is no longer playing. Thank you very much for your recommendations!

Not sure if you're a Reason user, but Needle from Dusty Devices is by far the most authentic-sounding vinyl simulator. I recommend keeping an eye on them for future releases, I heard rumors that more lofi processors are in the pipeline!

[paramita123]

Before you spend your cash, at least try the free and in my view pretty good BPB Dirty VHS
The golden mode often does it for me. Free and quite a lot of features :

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/free-v ... dirty-vhs/

[dysjoint]

+1 for Needlepoint. Also the Neold stuff. You can get part way there with filters/tone shaping and saturation if you don't want all the noise and wow and flutter.

[audiorea]

Try Bandbreite it's a free plugin made by a former NI developer who went independent.
It’s an amazing plugin, and I actually wanted to write a separate post about it.
Other plugins I love that don’t require a separate gate are RC-20 and Reels, as they both have Envelope Follow for noise.
I also love Ghz, Sketch Cassette, Arturia Mello-Fi & J37, but they do need a gate after the noise

[noddog]

RC-20