LostComzz

"Your signal is breaking up."

LostComzz is an audio plugin that simulates the character and imperfections of degraded radio transmission. It combines noise injection, tape-style wow & flutter modulation, dropout simulation, harmonic drive, and tone-shaping filters — all tuned across three distinct character modes: Vintage, Modern, and Futuristic.

Designed to add the sonic texture of a failing signal — static, crackling, fading, distortion — to any audio source. Whether you're processing vocals, instruments, or sound design, LostComzz brings the broken beauty of degraded communication into your DAW.

Ships with four factory presets for immediate creative use, and supports fully custom noise loops and dropout sound effects — load your own audio files to completely reshape the character of every transmission failure.

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CONTROLS OVERVIEW.

Global.

Mode — Dropdown switching between Vintage, Modern and Futuristic processing characters.

Presets — Preset bar with dropdown for factory and user presets, plus ADD (save) and DEL (delete) buttons.

Tone & Drive.

Noise — Amount of broadcast noise added to the signal, from clean to heavily hissy and static-rich.

Drive — Harmonic saturation of the transmission path, from subtle warmth to aggressive distortion.

HP Freq — High-pass filter cutoff; removes low-end before processing to focus on midrange and above.

LP Freq — Low-pass filter cutoff; rolls off the top end to create telephone or radio-style bandwidth.

Tone Tilt — Tilt EQ controlling overall balance; left darkens and boosts lows, right brightens and emphasises highs.

Level & Mix.

Signal Gain — Input gain before the processing engine; push it harder into Drive or pull level back.

Mix — Dry/wet blend between the clean and fully processed signal.

Output Trim — Final gain after all processing, for matching loudness to bypass.

Auto Gain — Automatically compensates output level to offset changes caused by the noise layer.

Wow & Flutter.

Wow & Flutter — Depth of pitch and time modulation emulating unstable tape transport or a drifting transmission carrier.

Dropout Engine.

Drop On/Off — Master switch for the dropout engine; off = continuous signal with no interruptions.

Interval Min / Max — Time range between dropouts. Narrow the range for relentless glitching; widen it for occasional failures.

Length Min / Max — Duration range of each dropout. Short values feel like quick cuts; long values produce extended signal loss.

Random — Randomises dropout timing and length for unpredictable, organic behaviour.

Drop FX On/Off — Triggers additional sound effects during each dropout — artifacts, residual noise, transmission tones.

Drop FX Vol — Level of the dropout effect layer relative to the main signal.

Noise Section.

Noise On/Off — Enables or bypasses the noise layer independently of other processing.

Noise Comp — Raises the noise floor during signal dropouts, as if the carrier hiss becomes more exposed when the audio disappears.

Digital.

Crush Bit - Depth reduction from 24-bit (off) down to 4 bit. Adds quantization noise and lo-fi character as the value decreases.

Decimation - Zero-order hold sample-rate reduction. = off; up to 32 for heavy aliasing and gritty digital artifacts.

Ghost - Magnetic print-through: adds a low-level pre-echo from the tape layer below. Simulates old tape bleed between layers.

Hum - Electrical hum oscillator added to the output. Transport-aware - only active during DAW playback. Use the 50/60 Hz switch beside the knob to match your local mains frequency.

Custom Sounds.

Load your own audio files to replace the built-in noise loop and dropout sound effects. Each mode (Vintage, Modern, Futuristic) holds its own custom sound set — swap files per mode for completely different transmission characters.

Use it on vocals to sound like you're broadcasting from a broken walkie-talkie. On drums to add grit and analog decay. On synths to build textures that feel lost in transmission. There's nothing else quite like it.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

MACOS.

OS.

macOS 10.15 Catalina or later.

Architecture.

Apple Silicon (M1+) · Intel x86_64.

Format.

VST3 / AU.

RAM.

4 GB minimum.

CPU.

Any modern multi-core.

DAW.

Cubase, Reaper, Ableton, Bitwig, FL Studio - any VST3 host.

WINDOWS.

OS.

Windows 10 (64-bit) or later.

Architecture.

x86_64.

Format.

VST3.

RAM.

4 GB minimum.

CPU.

Any modern multi-core.

DAW.

Reaper, Ableton, FL Studio, Bitwig, Cubase - any VST3 host.