Whilst the humble EQ and compressor are almost undoubtedly the most important tools known to man, or at least us music producers, the filter comes in a close runner-up.įor those of us looking to turn back the clock on our sound, filtering becomes more important still specifically of the low pass variety. Whilst my aim here is far from presenting a comprehensive list of devices that will help grunge up your mix, I’d like to explore only the most crucial and essential toys of the trade and thus provide you with a solid platform from which to begin your gritty sonic experiments. Let’s take a look at my 5 top tools for taking things back to the days of low fidelity, shall we? Leaving the bug-that-must-not-be-named to one side for now, today I’d like to focus our collective production lens on tools and tricks that will help make your music to sound like it came from another era, a time of transistors, tubes and frayed wires!įrom Synthwave to LoFi Hip Hop, that hazy, retro sound is an irresistible force in today’s popular music and one that we certainly don’t mind indulging in more than a little here at ModeAudio.
Nostalgia was big in 2019 but thanks to a certain pandemic that has swept the globe over the past 12 months, it had an even bigger year in 2020.
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