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The Density control allows you to control the amount of clicks and further customize the vinyl character to your sound. Dial up the Noise, Crackle and Clicks for more lo-fi vinyl impact. Take it back to the '80s with the MM, or the Moving Magnet cartridge type for classic low-end consumer goodness. Remember we want things to sound a bit ‘cheap’. To go lo-fi, you want to avoid the modern, high-end expensive cartridges like the MC (Moving Coil), or DJ. One thing that separates Abbey Road Vinyl from other vinyl emulator plugins is its selection of cartridges. Instead of the original AR, or Abbey Road turntable, select DJ to emulate a direct-drive turntable. Take the fidelity even lower by adjusting the Turntable type. But you want to go lo-fi, so take it to Print to emulate the pressed disc that is another generation away from the original audio. Of the two Generation options, Lacquer is the cleanest and most accurate representation of the original audio. Start by making your settings as lo-fi as possible: Abbey Road Vinyl’s Generation section emulates the stage in the actual vinyl creation process. It also makes a great substitution for reverbs while maintaining definition to your sound. Dial in just a touch of the tape’s slap delay to create retro ambience. Tape Delay increases the depth of your sound.
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A little saturation and tape distortion go a long way for some dirt and analog warmth. Bring the Noise! Adding a subtle amount of tape machine noise increases the lo-fi mood. 7.5 ips will also make the Wow & Flutter effect more dramatic. Lo-fi is all about that slower tape speed. For additional lo-fi character: Go with 888: J37 Tape features three tape formulas specifically developed by EMI for Abbey Road studios – each with their own unique frequency response and harmonic distortion behavior. The EMI Tape 888 is considered the most lo-fi out of the three for its more distorted sound between 1 kHz and 8 Khz. The Rate controls the speed of deviation and the Depth controls the amount added to your sound. Flutter is deviating the pitch and simulating the movement of tape warping across the recording heads. Adjust this to get that perfectly imperfect wobble. Wow simulates the irregularities in speed you might get from a tape machine motor. Even though the original tape machines didn’t have a delay function, engineers back in the day would route different machines for slap/feedback echo effects. Tape delay can create a sense of atmosphere to your sound. Dial in a little noise to brings a subtle analog machine character to your sound for a greater lo-fi effect. Wow is perceived as a change in pitch, whereas flutter is perceived as tonal degradation, since it produces harmonic overtones (more on this later!) Noise gives you that tape hiss and added analog flavour. Wow & Flutter generates that detuned, wobbly and worn feeling identifiable with retro sound. Flux simulates the amount of magnetic radiation emitted from the record head on to the tape.This translates into that desirable, dirty thickness of tape distortion. Nominal Bias helps produce the low-level noise and saturation for a bigger, lusher sound. For some lo-fi warmth, slow it down from 15 ips to 7.5 ips to reduce the brightness and boost the lows.
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A lo-fi sound is typically generated at slower tape speeds. To take things a little back in time, insert a mono plugin component on your virtual instrument track. The stereo spread of hi-fidelity is what we want to get a little bit away from.