Making synth sounds sound lo fi??

[dmarz45]

I was listenin to that dilla track "raw Shit" and I was just wondering how he got those synths to sound so lo fi so they matched the drums?

[third world]

sample em.

[8th]

use filters and other fx, something like psp nitro or one I like is retrovox, some people like izotope trash for that grimey sound

[James Meeker]

Izotope Vinyl can be cool, and it's free.

[azwun25]

Originally Posted by James Meeker

Izotope Vinyl can be cool, and it's free.

i really dig this plug and love the price tag. Then there is this

otiumFX :: Sonitex STX-1260 VST

I heard it was pretty sick but haven't got around to the demo. A good bit crusher would do the trick as well.

[PettyCash]

My approach to this would be to use some kind of sampler, like a BOSS or something and sample the sound into it. It will definitely come back out sounding more lofi.

[cynic one]

.......i'll skip the obvious stuff.

how about after you record into your DAW, pitch down 3 cents, then back up 3 cents (or get more extreme and do a whole octave at a time)? gives it a lo-fi artifact type sound.

another trick i like to use is audio damage's deverb or ratshack reverb. both can sound really grimey and give the nicest of sounds some dirt.

[cynic one]

.......and here's another tactic those of us with the mpc1k can do...(os 1.7 only)

YouTube - Jessiah Glitch

i used that on this song for all the instrument samples (piano, fx)

Flying Brick Records CRITIC BEATDOWN

[Lipps]

Originally Posted by James Meeker

Izotope Vinyl can be cool, and it's free.

[Dor]

Originally Posted by cynic

.......i'll skip the obvious stuff.

how about after you record into your DAW, pitch down 3 cents, then back up 3 cents (or get more extreme and do a whole octave at a time)? gives it a lo-fi artifact type sound.

another trick i like to use is audio damage's deverb or ratshack reverb. both can sound really grimey and give the nicest of sounds some dirt.

I never really got desirable artifacts pitching up and down in a daw or wave editor. Sounds blah to me.

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[linndrum9000]

Try running your synth through a shit dj mixer. Roll off a bit of high end to take away the sparkle. Then if your sampling into an mpc or something you can pitch it down, 16 levels it filter it whatever.

[sleestack]

record them to cassette tape and then re-record them to cassette tape.

[Switchcraft]

Maxed out tape emulations like V-Tape, ironoxide, bit reducers and filters. Usually in that order.
done.

[linndrum9000]

Originally Posted by sleestack

record them to cassette tape and then re-record them to cassette tape.

That always works.

[Tibbon]

Reamp stuff.
Run it through some ****ed up filter like a 6581.
use anything metasonix.

Why have hiphop guys not discovered modular synths?

[aussie_techie]

Run it through lo-fi

[glowworm]

If you are feeling adventurous, take a really shitty mic and actually run the sound inside of a really tight space, through a speaker(shitty as well is cool). It should give you a result that dose not have quite a comb filtering effect to it. I have had great success making stuff sound lo-fi this way.thumbsup

[LewisWu]

Originally Posted by sleestack

record them to cassette tape and then re-record them to cassette tape.

+1