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BASTL Microgranny is back – in a limited Monolith edition with Bogdan Raczynski
microGranny 2 was discontinued – but it gets one last lease on life, in a very limited Monolith edition. It’s a “final form” for the beloved 8-bit, lo-fi granular sample instrument.
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Music videos come to Game Boy Advance carts, in the ultra-chillwave world of Slow Magic
Video killed the radio star, then reality TV killed MTV, then social media killed the Internet. Well, it’s back, all of it. Sort of. The Game Boy Advance will save us. And that brings us back to some retro Asheville chillwave from the more innocent age of 2012.
Peter Kirn - August 18, 2022
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Free plug-ins: Arturia Tape MELLO-FI adds Mellotron tape goodness to anything
‘Tis the season to throw some wobbly retro tape qualities to your tracks on some holiday break time for all of us, hopefully. Arturia’s Tape MELLO-FI brings a full spectrum of distortion, lo-fi tape, and width and color options – for free through the end of the month.
Peter Kirn - December 21, 2021
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Read this story of how the original Xbox startup sound was created
Peter Kirn - October 20, 2021
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Free Downgrade turns Ableton Live into lo-fi wobbly vaporwave tape
Peter Kirn - April 17, 2019
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Legowelt turned Amiga floppy samples into a free drum kit
Peter Kirn - February 29, 2016
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Daedelus and Bleep Labs Have Made a Sampler Delay Thing
Peter Kirn - June 2, 2015
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