AV-Ylänne have released C-Cassette Synths, available as a FREE download. Donations are welcomed.
C-Cassette Synths explores what happens when simple synthesizer oscillator sounds are recorded onto an old C-cassette tape and then brought back into the digital environment. To exaggerate the sonic character of cassette tape, the original oscillator tones were recorded two octaves higher than their intended pitch.
The recordings were captured at 192 kHz and then slowed down to quarter speed, lowering the pitch by two octaves. This process enhances the natural imperfections of cassette tape, producing warm, drifting and organic synth tones with a distinct lo-fi and 80s character.
Four oscillator types were recorded in both mono and stereo: sine, square, saw and wavetable, each captured at two different octaves. The recordings were then imported into the Zyklop synthesizer and organized into five categories:
- Bass
- Keys
- Lead
- Pad
- Pulse
Subtle amount of effects such as OTT, reverb and chorus was used to refine the sounds while preserving the character of the cassette recordings. Goal was to enhance, not chance the original recordings.
The presets are designed to be easily tweakable inside Zyklop. For example, plucked sounds can quickly be transformed into pads by adjusting the ADSR envelope, and removing spatial effects can turn certain lead sounds into usable bass patches.
Watch the trailer HERE.
C-Cassette Synths requires Zyklop.
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