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_retro grade SSS127




_retro grade is that lo-fi tape meets digital effect that everyone loves for Ableton Intro. 128 lo-fi to study by presets + 12 controls to make anyone a master of magnetics in no time.


Glue, saturate, warble, add noise, crush, and degrade your way back to the prehistoric ages with this Ableton Intro compatible effects rack. Go from slightly hazy vibes, to “that’s definitely lo-fi,” to utterly broken, with this all-in-one tape inspired multi-effect. We even added a “scrub” control that allows you to mess around with the tape speed directly and glitch it out for some pretty unique results.


Our aim was to make an easy to effect, that everyone seems to want, but make it work in Ableton Intro with stock devices. We hope it serves you well for all your over-the-top tape style effects.


Degradation rules the nation.


The Controls


volume

  • overall output level control.


degrade / degrade focus

  • add analogue lo-fi degradation

  • use degrade focus to shift the tone of the degradation 


crush / crush focus

  • add digital lo-fi degradation

  • use crush focus to shift the tone of the crush


grain / grain focus

  • add texture and grit to the signal

  • use grain focus to shift the tone of the grain


wow / wow speed

  • add tape wow/flutter warbles

  • use wow speed to speed up the warbles


age

  • increase for a thinner and darker midrange sound


tape

  • Add tape style compression


scrub

  • move back and forth to emulate tape head scrubbing

  • dial values from 40-80 results in freezing effects

  • set to minimum to bypass scrubbing

  • do not attempt to have fun


• Minimum requirements: Ableton 11.3+ Intro

• 1 Ableton Effect Rack Device (1 .ADG file)

• 128 Effects Presets

• 12 Macro Controls

• Designed in Vancouver, Canada by Subsocial Studios.


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