Module Reference · Saturation & Character
Lo-Fi
Lo-Fi is broken media as an instrument. Bit-depth reduction down to 4 bits and vintage-sampler rate reduction, with a filter choice that decides how rough the digital grit gets - from full harsh-artifact chaos (aliasing) to clean vintage-sampler crunch - plus jitter and noise-shaping options for precise control over exactly which kind of digital dirt you get.
The media layer stacks vinyl scratches, cassette wear, mains hum at 50 or 60 Hz, disc warp, and five noise characters from white to radio static. A modeled Speaker stage - telephone, AM radio, cassette deck, small speaker - and a dedicated lo-fi saturator finish the picture. Every degradation is a separate knob, so you can dial a specific broken device instead of a vague "lo-fi" wash.
Why it hits different
The GhostWare take.
- Separately dialable digital, media and speaker degradation layers.
- Pre and post filters choose your flavor of digital grit - harsh or rounded.
- Five noise types plus hum, scratch, wear and warp - a whole junk shop.
In the shot
Reading the panel.
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BIT TRANSFER
The bit-crush staircase with live BITS / HOLD readout.
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2
WOW METER
Playback wobble from the wow / warp section.
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CRUSH DECK
Bit depth, rate reduce, noise, speaker and dither.
Control Showcase
Every control, explained.
26 controls, named exactly as they appear in the plugin.
Reduces resolution from 16 bits down to crunchy 4-bit grit.
Reduces the digital resolution for classic vintage-sampler grit - higher values are rougher.
Randomizes the resampling clock for unstable, dirty conversion.
Level of the added media noise.
Random dust ticks and pops on top of the noise bed.
Slow pitch warble, like a worn cassette.
Fast pitch instability on top of the wow.
A low-pass that darkens everything, like cheap playback hardware.
Extra digital crush on top of the bit-depth reduction.
Flavor of the bit-crush grit: Midtread (classic, quiet passages can cut to silence) or Midrise (always a little noise, never fully silent).
Adds a whisper of noise that turns the bit-crush crunch into smooth, tape-like hiss.
Softens the stair-step roughness left by the rate reducer.
Filter before the rate reducer: Off is full harsh-artifact chaos (aliasing), Steep is clean vintage-sampler style.
Filter after the rate reducer that rounds off the leftover digital fizz.
What the noise sounds like: White, Vinyl crackle, Cassette hiss, digital Hash or Radio static.
Mains hum level.
Mains hum frequency - 50 Hz (Europe) or 60 Hz (US).
Vinyl-style scratches and surface damage.
Overall media wear: duller, dirtier, less stable.
Slow disc-warp pitch bending.
Speed of the warp cycle, like RPM of a warped record.
Plays the result through a modeled device: Telephone, AM Radio, Cassette deck or a Small Speaker.
The lo-fi saturation flavor: Soft, Hard, Fold or degraded Media.
How hard the signal hits the lo-fi saturator.
Thins the low end, a key part of small-device realism.
A hard output ceiling: nothing leaves the module louder than this.