Deliberate lo-fi sound

[So-Fi]

This is probably gonna sound silly, or even insane to some of you... but I want my music to have a more lo-fi feel, some subtle distortion and crispy vintage-like recordings. This goes especially for the vocals and the guitar. I'm using saturator and overdrive, but it tends to get more purely noisy than just having that special lo-fi quality, that comes when you record on crappy gear.
I know that I could just buy a really lo-fi microphone and put it to my amplifier, but I don't have any money whatsoever, so I'm using recording directly through my audio-interface...

Examples of the sound I want could be bands like Minks (for example the song Kusmi) or Sic Alps (for example the song "DO You Want to Give $$")

I guess I'm just curious if anyone has some tips or tricks.

thanks in advance

[glenn303]

Try using Redux in Lives audio FX, its a bit reducer.

[Rabalder]

Earn some money.. Buy some old analog gear..

I was previously looking for a "high quality lo-fi sound". Analog gear dude!!! A whole new world of lo-fi awesomeness!!!!

[4.33]

^^
utter bullshit

you need eq, compression, tape saturation, slapback delays and spring reverbs, attitude and knowledge of mixing

[andydes]

Some of these are all pretty good for a bit of fake analogue warmth (the reverb and compressor are nice too). PC only though.


http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/vst-effects/

[Rabalder]

@4.33

@So-fi: You can acheive good lo-fi sounding stuff with Live alone. If you want true lo-fi straight out of the box, youll need some cash..

All depends on your point of referance.

[oddpop]

I@m in a similar boat. I've been trying to get drum machines to sound like Velvet undergound lately and its bloody hard.

I usually re-amp stuff or run it out to analogue through this old mixer and over-drive the mixer a bit.

sometimes helps.

[razorblade]

Oddly enough, my favorite lo-fi plugin is the lofi preamp model in Pod Farm...Makes everything sound like it's being broadcast from 1947.

[Yoseph]

Use EQ, r'verb, and some heavy compression. LOFI

[triss]

just incase you haven't thought....
record stuff through your laptop mic and layer it with the original?

[nylarch]

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2011/02/c ... d-adapter/

[oblique strategies]

I've been trying to get drum machines to sound like Velvet undergound lately and its bloody hard.

A noble quest.

[Zeddy]

Try recording out onto a cassette deck, and then record the tape back into Live. It will add some nice tape saturation.

[Broken Chip]

Get a four track tape recorder off ebay. This will give you all the "wow and flutter" you need. The trusty Boss 303 sampler is also a great tool for lo-fi recordings and has some great effects.

[Elevated01]

I've been trying to get drum machines to sound like Velvet undergound lately and its bloody hard.

A noble quest.