
Platforms supported: Mac OS 10.7 and up including Catalina. More often than not a little goes a long way! Its six algorithms can sound heavenly on some things and totally destroy others. The effect algorithms respond very differently to different sounds and instruments - so you never quite know where you’ll end up.Īnd a final word of warning: Super VHS is not a ‘one-size fits all’ kind of effect. Instead, you have all the controls you need at your fingertips - allowing you to create the right sound for any purpose in a simple and intuitive way (faster and more rewarding than by clicking through presets). Like the ‘I Heart NY’ parallel compressor, Super VHS isn’t designed for preset browsing.
HIDDEN PROCESSING: High shelf EQ attenuation, bit-crusher, limiter. MIX: Controls the over-all wet/dry balance. WASH: A grainy, unnatural sounding, hall reverb, inspired by digital rack effects from the VHS-era. DRIFT: An internal LFO creating unpredictable pitch and time fluctuations, ranging from ‘natural’ to ‘supernatural’. MAGIC: A lush “Juno style” chorus - but modeled with a slightly darker and more detuned tone. SHAPE: A sample rate reducer (with some extras) inspired by 1980s 8-bit samplers. HEAT: A warm sounding saturation algorithm inspired by ‘consumer-grade’ tape machines from the early 1980s. STATIC: A synthesized hum, generated by a pink noise oscillator mixed with a digital saw wave. Each effect has just a single control, but multiple parameters under the hood, allowing you to find endless combinations to transform your synths, samples, guitars, drums, vocals and beyond. Super VHS will add some lofi authenticity to whatever clean sound you run through it - from a subtle touch of character to extreme sonic twists that leave your head spinning. The result is six unique effects coming together in a versatile signal chain. All with the click of a single button, right inside your DAW. + Internal/hidden EQ, bit-crusher and limiter.īaby Audio wanted this plugin to be like sending your sounds back in time, then re-discovering them on a worn-out VHS tape 30 years later. FeaturesĪ chain of six meticulously crafted ‘one-knob’ effects: We named it ‘Super’ for its powers and ‘VHS’ for its sound. Meet a complex algorithm with eight simple knobs.
So we set out on a mission to capture the lofi spirit of our favorite decade – and bring it into a new decade. Super VHS v1.1.1 VST VST3 AU AAX Ī ‘lofi flavor’ beast – Feel the lofi vibes of the VHS era.Īs kids of the 80s we have always been drawn to the sound of slightly out-of-tune synths, warm tape saturation, gritty samples and grainy reverbs.