any way to make your synths sound shitty?

[tripwire22]

like take 9 Samurai's piano and i guess horn section it sounds so classic cheap and vintage. i want a similar sound. or is this down to sample selection?

[drokkr]

Sample selection but also processing of your sounds comes into play here.

Off the top of my head - try subtle bit crushing, re-sampling to shit quality mp3s, layering on some vinyl crackles...

[wayoftheworld]

lfo --> filter cutoff

[tripwire22]

lfo --> filter cutoff

ill try this one. THIS must be the way to do this maybe on my bass. i might even make a new sound never b4 used. im thinkin something that moves almost like a wob wob. idk what ill call it though. ANY IDEAS.................

[Blue Patterns]

jb time machine

[deadly_habit]

got a mic? how about a tape recorder?

[jsills]

i want to say the horn loop sounds like a sample but not sure. the horns and piano sound filtered out, probably low pass filtered. that will take the brightness and digital sound out and give you a more lofi sound. a few things ill do to dirty as sample beside filtering would definitely include saturation and bit crushing to give a warmer crunchier sound. and like drokkr said i love layering in samples of vinyl crackle to give anything a really dirty sound lofi sound.

[__________]

run them through a shitty old mixer. i got a 60's allen and heath which makes everything sound shitty

[narcissus]

lfo --> filter cutoff

ill try this one. THIS must be the way to do this maybe on my bass. i might even make a new sound never b4 used. im thinkin something that moves almost like a wob wob. idk what ill call it though. ANY IDEAS.................

nah, you should oscillate your drums instead...

[gravity]

if you have a mic, play it out some shit speakers and record it again. should make it sound pretty ropey, plus you will get some natural room reverb on top of it, which can be nice.

[LFpHUNK]

ah. shit, one of my favorite topics.

best way to get that shitty sound is to eat hella food that makes you wana take a PHAT shit and then take a shit and then record yourself taking a shit. mic placment is KEY during this process, cause if you FUCK it up your gonna have to do the WHOLE god damn thing again. so unless you like taking a SHIT do this SHIT right.

when you feel like you've gotten a good recording (usually takes me 4-5 attempts), just stick that bad boy in ya sampler and it should sound pretty much like shit. a shitty sounding synth to be exact.

[JFK]

ah. shit, one of my favorite topics.

best way to get that shitty sound is to eat hella food that makes you wana take a PHAT shit and then take a shit and then record yourself taking a shit. mic placment is KEY during this process, cause if you FUCK it up your gonna have to do the WHOLE god damn thing again. so unless you like taking a SHIT do this SHIT right.

when you feel like you've gotten a good recording (usually takes me 4-5 attempts), just stick that bad boy in ya sampler and it should sound pretty much like shit. a shitty sounding synth to be exact.

God I love this guy.

[pete]

Downsample with lower sample resolution / bitrate, filter, run it through old spring reverbs or analog delays.

[collige]

It sounds classic and vintage because it is classic and vintage.

It's all about searching around for the right sample.

[tripwire22]

thanks for the response all now can u recommend me a nice free bit crusher?

[antipode]

lol

[deadly_habit]

at trends on here. omg it sounds like an old film or sample it must be super engineered. omg it sounds like a same from the transformer film all in high def surround sound! how do i engineer it? 99% of the time it's just what you think the "geniuses" just got first dibs before someone else did
these over involved processes kill me
want a shit sound use a cheap shit recorder and combine with your orig source
christ no one hit up pawn shops, flea markets whatever anymore?

[tripwire22]

at trends on here. omg it sounds like an old film or sample it must be super engineered. omg it sounds like a same from the transformer film all in high def surround sound! how do i engineer it? 99% of the time it's just what you think the "geniuses" just got first dibs before someone else did
these over involved processes kill me
want a shit sound use a cheap shit recorder and combine with your orig source
christ no one hit up pawn shops, flea markets whatever anymore?

whats a pawnn market and a flea shop? i kid

[deadly_habit]

i mean honestly it's like omg i think this kid used crayons for his work so i'm gonna use high end spray paint and waterwolors

[tripwire22]

i mean honestly it's like omg i think this kid used crayons for his work so i'm gonna use high end spray paint and waterwolors

lol i kno what ur sayin i was just wondering what i could do to get the sound i didnt think it would get so crazy