Timemachine by ToneBoosters: A Journey into the Sound Past
The modern world of music production offers a plethora of tools to create flawlessly clean and crystal-clear sound. However, it’s often the imperfections of vintage equipment that give tracks their unique character, warmth, and nostalgia. Old samplers, with their limited sampling rates, low bit depths, and characteristic artifacts, have become an integral part of the sound of entire genres, from hip-hop to electronic music.
If you’re looking to add that same authentic atmosphere of the past to your compositions, but don’t have access to the original equipment, or are simply looking for a flexible tool for sound experiments, the Timemachine plugin from ToneBoosters will be your reliable assistant. It’s not just a sampler, but a real simulator of vintage samplers, designed with the utmost attention to detail to recreate their unique sound.
Authentic Sound Reproduction
Timemachine focuses on the accurate imitation of the sound characteristics of legendary vintage samplers. Forget the sterility of the digital world – this plugin takes you back to the era when every sound had its own texture and color. It can reproduce the sound of such iconic machines as:
- Commodore 64 (with its characteristic 8-bit sound)
- Older Akai sampler models (known for their warmth and punch)
- and many other devices from the past.
Key Features of Timemachine
The plugin gives you full control over the parameters that define vintage sound:
- Sampling Rate: You can virtually change the frequency, imitating recording on different samplers. Lowering the frequency adds the characteristic “dirt” and changes the frequency response of the sound.
- Bit Depth: Control the number of bits used to represent the digital signal. Switching from 16 bits to 12 or even 8 bits drastically changes the dynamic range and adds quantization noise, which is a hallmark of many classic samplers.
- Aliasing Distortion: Timemachine allows you to separately generate aliasing distortion for the AD (analog-to-digital conversion) and DA (digital-to-analog conversion) stages. This artifact, which is considered undesirable in the modern world, was part of the charm of vintage samplers, and Timemachine accurately reproduces it.
Thanks to these parameters, you can precisely adjust the degree of “vintage” sound, from light coloring to extreme lo-fi effects that resemble old computer graphics, but for the ears.
Who is Timemachine for?
This plugin will be a valuable tool for:
- Musicians and producers working in genres such as Lo-fi Hip-Hop, Chiptune, Old School Electronic, Industrial, Breakcore, and others where vintage sound is a key element.
- Sound engineers looking for unique effects to process vocals, drums, synthesizers, or any other instruments.
- Sound experimenters who want to explore the limits of digital distortion and find new textures.
Timemachine by ToneBoosters is more than just a plugin. It’s a time machine that allows you to immerse yourself in the rich history of electronic music and give your modern tracks the soul and character of classic equipment. It is available in VST and AU formats and is supported by Windows (32- and 64-bit) and macOS operating systems. Try Timemachine and discover new horizons of sound!
