Colors: Lofi Tapes is a Kontakt instrument from Cinematique Instruments that is built around lo-fi tape sounds. It requires the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or higher and will not run in the free Kontakt Player.
Colors: Lofi Tapes is designed around the character of analog tape recording. Cinematique Instruments draws on tape saturation distortion, wow and flutter, tube hum, dust scratches, damaged tape stock and the noise floor of a recording. The instrument is intended for producers who want those imperfections as a deliberate part of their sound rather than something to remove. It runs inside Kontakt, so it fits into existing Kontakt-based sessions.
Cinematique Instruments presents Colors: Lofi Tapes as a way to bring back the warmth and imperfection of analog magnetic recording. The developer points to tape saturation, wow and flutter, tube hum and dust scratches as the qualities that define the sound.
The focus is on texture rather than clean reproduction. If you are building lo-fi, nostalgic or degraded-sounding material, the instrument is aimed at those textures.
The package includes 808 Drive, a Kontakt Instrument and beat machine. It contains both original and processed recorded Roland TR808 samples, giving you a clean reference alongside the tape-treated versions.
The 808 Drive content is included at no extra cost, so you can use it for drum programming in the same Kontakt environment as the main instrument.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Cinematique Instruments |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Kontakt Instrument |
| Requires | Kontakt |
| Formats | Kontakt |
You need the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or higher. The instrument will put you in demo mode if you try to use it in the free Kontakt Player.
It is available as a Kontakt instrument. Kontakt is the only format listed for this product.
Yes. The package includes 808 Drive, a Kontakt Instrument and beat machine with original and processed recorded Roland TR808 samples.
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