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Happy holidays! Add this all-in-one lo-fi solution to your collection of free effect plugins, available for a limited time only.

Arturia are offering you a Christmas gift – but it’s only available until the new year. Get the Arturia Tape MELLO-FI lo fi plugin free when you download before December 31st.

Tape MELLO-FI gives your tracks a tape recorder sound effect, easily bringing a lo fi feel to your music. Add a distinctive vintage wobble sound, distortion or a smooth filter.

Using the simple knobs to instantly give your instruments some character.


MELLO-FI lo fi plugin features:

free lo fi plugin
  • Preamp – Drive adds crunchy distortion, Tone changes the shape of your sound, and Noise gives a grainy feel
  • Tape – Flutter gives a faster pitch fluctuation whilst Wow slows things down; Wear recreates the sound of degraded tape; Mechanics lends a retro mechanical sound
  • Filter – a low/high pass filter for creative control over shaping the sound
  • Tape stop – Get that rewind sound by using the tape stop reel to tempo-sync and create glitches
  • 25 presets

Available in VST2, VST3, AU, and AAX formats for Mac and Windows.

Download your free plugin from Arturia here before December 31st.


When you’re finished, upload your lo-fi track to RouteNote and release for free across all major streaming services! Find out more here.