Psychic Modulation has made a synthesizer that combines that “lo-fi” sound with vintage tape and synth type of processing, for a synth that sounds remarkably similar to artists such as Boards of Canada and others of that type.
It comes as a low-cost vst file type of plugin that works in your DAW (digital audio workstation). I use it in FL Studio.
Simple to use and fun to adjust, Phonec2 shatters the learning curve usually associated with many soft synths out there today. I like it in my music because it gives me the sounds I need that fit my genre.
I have made my sound bank of presets for Phonec version 2 available to everyone that owns Phonec2.
Below is a video can play to hear all of the sounds included in my sound bank “Boards” along with the names of each displayed while listening to them:
You must own Phonec2 in order for my sound bank to work for you. You can get Phonec2 at Psychic Modulation’s website: http://www.psychicmodulation.com/
You can also add other effects in addition to using Phonec2 to get an even more authentic Boards of Canada type of sound. See the video below:
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[…] Psychic Modulation Phonec2 – A low-cost synth plugin that really packs a big punch. It lacks a bit in depth of sound and won’t give that richness that a Diva or Synplant will, but wow does it capture that lo-fi sound. It replicates the Boards of Canada sound almost exactly in some cases. At such a low cost and with a big impact, it is worth experimenting with. I have some presets available for it here: https://larslentzaudio.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/psychic-modulations-phonec-synth-vst-presets-boards/ […]