Core Lo-Fi Controls
- Physically-modeled tape modulation effects (Wow, Flutter, Crinkle, Dropouts).
- 24dB/octave 4-pole virtual-analog low-pass and high-pass filters, modeled after the filter of a classic 1970s synthesizer.
- Compression inspired by a vinyl simulator found in a famous sampler from the early 2000s.
- Option to swap Compression parameter for Tape Saturation.
- Dedicated dry/wet mix knob to dial in complex vibrato and chorus sounds.
- Static hiss and vinyl crackle.
Reverb
- A beautiful stereo reverb designed from scratch, with controls for dry/wet mix, decay time, and where the reverb goes in your signal chain.
- Capable of infinite sustain.
Touch Modes
Playful, on-the-fly performance effects that transform your incoming audio in unique ways. The Touch Modes can be activated momentarily or latched, and interact with all of the other effects. A few provide additional lo-fi character that you can tap into:
- Magnetic Dance — A granular looper that can capture a segment of audio and turn it into a stunning drone. Tune it to chords; play it forward or backward.
- Tape Stop — Slows down and bends the pitch of your audio, then picks it back up, with flexible timing controls.
- Broken Machine — I think you need to get your tape player fixed. Use it subtly for added tape modulation or push it to extremes for rewind effects.
- Repeater — Endlessly repeats a tiny slice of audio that you can subdivide for CD skipping sounds. Inspired by classic roll and slip roll effects. Includes a resampling option that detects transients. Synchronizable to MIDI clock.
- Crushed Cassette — Continuously-variable sample rate reduction and bit crushing down to 4 bits with µ-law companding. Dial in haunting distortion and artifacts to taste.
- Disintegration Loop — A sound-on-sound style looper with controls for decay, speed, and direction. Each time your loop repeats, all of the effects you have dialed in on Ribbons are re-applied.
- UnrealPlayer — A spectral processor that emulates artifacts and imperfections of early audio streaming and file-sharing eras. Grainy, bubbly, and strangely reverberous, this Touch Mode feels unmistakably modern.
4-Track Looper
- Record up to 4 separate stereo loops that run through your effects.
- Length per loop: 40 seconds at 0.5x speed, 20 seconds at 1x speed, 10 seconds at 2x speed.
- Each track has its own controls for: volume, direction, speed (continuously-variable from 0.5x to 2x), and speed scale (quantization).
- Overdub infinitely on any track.
- Overdub at any speed.
- Loops can be synchronized to MIDI clock.
- Touch Modes can be used while your 4-track loops are playing back.
4-Voice Sine Wave Synthesizer
- Play Ribbons as your instrument using a MIDI keyboard.
- +/- 5 semitone pitch bending.
- Includes controls for attack and release.
- Synth voices can be modified by the effects and used with the Touch Modes or 4-track looper.
Presets, MIDI Control, CV
- Save your settings with 8 onboard presets, or up to 32 using MIDI.
- All parameters are fully controllable via MIDI, CV, or expression.
- Directly compatible with your favorite MIDI controllers — no external MIDI box required.
- Internal jumpers available to switch between TRS MIDI Type A (default), B, or CBA.
- CV control up to 500Hz.
- Free Max for Live devices to control Ribbons with MIDI in Ableton.
