Border Audio – Degradation Engine

🎛️ Border Audio – Degradation Engine 🎚️

Step beyond clean, polished sound and dive into the beautifully broken world of Border Audio – Degradation Engine – a truly unique lofi-inspired analog synth that blends classic subtractive synthesis with rich, microcassette-style tape degradation. Whether you’re chasing nostalgic tones, cinematic dust, or raw sonic emotion, this plugin delivers a vibe that’s both hauntingly imperfect and endlessly inspiring. 🕰️🎹

🌟 Key Features That Bend Time:

• 🌀 Dual Analog Oscillators – Sampled from the iconic Korg Volca Keys for authentic analog flavor

• 📼 Two Layers of Tape Degradation – Add warmth, wear, and warble with microcassette magic

• 🎚️ “Loss” Controls – Morph between pristine analog waveforms and worn-out tape textures in real-time

• ⏱️ Full-Speed & Half-Speed Tape Modes – Switch between crisp brittleness or dreamy roundness

• 🧪 Subtractive Synthesis Engine – Filter, envelope, mixer & onboard FX – everything you need to shape your sound

• 🔁 Endless Modulation Possibilities – Get expressive, unpredictable, and wonderfully unstable

• 💾 Low CPU, High Emotion – Vintage tone without heavy system strain

🎧 Perfect For:

• 🎬 Lofi beats and nostalgic sound design

• 🎼 Cinematic scoring and ambient textures

• 🎛️ Experimental production and retro-inspired synth layers

• 💡 Artists seeking emotional depth and imperfect beauty

🧡 Why Creators Love It:

• “Feels like your first synth and your last cassette player had a baby.” 👶📼

• “Turns imperfection into inspiration.”

• “A time machine for your tone – dreamy, dusty, and deeply musical.”