Spitfire Audio LABS Cassette Synth - Windows & macOS - Free - November 28, 2022

LABS Cassette Synth is a new virtual instrument that features sounds from the legendary 1980s analog polyphonic Synthesizer Yamaha CS-80.

Simply sampling the instrument would be too uncreative for the Spitfire crew. So for this release, they route the epic CS-80 sounds through cassette players. Not one or two, yes, many musicians would be happy to have at least an old Portastudio to work with. Spitfire Audio has taken this to the extreme, chasing the sounds through 100 cassette players.

Through this creative process, they infuse a new character into the massive analog pad sounds of the CS-80. They added the lovely unstable, noisy, and lush timbre we know from tape. The result sounds impressive. Very epic, emotional, and moving. As if the sounds would take you into new worlds.

As always, you can customize the sounds to fit your music using a selection of parameters, including filter, reverb, noise, and more.

It runs in the free Spitfire Audio app as a VST, VST3, AU, and AAX plugin on macOS and Windows.

More information here: Spitfire Audio