Vintage sound online: vinyl, tape, cassette and lo-fi

November 1, 2026 · All posts

Want a song to sound like it came off a dusty record or a cassette from the 80s? The vintage sound tool does that in one step. You upload a track, pick a medium and set how much of the effect you want, from 0 to 100%. The first 25 seconds of your track preview for free, so you can hear the change before you download the full file.

The presets imitate a medium. They are not an exact copy of a real record or tape, so treat them as a sound you choose, not a restoration.

Which medium for which song

• 60s vinyl is the warm, soft one. The bass goes mono and the top end is gentler, with clicks added for the record feel. It suits folk, soul and slow pop.
• 70s tape is the gentlest preset. It has the widest band, a fuller low end around 90 Hz and the quietest hiss. It is the safe first choice for most songs.
• 80s cassette gives a duller top, a band from about 60 Hz to 10 kHz and audible hiss. It fits synth-pop and anything that should sound like a found tape.
• AM radio keeps only the speech band, 300 to 3400 Hz, in mono. It is strong. Over a whole song it is too much, so use it for an intro, an outro or a voice coming out of a radio in a verse.
• Lo-fi is the roughest. It adds 8-bit levels and a lower sample rate, cuts the top at about 7 kHz and lets the pitch drift twice as much as the cassette preset. It suits chill beats, study playlists and moody covers. For a slower, darker take, slow the song down by 10 to 15% first, then run it through the lo-fi preset. The lo-fi converter page has the same effect with its own controls.

How to hear the change before you commit

Start at a low amount, around 30 to 50%, and listen to the chorus and the vocal. The effect is easiest to judge where the song is loudest. Then move the slider up until it sounds right, not until it sounds most vintage. A little tape colour often sounds better than a heavy cassette hiss on a bright track.

Listen on headphones and on a phone speaker. Lo-fi and AM radio sound different on a small speaker, and you want to know that before you share the track.

Keep the clean version

The effect changes the sound a lot, so keep your clean master next to the vintage one. If you later want to put the song on a video, a music visualizer can turn either version into a beat-synced clip for TikTok, Reels or Shorts.

Output is WAV or MP3 at 320 kbps. Start with the vintage sound tool and the 25-second preview on your own file.

For a different kind of edit, read sped up or slowed + reverb: how to make both versions of a song.