Audio Degrader — Lo-Fi & Vintage Audio Effects Online

Audio degradation intentionally reduces audio quality to achieve vintage, lo-fi, or retro sound effects. It simulates how audio sounded on old equipment — radios, telephones, cassette tapes, vinyl records, and early digital devices.

Cassette Tape and Vinyl Record presets are the most popular for lo-fi aesthetics. Cassette adds tape hiss and wow/flutter wobble, while Vinyl adds crackle, pops, and warm bass. You can also combine manual controls for a custom lo-fi sound.

A bitcrusher reduces the bit depth and sample rate of audio, creating quantization noise and aliasing artifacts. Lower bit depth (4–8 bits) produces the crunchy, digital sound of retro video games and early samplers.

Yes. All 7 effect sections (bitcrusher, filter, noise, distortion, wow & flutter, compression, dry/wet) run simultaneously through a real-time signal chain. Each preset is a combination of these effects — you can start with a preset and fine-tune individual parameters.

Yes, all effects work on mobile browsers that support the Web Audio API (Chrome, Safari, Firefox). Touch-friendly sliders and responsive layout ensure a good experience on smaller screens.