How to give your tracks a fake ‘lo-fi’ analogue quality with noise layering

Electrical noise, hiss and other such artifacts are, technically speaking, unwanted effects, but they can also be inherently pleasing – adding a touch of lo-fi grit and real-world texture to otherwise sterile sounds. In this tutorial, we show you how layering noise in amongst your tracks can help you fake a gritty, analogue-style lo-fi effect, even when working entirely in-the-box. Subscribe to Future Music magazine: http://bit.ly/FMUsubs