Need more character in your tracks? UJAM’s new Retrocraft plugin packs an entire vintage effects chain into one windowLooking for an effects plugin to transform your piano chords, vocal loops, or drum beats into beautifully imperfect tracks? Meet Retrocraft, UJAM’s new multi-effect plugin designed to bring “vintage character, analogue-style saturation and lo-fi texture” to your productions without the need for sprawling effect chains.
Combining amp colouration, tape and vinyl emulation, speaker modelling, modulation and ambience processing in a single plugin, Retrocraft is designed to apply colour from subtle warmth and playback colouration to heavily degraded radio effects and experimental sound design.

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Alongside its core character-processing engine are six effects modules – including LoFi, Modulation, Instability, Delay, Reverb, and Chop – as well as 100 production-ready presets for instruments and vocals. There’s also a built-in Surprise feature for generating random effect combinations to help you get started.
Retrocraft’s character-shaping engine draws inspiration from classic analogue equipment and playback devices. Each processing stage can be combined and adjusted independently, making it easy to switch between subtle enhancement and dramatic sound transformation.
“We’re big fans of the many character-processing tools available today, but we felt there was room for a more integrated solution that combines these types of effects with important additions like modulation and ambience processing,” says UJAM co-founder Peter Gorges.
“Instead of tediously building effect chains, Retrocraft lets you start with a complex effect combination you like and easily tweak it to make it your own.”
Retrocraft is available in VST2, VST3, AU2 and AAX formats for macOS and Windows. The plugin is currently being offered at an introductory price of $49 ($39 for users who own at least one UJAM plugin) until 2 August, after which it will retail for $99 (loyalty price: $89).

Learn more at UJAM.
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