Thenatan has released Dial, a lofi radio plugin for macOS and Windows. It’s free until September 27th, then $50.
Thenatan Says:
Rather than layering a “lofi” filter over a track, Dial treats audio like a radio broadcast. Park the needle on one of seven stations and the sound comes through clean; drift off and it sinks into the static. Holding Search hops the dial at random six times a second, then glides back on release. Switching from FM to AM narrows the band and folds the signal to mono.
Four radio models — Warm Tube, Transistor, Shortwave and Cheap Speaker — change the voicing, band and drive, and re-skin the whole interface to match the radio each one is built from.
Features
- Seven-station tuning dial with a draggable needle, live frequency readout and signal-strength bars.
- Momentary Search button for sweeps, transitions and fills.
- AM band (300 Hz – 3.4 kHz, mono fold) and FM band (60 Hz – 15 kHz, stereo).
- Four radio models, each with its own sound and interface theme.
- Interference: Noise, Crackle and Morse, with random spacing, level and pip lengths.
- Reception: analog tuning Drift, random Dropout and Blend.
- Tone: level-matched Saturation plus Low Cut and High Cut trims.
- Speaker Rattle with an animated grille.
- Per-block bypass that genuinely stops each processor.
- 64 factory presets across 8 categories.
- Full host automation, including Model and Tune.
- Zero latency, resizable interface, serial activation (no iLok).
Price and Availability
Dial is available now for VST2, VST3 and AU on Windows and macOS (native Apple Silicon), 64-bit. It is free for everyone until September 27th — no code required — after which the regular price is $50, at thenatan.store/p/dial-lofi-radio-plugin
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