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the 6 WAYS TO GET A VINTAGE VIBE

Defining ‘a vintage sound’ is becoming more and more difficult. Modern pop music effectively kicked off with the rock of the 1950s, so we have seven decades to plunder for that vintage ideal. Really though, we’re probably talking up to the 1980s – a classic period of four decades when studios were incredible sonic laboratories, music production was, through necessity, more experimental and music technology was in its infancy.

Thankfully, today’s much-improved gear allows us to capture anything from a

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