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SPU rate reduction, true 4-bit ADPCM grain, and freeze-stutter hiccups.

Transit — Console device

Real '90s console audio: SPU-style Gaussian rate reduction on top, a true 4-bit ADPCM encode in the middle, and a small dark ambience that grows as the fidelity falls. Full stereo. It is less about destruction than that soft, rounded, slightly haunted game-soundtrack glow.

The macros here

  • AmountDrops the internal rate from 32 kHz toward 11 kHz, closes the lowpass from 12 kHz toward 4.5 kHz, and raises the built-in ambience (about 8% to 22%).
  • ToneScales the lowpass ×0.7–1.6 — from murky to surprisingly open.
  • NoiseA quiet digital hiss bed.
  • DropoutsEmulator hiccups: freezes with a slight pitch drop, and stutters.

Loading screen

Amount 60%Tone 50%Noise 10%Dropouts 0%Mix 100%

Pads and keys turn into a 32-bit soundtrack.

Corrupted save

Amount 80%Tone 45%Noise 15%Dropouts 45%Mix 100%

Freeze-and-stutter breakdown — ride Dropouts live for the fills.

SPU sheen

Amount 35%Tone 65%Noise 0%Dropouts 0%Mix 55%

Parallel retro gloss — the built-in ambience does the work.