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RUIDO Downsample

Sample-rate reduction from 48 kHz down to 50 Hz, the sampler way.

VST3 · Windows & macOS · included in the RUIDO installer

Every mode, same loop

Press play, then switch modes. Every clip is the same drum loop through RUIDO Downsample, level-matched to the dry loop, so you hear the character, not just "louder".

HOLD

Classic sample-and-hold; Amount skews the left and right clocks.

VINTAGE

S950 / SP-style anti-alias and reconstruction filters; Amount is Age.

JITTER

An unstable clock that wobbles the steps.

DRIFT

Wow and flutter on the sample rate itself.

What it does

Downsample is a fractional-rate sample-and-hold. Steps are smoothed where they should be and the aliasing you want is kept. Snap locks the rate to musical notes, so the crunch stays in key.

RUIDO Downsample in simple mode
Simple mode: one big knob.
RUIDO Downsample in advanced mode
Advanced mode: every control.

Simple when you want it, deep when you need it

Simple mode

One SHRINK knob plus SNAP. SHRINK lowers the rate and raises the amount together.

Advanced mode

Rate (50 Hz to 48 kHz)AmountMixFollow (±3 octaves)ToneLo cutHi cut

Worth knowing

  • Snap rounds the rate to the nearest semitone.
  • FULL SEND per mode drops it an octave and pushes harder.
  • Mode changes crossfade.
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Skip

Skip learned that you don't need to know where a guard is every second, only at the moments that matter. Now he swallows the moments in between. Movement arrives in steps, sound in pieces. Researchers swear he never crossed the room. He was on one side, and then on the other.

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$15

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