Retronaut Core
by JMG Sound
The Core of Vintage Sound
Humanity has explored the world, the seas, and the stars, but traveling to the past has always been a dream. Enter Retronaut Core—a streamlined expedition into the golden age of audio. Packing the essential LoFi and modulation magic of our flagship Retronaut into a highly focused, easy-to-use interface, Retronaut Core delivers instant nostalgia. Fasten your seatbelts; your quick trip through audio history starts right now.
From Vintage Vibrato to Lush Chorus
Retronaut Core puts the heart of analog modulation right at your fingertips with its central Vibe and Voices controls. You can seamlessly mix from a single, warbling vibrato up to a rich, four-voice chorus. Because the multi-voice engine is continuously variable, finding the perfect sweet spot between voices is effortless, giving you that authentic bucket-brigade and tape-cassette feel without getting lost in complex routing.
Authentic Degradation and Evolving Movement
To truly capture the sound of yesteryear, we've kept the powerful Degrade and Diverge features front and center. Use the Degrade control to add the nostalgic magic of the past, instantly aging your tracks with warm dirt, grit, wow, flutter, and dusty crackles. Then, use Diverge to offset the voices, spreading them over the stereo field to create organic, evolving movements and subtle phase variations that make your mix sound breathtakingly alive.
Core to Full
If you ever need more control, you can upgrade from the Core version to the full version of the plugin at any time. As a Core user, you'll receive a significant discount to unlock the complete plugin, giving you access to the advanced filters, complex feedback networks, and deeper modulation options.
FREE (with ads)
You don’t need to register for a license unless you’re ready to remove the ads and support the team. Just head over to our Downloads section, grab the UnitedPlugins Manager, and run the installer. No functionality of the plugin is limited.
Hassle-free software protection
No iLok, no dongle, or internet access is required for activation. Our software uses license files to activate your software. You can freely use the purchased software on all your computers as long as you are the user.
64-bit audio quality at ANY sampling rate
The plugin provides the maximum audio quality you can get. It uses internal 64-bit audio processing and can handle any sampling rate. 192 kHz or even higher.
Smart bypass
The intelligent way our plugins manage bypassing ensures that you don't get any clicks or harmful noises when automating the parameter. It also compensates for latency, ensuring that the bypass states are perfectly in sync with each other.
Intelligent sleep on silence
This plugin intelligently detects whether it makes sense to perform processing at all. If not, it temporarily turns on sleep mode. In such a state, it requires virtually no CPU at all to save the computing sources for other processes.
Free-for-life updates
Our plugins never become obsolete. We keep track of the current operating systems and DAWs. You may always update to the most recent version for free, without paying a cent, a penny, or whatever currency you prefer.