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What we need is an audio playback tool allowing you to select VST plugins into the playback chain. We already have VST's mimicking tape playback (and they're good!). We even have VST's mimicking LP vinyl playback - complete with dust and hiss. Plug those into your audio playback app and voila! You can re-create any of the old sounds you want!

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Soundsource [0] on macOS can do this! I run Chow Tape [1] and it performs quite admirably. I've never measured the latency but it has never affected me much. I'm certain a similar solution is available on Linux.

To be fair, (quite janky, ime) VST hosts are available for Windows, via the music player (e.g. Musicbee) or system-wide, but those have never been reliable. Your mileage will vary.

[0] https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/ [1] https://github.com/jatinchowdhury18/AnalogTapeModel/tree/dev...

Have any VST's to recommend for those things?

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