I bought a turntable and the sound is a disaster. I think I should just buy a new stylus but is there anything else obvious I might try first? [more inside]
posted by cincinnatus c on Feb 24, 2013 - 17 answers

I love The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn and would like more music like it! Suggestions? I particularly love them live and acoustic and wish their albums were just recorded in a room with a mic or two - so lower fi is cool; More produced isn't what I want. Also particularly love the vocalist and vocal harmonies (although instrumental is great too). Thanks! [more inside]
posted by SampleSize on Apr 29, 2012 - 3 answers

After reading this post today, I'm wondering... what are some great home-recorded and/or lo-fi albums? Doesn't have to be a similar style, but I'm definitely more interested in individual efforts. Still, all suggestions are welcome. [more inside]
posted by seriousmoonlight on Dec 6, 2011 - 30 answers

Help me "make" a "DIY" "drumkit"! [more inside]
posted by threeants on May 24, 2010 - 14 answers

I'm looking for a musician I heard profiled on NPR recently. [more inside]
posted by Lutoslawski on Jan 15, 2010 - 9 answers

Are there any VST plugins that emulate the lo-fi tone of four track recorders? [more inside]
posted by bunnytricks on Apr 20, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm after for a cheap solution to create very (very) basic captions and turn them into slides for a clunky carousel projector. Lo-fi is the aesthetic - it's for a theatre show. [more inside]
posted by klaatu on Jan 17, 2008 - 5 answers

Lo-fi group recording: how can I record a 6-8 person sing-along choir cleanly if I don't already own a bunch of headphones and splitters? [more inside]
posted by cortex on Feb 7, 2007 - 18 answers

I didn't know about lofi until graventy mentioned it in Metatalk. Are there any other tricks, sub-sites, whatever you want to call them to Metafilter?
posted by tetsuo on Aug 5, 2004 - 6 answers