DIAL

The deal

$12 at Plugin Boutique (down from $50). The 76% discount runs through October 15, 2026.

What it is

DIAL is a multi-effect plugin from Thenatan Audio that models a broadcast radio signal chain instead of just adding generic lo-fi grit. It runs your audio through six chained stages - Tuner, Interference, Tone, Reception, Rattle and Output - so the result sounds like music being picked up by a real radio rather than a bitcrusher. You get a working tuning dial with seven stations, AM and FM modes, and four radio models: Tube, Transistor, Shortwave and Cheap Speaker.

Who it's for

Producers making lo-fi, hip-hop, ambient, cinematic or indie music who want believable radio and vintage-transmission textures on drums, samples, vocals or whole mixes. It also suits sound designers who need a quick "heard through a speaker in another room" effect for scenes and transitions.

Key features

• Randomized interference adds noise, crackle and morse-style signals, and a hold-to-search control hops between stations for unpredictable tuning sweeps
• Reception drift and dropout effects make the signal wander and cut out like a real broadcast
• Saturation and tone shaping let you dial in the character of each radio model
• It ships with 64 factory presets across 8 categories, runs at zero latency and is fully automatable