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Bitcrushing

Reducing digital resolution to create "crunch" and "grit."

Mar 4, 2026·Published·hansonq888

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Overview

Digital audio is made of bits and samples; bitcrushing lowers that quality on purpose. It adds a "lo-fi" digital distortion that sounds metallic and crunchy. Perfect for making drums sound like they came out of an old 12-bit sampler (like the SP-1200).

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Genre

Lo-fiindustrial

Category

distortiondigitalglitch

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