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Lo-fi Rhodes

A warm, wobbly Rhodes with drive and a room, for chill beats.

Genre: Lo-fi
Timbre: Tine electric piano (Rhodes-style)

Effect chain

On a Roland JUNO-DS

Sound Pf:056 Vintage EP 1, Combined mode: loads the keyboard sound and writes this recipe's effects into it. Piano Effect does it from the iPhone over MIDI and puts the keyboard back the way it was when you leave. Every JUNO-DS sound by genre.

On a Yamaha PSR, Korg Pa or Casio

KeyboardVoice to look forEffects
Yamaha PSR and GenosE.Piano (Rhodes-style)Overdrive / Amp Simulator light + Chorus · 0.3 Hz + Reverb Room · 1.2 s
Korg PaE.Piano (Rhodes-style)Overdrive / Amp Sim light + Chorus · 0.3 Hz + Reverb Room · 1.2 s
Casio CT-X and CT-SElectric Piano (Rhodes-style)Distortion / Overdrive light + Chorus · 0.3 Hz + Reverb Room · 1.2 s

Voice and effect names change between models: if you can't find one, look for the closest in the manual. The full values are in the chain above.

Play it

"Lo-fi Rhodes" ships in the app's library: it plays on the on-screen keyboard or on your MIDI keyboard, and you can duplicate it and tweak its knobs. If you want the one from a specific song, scan it and the app measures its chain.

Download on the App StoreFree · iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later)
Android: get it on Google Play

Frequently asked questions

How do I get the Lo-fi Rhodes sound?

Start from a tine electric piano (rhodes-style) and add, in this order: drive, chorus, room reverb. The exact values are above. In the app, open "Lo-fi Rhodes" in the Library and it plays on the on-screen keyboard or on your MIDI keyboard; tweak the knobs to taste.

Which JUNO-DS sound should I use for Lo-fi?

"Pf:056 Vintage EP 1". Piano Effect loads it by number from the iPhone in "Combined" mode: loads the keyboard sound and writes this recipe's effects into it.

How do I get it on a Yamaha PSR or Genos?

Pick a E.Piano (Rhodes-style) voice and set: Overdrive / Amp Simulator light + Chorus · 0.3 Hz + Reverb Room · 1.2 s. For Korg Pa and Casio, see the table above.

How do I know which effects the song I want to learn uses?

Scan it with Piano Effect: in 10–30 seconds it tells you the timbre and the effect chain with measured values, and you can save it under the song's name.

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