Old cassette machines already have a way of bending time; Lofiatron V2 turns that behavior into something playable.
Phatronics builds the Lofiatron V2 as a handmade cassette sampler/synth inspired by the Mellotron idea: load a cassette, press play, and use five touch buttons to trigger separate pitches from the tape material. Each note has its own variable-speed control, so samples, voices, drones, or found sounds can be tuned and pushed into lo-fi melodic or ambient territory.
The hardware is built around a modified cassette player in a custom 3D-printed case, with point-to-point wiring, a 9V adapter, and a mono 1/4-inch output for connection to a mixer, interface, or amplifier. Its appeal is less about pristine sampling and more about tactile tape playback, pitch drift, and the physical imperfections that make cassette sound feel alive.
