> Probably the most noticeable (and sought after) out of the "lo-fi" effects is the ladder distortion effect... My personal favourite artefact is the DX7 Mk1's

> Probably the most noticeable (and sought after) out of the "lo-fi" effects is the ladder distortion effect... My personal favourite artefact is the DX7 Mk1's trademark 'saturation'. I've never heard anyone conclusively pin down the exact source of the synth's characteristic distortion. Plogue have done such an amazing job on their DX7 emulator. It definitely does a great job of emulating the synth's particular character.