Built a new IDM / downtempo techno track in Cubase using 30-year-old Neon, Karlette and VB-1

I’ve just finished a new track called “It’s Spring in Saint Petersburg”, built entirely in Cubase using some pretty old Steinberg plugins — Neon, Karlette, VB-1 and a few other old VSTs.

It leans into IDM / downtempo techno, and for me it was also a small experiment: I wanted to hear how these older Steinberg tools would hold up in a full track today.

To my ears, they still sound surprisingly convincing.

Does anyone here still use Neon, Karlette, VB-1 or other older Steinberg plugins in current projects?

If you’d like to support the release, pre-save is now open:
https://band.link/v_spb_vesna

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