OR-0037
Yumeo
Japan · 1985 – c. 2005
Ser. C-3090622
1988 · effect
Issued as VST3 · AU
Restored 2026 from 1988 hardware.
Yumeo CD-9 — CD Skip / Error Concealment
Yumeo CD-9 · compact disc player · restored from unit no. C-3090622 · Yumeo, Japan, 1988
The restorer's note
A failing disc, held at the moment it gives up — the interpolation, the brief digital silences, the stutter. The concealment logic is the real subject; a random glitcher only imitates it. Restored, fittingly, from a much-loved and much-scratched machine.
Acquisition
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The plate
Listening
Listening
Demonstration recordings, prepared at the bench.
Light wear, plainly
The mix runs dry, then on the player at Severity 25 % — the occasional held sample, a short mute, a disc that mostly still plays.
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The escalation
Severity climbs from nought to full: the player passes, then interpolates, then mutes, then repeats what it has — the concealment order, in order.
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Forced skips
Trigger forces the skip on demand. Stutter stretches from 60 to 300 ms, Seek hunts at 80 %, Mute sits at 70 % — and Sync then locks the stutter to the beat.
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