Rewind – Retro Electronics Generator for Blender

Rewind builds photoreal retro electronics inside Blender: CRT televisions, valve radios, transistor radios, boomboxes, clock radios, hi-fi receivers, cassette decks, desk recorders, walkmans, VCRs and stacks of VHS tapes and cassettes. Pick one of 49 designs from the 1930s to the 1990s, then change anything. Every part is a picture, a slider or a switch, and the device rebuilds live while you drag.

The details are what make them read as real: bowed picture tubes behind a mask, glowing dial scales with a pointer, VU meters with needles, flip-clock cards, glowing VFD and LED clocks that blink, piano keys, knurled knobs, speaker cones behind cloth, fretwork, louvers or perforated metal, and real cassettes behind the tape doors. Every label and marking is a printed decal, and no device carries a brand name, so the models are safe to use in any project.

Screens can be off, show static snow that moves when you play the animation, color bars, a test card, a blue VCR screen, a synthwave sunset, a weather map, a green terminal or your own picture, with scanlines, a vignette and adjustable glow.

Features

• 16 device kinds and 49 designs: table, portable, console and space-age TVs, computer monitors, tube and table radios, transistor radios, boomboxes, clock radios, receivers, cassette decks, desk recorders, walkmans, VCRs and tape stacks
• Wood veneer (walnut, teak, oak, rosewood), woodgrain vinyl, painted plastic, brushed metal and leather cabinets
• Box, arched, tombstone and soft-cornered shapes
• 9 screen pictures plus your own image, with animated static and blinking clock displays
• 6 grilles, 6 knob styles, slide and round dials, needle and LED meters, flip, VFD, LED and counter displays
• Legs, plinths, pedestals and swivel stands, rabbit ears and telescopic antennas, carry handles and straps
• VHS tapes in cardboard sleeves and cassettes in clear cases with printed covers
• New, Used or Old with Wear and Smudge sliders: dust, yellowed plastic, scratches, fingerprints and greasy wipes
• Real-world sizes, screen size in inches
• Surprise and Variation buttons for endless new devices
• Picture-driven sidebar, Shift+A menu and Apply as Mesh
• PBR materials that work in Cycles, EEVEE and game engines

Requires Blender 4.2 or newer. Tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.