What are some ways to get that "vintage" sound?

[Nicholestien]

I don't mean drums in particular, i mean strings, i've been trying several methods but I can't seem to get it right. =/

i'm looking for something that sounds like it's playing from a turntable directly, an old fashioned one, with that "saturated" feel too. simply put, i'm looking for a sound that is similar to whatching tv with a bad signal. :}

[Wiesty]

you can get some vintage compressors and various sound boosters etc. I use to have this one, but i forget the name of it.

[Yoozer]

Bandpass equalizer, add a bit of noise and crackle.

http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/vinyl/

[statas]

abletonlive has a vinyl emulator

and i believe izotope offers a free one as well(vst)

[RocketSniper]

In the FX channel, put a sine wave function on the pitch of the channel, then an automatic pitch corrector after that. It'll sound like your VCR is trying to figure out what speed that video tape is supposed to be played at.

Also, if you're using FL, routing the synth through two channels and having one with a very, very scratchy squeeze (I'm talking maybe one or two pops per note), run a randomized percussion loop through that, then cut off anything below a certain volume. That'll just give you pops to a beat. If you render it to a .wav or .mp3 file, then use it in a different song at the original tempo, it'll seem pretty random.