449 Results for "distortion"

Mooer Red Truck: Compact multi-effect for gigging guitarists on a budget

Mooer are out to prove they can offer a shedload of useful features on a lightweight solution at a low price. But is the new Red Truck multi-effect slowed down by too many compromises?

Walrus Audio Iron Horse V2 Distortion pedal – Same old pony?

The Iron Horse V2 distortion pedal brings some refinements and better functionality to this old warhorse, being based around the popular LM308 chip and clad in sparkling gold armour.

Old Blood Noise Endeavors’ Fault is a refreshing take on distortion pedals

This widely respected maker has just released Fault, an OD/distortion pedal. What can they bring to the gain pedal table? A lot, it turns out: a refreshing approach yielding a versatile new effect.

Erica Synths announce Fusion VCF and VCA version 2

Originally released in 2014, Erica Synths have new versions of their tube infused Fusion Voltage Controlled Filter and Voltage Controlled Amplifier.

Simple tools to optimize your bass drum? Enter Singomakers’ Kick Tweak

Kick Tweak is an elaborate effects processor masked behind an exceedingly simple, 3-knob interface. Although this is sufficient, we can't help but feel the plug-in could have offered more in-depth control.

The elysia karacter bundle has three ways of distorting your tracks

While the karacter mix plug-in is used for basic treatment of regular tracks, master is optimal for working on complete mixes. Both have Tube, Saturation, and Hard Clipping distortion.

Grab a multi-effect, a saturator, and a drum machine for free!

We have lined up three fantastic free plug-ins that showed up this week. They include an awesome multi-effect by HY Plug-ins, an authentic tube saturator by WaveArts, and a drum machine rompler by ...

Electro Harmonix Battalion: A mini bass rig in a pedal

Electro Harmonix' new Battalion squeezes a DI, preamp, distortion, noise gate and compressor into one all-analogue pedal - and the price is on point, too.

Get epic build-ups with Endless Smile by the makers of Sausage Fattener!

Dada's new ridiculous-until-you-actually-use-it plug-in is called the Endless Smile. It employs a secret combination of filtering, phasing, distortion, LFOs, reverbs, and audio displacement effects...

Tate Effects Brexit Means Brexit overdrive pedal: Not available in the EU…

Made in England, these new Brexit Means Brexit RAT clone pedals are making a statement, but will it be one you'll want to own or disown?

Beast-Tek Plutonium-239 Hyper Fist apocalyptic VCO

Melt your own face off with the Beast-Tek Plutonium-239 Hyper Fist wavetable VCO with banks of apocalyptic drones, glitches and rotating waveshapers

UAD v9.1 with Moog filter, OTO Bitcrusher, Fuchs Amp, SSL 4000 E and bx_subsynth Plug-ins

Universal Audio has cooked up an interesting range of updates and new plug-ins for its UAD-2 and Apollo customers, as well as some tech updates for Mac and PC.

Caress sounds into being with Landscapes’ Stereo Field touch-plate instrument

Your skin conductivity creates patch points and modulation routings via Stereo Field's touch-plate to manipulate internal sound, incoming audio or CV. That's a lot of chaos in one box

SoundBrut DRVA: A High-Gain Overdrive Pedal with a Varitone switch

Something dirty has been brewing in Stockholm and it's the kind of dirt you might want to check out for your rig! The new DRVA embodies some intriguing new ideas for making your tones easier to access.

HOFA System 1 modular mixing plug-in released

HOFA gives us a reverb, channel strip and effects in their new SYSTEM 1 modular plug-in which offers lots of possibilities with less than you'd think

Radial Hot British V9 and Texas Pro pedals announced, sans valves

Once famous for their valve-driven guitar pedals, Radial now believe the way forward is to drop valves altogether. How will the Texas Pro and the Hot British V9 stack up against other valve-based units from ...

It’s here! Plugin Alliance releases anticipated Black Box HG-2 Plugin

It was announced at NAMM 2017 that Plugin Alliance and Black Box were coming together to deliver a plug-in version of the HG-2, and now it's arrived...

Freak: Phase synchronised dual oscillator for Eurorack

Is Freak the result of an unholy coupling of digital oscillators? Actually, no, it's really quite sensible and serious sounding in a good way.

Kush debuts allegedly “groundbreaking” 458A plug-in tube emulation

Designed to partner their Omega pre-amp, Kush will have us believe that the new 458A 'Transformer' plug-ins "re-define" tube emulations...

Pigtronix Disnortion Micro: Squeal dirt box, squeal!

Smaller, more versatile and just as dirty as before: The Pigtronix Disnortion looks very handy for guitar, bass or even synths.

SX-1: Digitana expands beyond the EMS Synthi

The SX-1 started life as an expander for the classic Synthi AKS Keyboard Sequencer but is being developed into a stand-alone synth in it's own right.

Walrus Audio RED Distortion: A new saturated drive for Shoegaze and ’90s Metal

The new RED pedal is anything but transparent, so if you like lots of gain, this is one to check out; in other news, their popular Julia Chorus/Vibrato pedal gets a limited run, as well...

Can “cascading gain staging” set LunaStone’s TrueOverDrive 1 apart from the crowd?

The TrueOverDrive 1 attempts a different take on your typical OD tone, using a "cascading gain" for a valve-like overdrive. Will that be enough to stand out from the crowd?

NAMM 2017: Boss announce 40th anniversary Limited Edition DS-1-4A Distortion pedal

Celebrating 40 years of distortion from little compact pedals.