DISTORTION/SATURATION

Fuzz up your signals with custom dirt – from waveshaping to saturation and soft clipping, this diverse bunch of plugins are guaranteed to play as rough as you like with any audio material

Kuassa PreMix CM

• Subtle saturation to screaming drive • 3-band Baxandall sweetening EQ • A/B comparison function • Not based on an existing plugin • AU/VST, 32-/64-bit www.kuassa.com

Lindell 6X-500 CM

• Classic preamp emulation with EQ • High/low boosts for musical tone • Modelled on Lindell’s 6X-500 hardware preamp/EQ • AU/VST, 32-/64-bit www.lindellplugins.com

Audio Assault GrindMachine CM

• Five amp and ten cab emulations • 3-band EQ plus depth and presence • Djentbox to toighten low tunings • AU/VST, 32-/64-bit www.audioassault.com

Sonimus Satson CM

• Classic mixer channel emulation • Subtle warming saturation • Gentle, musical high/low filters • Full Satson Buss also available • AU/VST, 32-/64-bit dsp.sonimus.com

Rop Papen RP-Distort CM

• Five crunchy distortion algorithms • EQ, dynamics, widener, modulation • Filter and parallel processing controls • AU/VST, 32-/64-bit www.robpapen.com

Audiffex STA Enhancer CM

• Valve-style signal exciter/enhancer • Separate low/high enhancement • Five tube circuitry modes • Tube mode soft switch • AU/VST, 32-/64-bit www.audiffex.com

Audio Assault BassAmp CM

• Inspired by Ampeg bass gear • Gain & Deep controls for extra drive • Three-band EQ, two cabinets • AU/VST, 32-/64-bit www.audioassault.com

HoRNet Graffio CM

• Flexible three-flavour distortion • Saturator module with DC offset • Exciter with odd/even harmonics • Bit reducer to degrade sounds • AU/VST/VST3/AAX/RTAS, 32-/64-bit www.hornetplugins.com

Mercuriall U530 CM

• Emulation of ENGL’s E530 preamp • Customisable Clean & Lead circuits • Presence, Contour, Chorus & Gain • Changeable mic/speaker position • AU/VST, 32-/64-bit www.mercuriall.com

Cableguys Waveshaper CM

• Graphically editable distortion • Design curves by dragging nodes • Input vs output oscilloscope • Not based on an existing plugin • AU/VST, 32-/64-bit www.cableguys.com