A MENU OF DISTORTION

Rift lets you choose from a menu of 30 distortion algorithms for each of the positive and negative waveform halves. They’ve been neatly categorised; you can opt for waveshaping, wavefolding, noise, bit depth reduction or sample rate reduction. Although ‘bipolar distortion’ will be new ground for most, it doesn’t feel like it when using Rift, as the large display in the middle clearly shows any changes you’re making to either side of the waveform. You can add a substantial amount of drive in the top panel (click the 2x multiplier for ultimate decimation) as well as blend between the two different algorithms in two modes: Hard (brighter, more defined) and Smooth (warmer, less defined).