If you've not been using distortion to give your mixes a bit more bite, get the guitars growling or even adding warmth to the vocals then perhaps you've been missing a trick. Joe Albano shows how.
Does Eventide's CrushStation tread the same, overdrive path as other distortion plugins, or can it offer a usable and unique sonic palette for the modern producer? Hollin Jones gears up to find out.
The God Mode introduces new technology giving you full control over what frequencies to saturate and distort. It's node EQ graph and linear phase filters allow for unlimited options to shape the sound
Eventide's CrushStation is a new overdrive/distortion plug-in for Mac, PC, iPhone and iPad that brings multi-effects and parallel compression into play all in one plug-in.
If you're part of Novation's Sound Collective here's some great news - you can get iZotope's Trash 2 multiband distortion plug-in completely free for a limited time. Here's how.
Independent control of input level, tube bias, feedback level, and dry/wet mix is available for each channel are just some of the features of this new hardware unit. But there's more...
The newest upgrade to Elektron's Analog Heat stereo analog distortion hardware brings smoother, more accurate encoders, enhanced live performance features and more. Jade Wii took it for a spin.
Elektron are adding more features to Overbridge 2.0. This time we have an Analog Heat plugin which includes some very cool integration right inside your DAW.
These three FX plugins, part of the Komplete 12 package or available separately, can add a new dimension of dirt to your tracks. Here's how you could do it.
The new Cimmerian Caves V2 is an analog hardware effects unit for echo, vibrato, chorus and fuzz with a distinctly moody, lush, warbly sound that Boards of Canada fans will love.
Native Instruments have launched EFFECTS SERIES '" CRUSH PACK, a follow-up to the critically acclaimed MOD PACK. Comprising three plugins there's a wide palette of tonal distortion sounds to play with.