Distorters / Saturators

Rob Papen’s all-encompassing plug-in and virtual instrument collection has just been treated to another update, with two new additions bringing the total count to 36.

Aimed at obvious, creative processing rather than subtle shaping duties, bx_tonebox comprises six modules that can be freely reordered and offer a mixture of compression, saturation, filtering, noise and more. 

The new arrival to the Series A family is a fuzz that's based on a small selection of pedals built by Strymon’s CEO Gregg Stock over a decade ago.

Universal Audio’s latest bundle brings together a selection of their renowned plug-ins and virtual instruments, and is being offered free of charge!

United Plugins' new bundle combines two all-new plug-ins with eight processors from their existing line-up.

Inspired by vintage hardware units, Tube Lab features characterful preamp, EQ and compression sections that have been designed to be driven hard for effect. 

One of the latest arrivals to the Iconic Instruments range delivers a new tube preamp plug-in inspired by the circuitry employed in the Ampex 350 tape machine.

FAC's multiband effects processor has just been treated to a major upgrade that introduces a new output limiter, enhanced linked controls and more.

Guitar effects experts Electro-Harmonix have teamed up with MixWave to turn a collection of their most prized pedals into plug-ins.

Iconic Instruments' new tape-emulation plug-in boasts a flexible set of controls that have been designed with modern productions in mind. 

FT1-EMU delivers a virtual recreation of Freqport's Freqtube FT1 saturation unit, and offers optional integration with the hardware version.

Black Rooster Audio’s latest plug-in has been designed for producers, engineers and sound designers “who demand vintage tone with modern workflow”.

Arturia’s flagship effects bundle has expanded once again, and is now available in two different sizes. 

Wampler's latest release is a dual-voice, high-gain distortion pedal that promises to deliver the punch, feel and harmonic richness of classic hot-rodded 1980s high-gain amplifiers.

Nomad Factory have just announced the official release of Blue Tubes v4, a complete modernisation of their long-standing Blue Tubes plug-in series.

Electro-Harmonix say that they recognised that their reintroduced Dual Op-Amp Big Muff 2 pedal would be hit with bass players, so set about developing a new purpose-built version. 

Tape Saturator faithfully models a selection of different machines, and offers enough adjustment to cater to everything from subtle warmth to more obvious saturation.

The latest addition to the Sound Particles line-up offers an array of creative distortion effects, and presents them in a simple, intuitive interface that’s been designed to encourage experimentation.