Distorters / Saturators

Acustica have designed the Sunray plug-ins to faithfully recreate vintage American vacuum tube technology.

Sampleson's latest release offers the company's take on analogue-style saturation, and is free for anyone to download. 

Storch Filter combines five individual effects modules with an automatic filter equipped with a selection of versatile modulation options. 

Elektron release Analog Heat +FX, a new multi-effects processor that combines analogue distortions with digital effects, modulation and the ability to customise the signal chain.

Antares are offering a free perpetual licence for Auto-Tune Artist to customers who purchase an annual subscription to their flagship Auto-Tune Unlimited service between 10 and 24 May 2023.

Individually catering to both guitar and bass players, Origin Effects' latest offerings offer a mix of vintage-inspired drive and EQ that helps to introduce everything from subtle boosts through to fuzz-like “cranked console” saturation.

Blackstar's latest amplifier offers three channels, CabRig modelling technology, a boost circuit and a reverb processor, all in a compact pedalboard-friendly format. 

SSL's latest plug-in claims to be the ultimate tool for bass generation and low-frequency enhancement, combining a four-band subharmonic synthesizer with overdrive and compression processors.

The first plug-in from Musik Hack is an all-in-one mastering solution that combines loudness, saturation, EQ and stereo width processing. 

Softube's latest plug-in pairs a compressor with saturation and stereo width sections, aiming to provide users with an all-in-one bus processing solution. 

Waves have released a statement announcing that they will be bringing back the option for users to purchase and update perpetual versions of individual plug-ins and bundles.

Waves have announced the launch of Creative Access, a new service which offers Essential and Ultimate subscriptions containing 110 and 220 plug-ins respectively. 

High-gain Heroes adds an additional 50 Premium Tone Models to IK Multimedia's TONEX library, bringing the total count of amp and cabinet models to 1100. 

The latest plug-in bundle from AIR focuses on vocal processing, offering pitch-correction and distortion effects along with tools that allow users to generate harmonies and unison parts from a single vocal track.

HeadRush's new flagship pedalboard system greatly expands on the capabilities of its predecessor, boasting built-in amp cloning, new effects and amp models and onboard Auto-Tune processing courtesy of Antares.  

The latest version of Blue Cat Audio's multi-effects processor and plug-in host introduces a range of new visual and operational features, as well as resolving some known bugs. 

This latest free update for Fold introduces a new Tape Delay module, along with support for newer Mac and Windows operating systems. 

Dave Hill, the audio electronics designer and founder of Crane Song and Dave Hill Designs, has sadly passed away aged 68.