Trash 2 (usually) and Kombinat, plus Guitar Rig (not what OP asked for) and for saturation i often overdrive certain PSP fx or use Tubesaturator Vintage.
Overall Trash 2 fits the description of “swiss army knife” of distortion plug ins.
Looking for a distortion unit
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- KVRAF
- 2271 posts since 10 Jul, 2008 from Orbit NE US
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- vvvvvvv
- Topic Starter
- 2578 posts since 24 Oct, 2000 from skelmersdale, west lancs, uk
Wow. Some great suggestions to look into
Big thanks.
Will start.
Big thanks.
Will start.
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- Banned
- 4491 posts since 8 Jul, 2008 from UK
Another recommendation for Trash2 here. Love that plugin.
Ohmcide is the all round distortion king tbh, but not in the price range you want, and tbh hasn't had an update in god knows how long. (it works, but the presets are rubbish)
There are lots of little plugins for distortion you can pick up cheap, check out Audio Assaults site, they do a lot of sales and some of their units (Not the guitar ones) are quite capable of messing up a signal.
Ohmcide is the all round distortion king tbh, but not in the price range you want, and tbh hasn't had an update in god knows how long. (it works, but the presets are rubbish)
There are lots of little plugins for distortion you can pick up cheap, check out Audio Assaults site, they do a lot of sales and some of their units (Not the guitar ones) are quite capable of messing up a signal.
Don't trust those with words of weakness, they are the most aggressive
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- KVRist
- 275 posts since 3 Dec, 2009 from Cologne, Germany
My goto is Klanghelm SDRR but this is more the low to mid grade saturation.
My weapon for messing up and totally alienating sound is UA Dent.
New kid on the block I really like is Waves' Bezerk.
Well and Cubase's Distroyer and Quadrafuzz 2 have their places here.
My weapon for messing up and totally alienating sound is UA Dent.
New kid on the block I really like is Waves' Bezerk.
Well and Cubase's Distroyer and Quadrafuzz 2 have their places here.
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- KVRian
- 1181 posts since 27 May, 2008
Also lets not overlook the filters and the power of Cytomic The Drop. It is a badass plugin
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- KVRian
- 740 posts since 25 Aug, 2019
Distortion is one of the effects that you can get as many as you want for free.
Plus, there are too many different distortion flavors and types that one plugin can't cover.
So I don't see why you would buy a distortion plugin unless there is something very unique that you can't get for free.
Plus, there are too many different distortion flavors and types that one plugin can't cover.
So I don't see why you would buy a distortion plugin unless there is something very unique that you can't get for free.
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- vvvvvvv
- Topic Starter
- 2578 posts since 24 Oct, 2000 from skelmersdale, west lancs, uk
@roman.1
Punisher by Denise Audio from Plugin Boutique looks like it may do the job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrlW2KmwAbw
Punisher by Denise Audio from Plugin Boutique looks like it may do the job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrlW2KmwAbw
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el-bo (formerly ebow) el-bo (formerly ebow) https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=208007 - KVRAF
- 16369 posts since 24 May, 2009 from A galaxy, far far away
Ohmicide is a great plugin, but is crying out for a full makeover (Which OhmForce seem to think is going to happen...at some point)
Dent 2, from Unfiltered Audio (via PluginAlliance) is also a great plugin
SDRR 2 - Cheap, but top-quality saturator (Not a full-fat distortion contender, though).
Trash 2 - Great unit. What makes this so special, apart from the flexible design-your-own distortion, is the amount of other ways it allows for sculpting of sound, without having to go hunting for other plugins. Great convolution goodness, including amps, speakers, grot-boxes etc. Really decent filtering options, solid dynamics and a cool delay. A one-stop-shop for sonic destruction
D16 Decimort 2 - BitCrush/Sample-reduction. A great compliment to other distortion units.
Sonic Charge Permut8 - Another one I'd suggest. Like above, it leans more towards bit/sample reduction and circuit-bent madness, and would be good as a compliment to any others on this list (Not that it's not a great fx unit in it's own right)
Dent 2, from Unfiltered Audio (via PluginAlliance) is also a great plugin
SDRR 2 - Cheap, but top-quality saturator (Not a full-fat distortion contender, though).
Trash 2 - Great unit. What makes this so special, apart from the flexible design-your-own distortion, is the amount of other ways it allows for sculpting of sound, without having to go hunting for other plugins. Great convolution goodness, including amps, speakers, grot-boxes etc. Really decent filtering options, solid dynamics and a cool delay. A one-stop-shop for sonic destruction
D16 Decimort 2 - BitCrush/Sample-reduction. A great compliment to other distortion units.
Sonic Charge Permut8 - Another one I'd suggest. Like above, it leans more towards bit/sample reduction and circuit-bent madness, and would be good as a compliment to any others on this list (Not that it's not a great fx unit in it's own right)
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- KVRAF
- 11194 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
Also a Trash 2 fan, you can (or have been able to) pick it up for no brainer money, I believe it is now unsupported/no longer being developed- may bother some people?
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- KVRAF
- 6467 posts since 17 Dec, 2009
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el-bo (formerly ebow) el-bo (formerly ebow) https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=208007
- KVRAF
- 16369 posts since 24 May, 2009 from A galaxy, far far away
Not developed, but still being supported. I think it could do with a face-lift, and a few minor changes, but I think it's a pretty complete product. If they just keep on maintaining it for new OS', I'd have no complaints
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- KVRAF
- 11194 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
Yeh the GUI isn't too small, even in 4K which is good, but I'm not a fan of the pretend metal grey.
Another suggestion- Excalibur- has a nice distortion and a ton of other fx and is currently at a no brainer price of £9.46p ! (demo to see if it is what you need, certainly not as distortion centric as TRASH!)
https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/5226-Excalibur
Another suggestion- Excalibur- has a nice distortion and a ton of other fx and is currently at a no brainer price of £9.46p ! (demo to see if it is what you need, certainly not as distortion centric as TRASH!)
https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/5226-Excalibur
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- vvvvvvv
- Topic Starter
- 2578 posts since 24 Oct, 2000 from skelmersdale, west lancs, uk
Tantrum from Creative Intent looks nice too, though it costs $49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO_Lxv1hG7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO_Lxv1hG7I
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- KVRAF
- 11194 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
I had never heard of Tantrum but it loos and sounds realy, realy good- will be giving that a demo myself, I like the 'warm' sounds!
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