Brut

Brut is a saturation plugin like no other. Discover an eclectic collection of the best-sounding studio and test equipment, cherry-picked for their distortion characteristics and meticulously modeled using custom cutting-edge technology. From subtle fattening to extreme out-of-control blow-ups and whining feedback —Brut has you covered.

Experience the authentic sound of tubes and transformers pushed to their limit. And when you feel like exploring, engage the bandpass filter to push your sounds into experimental territory—with raging feedback and unexpected resonances. Making everything sound bigger, meaner, and more real has never been easier.

The Story

Vintage studio gear wasn't built to saturate—the designers were aiming for the best possible tone, and engineers were trained to get the most out of it. And yet, for decades, producers have been exploring the beautiful realm of gear working at the verge of breakup. Somehow, using the best equipment "wrong" sounds very much right.

The plugin was loosely inspired by the Rohde & Schwarz UBM—an iconic measurement device combining a high-gain amplifier and filter, used at the early electronic music studios of the 1950s. Brut vastly expands on this concept, offering an eclectic collection of studio gear not tied to a single era or aesthetic. It's a plugin that rewards exploration and pushing things to their limit—what that means exactly depends only on how far you want to push it.

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