Eeldrive - SD-1 style parallel overdrive

First of all, this plugin really sounds very good! The parallel mixing option is an advantage, the sound is well usable, not only for guitar and the tones are very naturally. But, it is not really a typical SD-1 in my opinion. At my own one sounds differently.

If this is positive or negative, is debatable. What I do not hear here, is this - for my taste - too intense bass-cut, the plugin sounds more naturally, which I appreciate a lot, as my favorite, customized SD-1 also has been modded to reproduce more bass, if wished. The sounds also seems to offer a little less gain, therefore also less compression, while some SD-1 character is still there, but I rather would define the sound as some sort of "best of both worlds" between a Klon Centaur and an SD-1.

I already have a very authentically, rougher and hotter sounding SD-1 plugin, but often this one even does the job better, so both make sense to me, but the other one also offers all the disadvantages of the original pedal.

For use with other instruments this plugin makes more sense to add some overdrive, without overriding the basic sound. So, as SD-1 style sound it works well, if you look for a 100% authentic sound, look somewhere else, but this plugin wins concerning flexibility and well usable sounds.

As an all round overdrive plugin with a certain SD-1 oriented vintage character nevertheless for me top notch.