Reviewed By Kirkwood West [all]
July 10th, 2026
Version reviewed: 1.2.8 on Mac
The Scream goes far beyond a typical Tube Screamer emulation. The circuit modeling is insanely detailed.
You can practically circuit-bend the damn thing. Every component value can be edited, letting you completely reshape the pedal's tone and behavior. Swap diode types, build asymmetric clipping setups, stack diodes in series, bypass them entirely, or push the op-amp into clipping. The result is far more flexible than most distortion plugins or hardware pedals. It can deliver subtle warmth, aggressive saturation, or completely blown-out destruction. Crank it hard, then use the mix control to blend the dry signal back in.
Absolutely phenomenal.

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