Free Distortion & Saturation Plugins

Redu(p)cer

Redu(p)cer is a free bit crusher VST plugin developed by Morfiki. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Redu(p)cer is a versatile bit-reducer and decimator type plug-in with unique morphing abilities plus additional filters and stereo spread functionality.

Features:

True stereo processing.

High pass filter with stereo spread.

Quantizer.

Low pass filter with stereo spread.

Samplerater – sample-rate reducer with stereo spread.

All parameters controlled by Morfiki Preset System.

Reset spread knobs and volume knob by double-clicking on knob’s name.

https://morfiki.blogspot.com/

Red Skull Distortion

Red Skull Distortion is a free overdrive and saturation VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by audiorammer. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Red Skull Distortion is an aggressive high-gain distortion pedal simulator with chunky metal tones for playing Nu Metal, Grind Core, Hard Core, Trash Metal or any genre that requires crushing sound. The tone section gives you complete control over Bass, Midrange, and Treble to get the ultimate chunk for your rig.

Features:

Stomp-box design.

Level control.

Distortion control.

3 band tone control.

Easy to use.

Low CPU usage.

http://www.audiorammer.com/

ReaJS

ReaJS is a free multi fx and echo and delay and compressor and limiter and distortion VST plugin developed by Cockos. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

ReaJS is a real-time user-editable effect processor.

Features:

64-bit internal audio processing, MIDI support, full PDC support, multichannel I/O support, graphics display support.

Hundreds of included effects, including: delays, compressors, limiters, convolution, distortion, spectral noise editors, analyzers, loop samplers, creative effects.

Create new effects from scratch, or modify existing effects to meet your needs.

JS editor and debugger included, opens automatically when you edit a plug-in.

http://www.cockos.com/

Reader

Reader is a free waveshaper plugin Reaktor developed by Icebreaker Audio. Compatible OS(s): Any OS.

Reader is a drawable waveshaper effect.

The incoming audio is distorted according to the plot in the central graph. Additional gain and filtering controls are available to further tweak the sound.

The download includes two versions of the ensemble, one mono and the other stereo.

The effect will work on any signal, but best results seem to come from synth, bass, and drums.

http://www.icebreaker-audio.com/

RazorEdge

RazorEdge is a free phaser and bit crusher and lfo VST plugin developed by JoBroMedia. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

RazorEdge is a bit-crushed phaser where the LFO is crushed to give a stepped feeling to the sound.

http://www.m4um.net/jbmvst/

Ranger LE

Ranger LE is a free filter and saturation VST plugin developed by Ourafilmes. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Ranger LE is a smaller version of Ranger and is a very simple effect that allows you to remove unwanted frequencies and saturate the resulting signal.

It features one low cut filter and one high cut filter (12 or 24 dB per octave) and a final gain knob. There’s also a master bypass switch.

This effect has full automation.

This is a free plugin but, to download, you must be a fan of the Ourafilmes Facebook page as it is included in the Ourafilmes Facebook Free Pack.

http://www.ourafilmes.com/

Ranger

Ranger is a free filter and saturation VST plugin developed by Ourafilmes. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Ranger is a very simple effect that allows you to remove wanted frequencies and saturate the resulting signal.

It features one low cut filter and one high cut filter, both up to 30 dB per octave and with a bypass switch. There’s also a master bypass switch and input and output level meters.

This effect has full automation.

This is a free plugin but, to download, you must be a fan of the Ourafilmes Facebook page as it is included in the Ourafilmes Facebook Free Pack.

http://www.ourafilmes.com/

Radio Junk

Radio Junk is a free distortion and filter VST plugin developed by Cupwise FX. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

It’s a small but unique suite of effects made from 2 junky old radios, one solid-state (from the 70’s) and the other a tube radio (from the 50’s). The radios were ‘sampled’ using technology similar but superior to the common convolution impulses out there. It’s called Nebula, and it can capture the sound of what’s being sampled at different dynamic levels, and it can also capture some of the distortion, unlike standard convolution.

These effects use a variant of the Nebula tech called ‘Acqua’, which just means that these are stand-alone effects, and you don’t need Nebula to load them (it’s built in, basically). The radios were sampled in extreme ways to get some nasty lo-fi effects. Since these were made with the Nebula technology, they will sound different from other plug-ins out there. You should grab them and give them a try! They’re free!

http://www.cupwise.com/cup/

R47

R47 free overdrive | saturation by TSE AUDIO

R47 is a free overdrive and saturation VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by TSE AUDIO. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

R47 is a digital emulation of a famous rodent pedal.. It’s well suited for semi-clean/crunch to high gain type of sounds. Use in front of a amp-sim or alone on a track right before a guitar-cabinet emulation software.

Specifications:

2X – 4X (internal) oversampling.

Stereo / Dual mode.

Input and Drive control.

Tone control.

GFX / DSP / Programming by onQel :: John Adrian Johansen.

https://www.tseaudio.com

R-Sample Factor

R-Sample Factor is a free bit crusher VST plugin developed by Synthescience. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

The R-Sample Factor is a combined Sample Rate and Bit depth reduction plugin. It’s not at all a sound enhancement processor but rather the opposite. It is aimed at recapturing the essence from the old days of early digital sound processing units and does it on demand.

Packed with lots of “Grain” and “Grit” inside, you decide just how much to use.

The R-Sample Factor is fully automatable and has the ability to store 128 presets.

It ships with a few already pre programmed ones that will show what its all about and may be the starting point to your individual creations.

Installation procedure: Unzip the file, then copy the DLLs into your VstPlugins folder.