Download Category: Overdrive

by Antti of Smart Electronix

Saro is a tube distortion effect with cabinet modeling. It’s based on AX-84 High Octane guitar amp; only the preamp part is modeled.

Don’t expect Fender-style creamy warmth – Saro goes for full-on crunch (or insanity with high drive settings).

NOTE: Saro uses the hosts’s default GUI.

http://www.smartelectronix.com/

RS Twisted Tube is a Tube emulator with a warm distortion.

http://www.retrosampling.se/

Rombo is a dynamic overdrive effect for ultra-smooth saturation of your audio material.

Features:

• A true stereo, 32-bit signal path.
• All samplerates supported.
• Adjustable input, attack, release and output parameters.
• Full VST automation and MIDI control.
• Stereo or mono peak detection.
• Dedicated bypass for easy A/B comparisons.
• VU meter with multiple pick views over the entire signal path.

http://www.blank-media.it/acrobatics/

Roktion 808 is an all purpose stereo distortion unit capable of “subtle mellow overdrive to full face peeling distortion”. It utilizes 3 gain stages of which 2 of the primary stages allow you to shape your sound. Just like its hardware friends, it includes an input buffer to clean the incoming signal and prepare it for the gain staging.

Unlike its hardware friends, Roktion 808 comes with a bypass switch that enables you to toggle the input buffer on/off for ultimate control of your tone. Turn on the EQ and pop the hood and you have access to a 4-band parametric equalizer.

RobRokkenAudio suggests that Roktion 808 enables you to “travel through the dark paths walked by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Motorhead until you reach the land of modern high gain”.

http://www.robrokkenaudio.com/

Refuzznik is a distortion effect that applies a sinusoidal waveshaping function to its input signal(s). Sinusoidal distortion can be mixed with traditional shelving distortion. The relationship between input signal level and sinusoid frequency can be adjusted.

It has the following parameters:

• ZeroX: ZeroX (short for “add zero crossings”) is an on/off parameter that affects the shape of the sinusoid function. If ZeroX = “No”, the sinusoid will map each input value to a value with the same sign (positive to positive, negative to negative). If ZeroX = “Yes”, the sinusoid may map a positive value to a negative one and vice versa.
• InGain: This parameter determines how much Refuzznik amplifies the input signal before applying the distortion function. An increase in amplification results in louder and/or more distorted sound.
• FuncMix: The FuncMix parameter is used to set the mix of sinusoidal and shelving distortion. At FuncMix = 0%, only shelving distortion is used. At FuncMix = 100%, only sinusoidal distortion is used.
• AmpMin: This parameter is used to set the minimum amplitude of the sinusoidal function. When the signal level of the input is zero, the amplitude of the sinusoid is equal to AmpMin. The sinusoid amplitude increases with the input signal level and will approach the maximum “normal” VST signal level (which is 1) when the input level exceeds that maximum.
• FreqMin: This parameter is used to set the minimum frequency of the sinusoidal function. When the signal level of the input is zero, the frequency of the sinusoid is equal to FreqMin. An increase in frequency usually results in harsher, noisier sinusoidal distortion. NOTE: Sinusoid frequencies are specified as the number of periods/cycles the sinusoid will go through when the input signal level increases linearly from the minimum value (-1) to the maximum value (1).
• FreqDif: The FreqDif parameter determines how much the frequency of the sinusoidal function will change when the input signal level goes from zero to the VST maximum. If FreqDif > 0, the frequency will increase with the input level; if FreqDif < 0, the frequency will decrease.