34 MB

Dr Drive is an analog simulation of a modern overdrive inspired by the Horizon Devices® Precision Drive™.

This overdrive fits a large variety of applications for either the classic and the modern metal guitar player.

DR DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS

Analog Modelled Overdrive
Drive, Tone, Attack and Level controls
Pre and Post effect gain
Mix control
Noise Gate
Resizable interface

PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows 7 64bit or later
Intel i5 or higher
2GB RAM
Screen resolution: 1024×768
VST2, VST3, CLAP 64-bit host
PT11 or higher, AAX 64-bit host

INTEL MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OSX 10.13 or later
Intel i5 or higher
2GB RAM
Screen resolution: 1024×768
VST2, VST3, AU, CLAP 64-bit host
PT11 or higher, AAX 64-bit host

SILICON MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
macOS 11.0 or later
Apple M1 or higher
2GB RAM
Screen resolution: 1024×768
VST2, VST3, AU, CLAP 64-bit host
PT11 or higher, AAX 64-bit host

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Audiority-DrDrive-v1.3  ( 34 MB )

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FREE | Win Mac Linux | 169 MB

ToneTwist Plug is a Multi-format LV2|VST2|VST3|CLAP multi-arch Linux|macOS|Windows audio effect plugs using the DISTRHO Plugin Framework.

MetalTone:

MetalTone is modeled after the renowned BOSS MT-2 Metal Zone(*), a high gain distortion pedal with an advanced EQ section.

It has standard active EQ controls with a massive 15dB of cut/boost range for the lows and highs. It also sports a parametric active EQ for the mids with two controls: the frequency, and the boost/cut amount.

The midfreq parameter has a very wide range, going from 200Hz all the way to 5kHz. As a result, it’s better to think of it simply as a single highly flexible active EQ, and disregard the idea that it’s only for shaping the mids.

Features: Modeled by Brummer Based on the BOSS MT-2 Metal Zone(*)

(*) ‘Other product names modeled in this software are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affiliated with this software. BOSS MT-2 Metal Zone is a trademark or trade name of another manufacturer and was used merely to identify the product whose sound was reviewed in the creation of this product. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

CollisionDrive:

CollisionDrive is modeled after the Horizon Devices Precision Drive(*), a modern overdrive pedal with a built-in noise gate.

Besides the usual Volume and Drive controls, the CollisionDrive features Attack and Bright controls.

The Attack control manipulates the response of the pedal, turning it down simultaneously softens the overdrive attack and increases the sustain.

The Bright control gives you even more flexibility. It can add presence to darker sounding amps, or remove buzzing when needed.

The Gate control sets the noise gate threshold. In the plugin interface, this control lights up to indicate that the noise gate is active.

Features: Modeled by Brummer Based on the Horizon Devices Precision Drive(*)

(*) ‘Other product names modeled in this software are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affiliated with MOD. Horizon Devices Precision Drive is a trademark or trade name of another manufacturer and was used merely to identify the product whose sound was reviewed in the creation of this product. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Rumor:

The Rumor is modeled after the Devi Ever Ruiner(*), a pure, nasty growling Bass Fuzz pedal, with bold out-front presence, and cutting articulation.

It features Level and a Intensity control.

Features: Modeled by Brummer Based on the Devi Ever Ruiner(*)

(*) ‘Other product names modeled in this software are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affiliated with this software. Devi Ever Ruiner is a trademark or trade name of another manufacturer and was used merely to identify the product whose sound was reviewed in the creation of this product. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.’

TubeScreamer:

TubeScreamer is a analog emulation of the classic Ibanez TS-9(*)

Features: Modeled by Brummer Based on the Ibanez TS-9(*)

(*) ‘Other product names modeled in this software are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affiliated with this software. Ibanez TS-9 is trademark or trade name of other manufacturer and was used merely to identify the product whose sound was reviewed in the creation of this product. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.’

ValveCaster:

The ValveCaster is a famous DIY guitar pedal schematic first put together in 2007 by Matsumin. Originally, the goal was to create a real tube boost/overdrive pedal that would run on a single 9 volt battery. With its wide range of drives, distortions and fuzzes, the ValveCaster adds a harsher, brighter colouring to the sound while offering a precise, nuanced range within the tone control.

Features: Modeled by Brummer Based on the ValveCaster by Matsumin

BoobTube:

The BoobTube is a more versatile variation of the ValveCaster, a famous DIY guitar pedal schematic first put together in 2007 by Matsumin.

The BoobTube offers a warm, harmonically rich range of tones, from bright fuzzes to darker distortions, without actually colouring the sound. The DIY project quickly became popular amongst sound enthusiasts searching for that tube-y goodness.

Features: Modeled by Brummer Based on the BoobTube by Matsumin

Formats:

ToneTwist Plugs come in the following plug-in formats:

LV2
VST2
VST3
CLAP

https://github.com/brummer10/ToneTwistPlugs

ToneTwistPlugs-v0.8  ( 169 MB )

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size 18 MB  / 44 MB

The Prince is a transparent overdrive style pedal, cloned using neural networks.

The Prince should be used with an impulse response plugin (such as Pulse) to emulate playing the pedal through an amplifier. Use two instances of the Prince to emulate a highly sought after dual overdrive.

This plugin is intended as an example of how a pedal/amp builder (hobbyist or professional) can faithfully recreate their work in the digital world using neural networks.

Available formats (from installer):
– Windows 10/11, 64-bit (VST3, AAX).
– Mac 10.15 and up (AU, VST3, AAX).
– Linux (VST3, LV2) .

https://guitarml.com/

Prince-Win  ( 18 MB )

Install-Prince-Mac  ( 44 MB )

Prince-Linux-x64  ( 16 MB )

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size 4 MB  / 22 MB  / 10 MB

TubeWarmth is a tube overdrive.

At the heart of this effect is the desire to achieve a tube sound, with all its inherent roughness and vividness, from a dry digital signal. TL TubeWarmth adds even-numbered harmonies to the input signal, which contributes to expanding the tone of the instrument, giving it new colors and depth. The gentle tube overdrive further reveals new edges to the sound, emphasizing the new texture of the tone. This seemingly simple effect can be a great addition to any musician’s palette.

The main aim of TubeWarmth is to bring the cold and precise digital sound closer to the warm and vivid sound of the tube. Simple in its conception, this effect provides two features. One of the features is a light, warm overdrive of the input signal based on a tube model. The other feature is adding even harmonics when processing the input signal. This provides a deeper signal at the output, while adding the vibrant texture to the sound for which many guitarists still prefer tube effects.

Frequency spectrum display feature will allow you to track in detail the changes made when working with the plugin. Real-time visualization of the input and output signals allows you to track exactly what changes you have made when adjusting a particular parameter. This feature makes working with sound as visual as possible, and it becomes clear exactly what a particular parameter is doing on the frequency range.

tonelib.net/

ToneLib-TubeWarmth-Win64  ( 4 MB )

Tonelib-TubeWarmth-OSX  ( 22 MB )

ToneLib-TubeWarmth-amd64  ( 10 MB )

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size 24 MB  / 11 MB

BassDrive is an overdrive pedal emulation for guitars and bass guitars.

Designed based on the famous pedal bearing the same name, BassDrive is the steady favorite of a vast amount of bassists and guitarists worldwide.

Well-known as an excellent overdrive for bass guitars, this effect has found a new wave of popularity in heavy musical genres, where the guitar string gauges have gone far beyond the standard .046. Although this effect was developed primarily for the frequency range of a guitar, this does not limit the range of its application in any way: in the right hands this effect can be useful for creating music of all genres and directions.

Overdrive designed for bass and low-tuned guitars. The particular emphasis in the functioning of this effect is on the overdrive of the lower frequency range. This makes the TL BassDrive a great solution for processing bass or low tuned guitar. Depending on the effect setting, overdrive can be sharp and aggressive as well as deep and gentle.

Frequency display to make adjustments visual. Frequency spectrum display feature will allow you to track in detail the changes made when working with the plugin. Real-time visualization of the input and output signals allows you to track exactly what changes you have made when adjusting a particular parameter. This feature makes working with sound as visual as possible, and it becomes clear exactly what a particular parameter is doing on the frequency range.

tonelib.net/

ToneLib-BassDrive-Win64  ( 4 MB )

Tonelib-BassDrive-OSX  ( 24 MB )

ToneLib-BassDrive-amd64  ( 11 MB )

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size 36 MB  / 18 MB

Goblyn IS based on studio standard metal head 5153 boosted with one of the best overdrives in the market and sculpted with true analog toys.

Features 2 custom IRs created especially for Goblyn. A variety of tones chosen to complement each other perfectly to make the best out of the IR slider in Goblyn.

• 3 band tone stack.
• Build in IR slider.
• Impulse loader.
• Nastiness.

auroradsp.com/

Goblyn  ( 36 MB )

Goblyn osx  ( 18 MB )

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size 19 MB  / 29 MB

Taratube is a tube overdrive /distortion.

Taratube implements up to 8 vacuum tubes that can be placed in serial !

You can change the number of tubes you want to apply (stage parameter = n# of tubes) to produce a soft to medium overdrive/distortion sound, enhance an overall track,  add spaces or create drool & round sounds !

VST2.4 / VST3 / Audio Unit.

smaolab.org/

TaraTube-Free-WINDOWS  ( 19 MB )

TaraTube-Free-MAC  ( 29 MB )

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size 3 MB  / 14 MB  / 20 MB 

TS-M1N3 is a clone of a classic overdrive pedal.

Machine learning was used to create a model of both the drive and tone knobs for an accurate recreation of the pedal in all possible configurations.

Add this to your signal chain prior to amp/cab sims for a realistic overdriven sound on your electric guitar.

VST3 / AU / AAX

guitarml.com/

TS-M1N3-Win  ( 3 MB )

TS-M1N3-Mac  ( 14 MB )

TS-M1N3-Linux-x64  ( 20 MB )

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size 2.6 MB

Dizztroy 2 is a bitcrush / overdrive / distortion vst effect plugin which is made for soft and heavy audio distortion.

It is perfect to blow up your drumloops or leadsynths, making badass hardcore kicks, or completely destroy your signal to sound like a broken fm radio.

It contains a bitcrusher, samplerate reducer, 8 overdrive / distortion algorithms with a low- and highpass filter, a waveshape distortion with a peak filter, a filter with 5 different filtertypes and a global highpass filter to round up the perfect dizztroying machine.

Additionally it offers you an envelope follower and a very flexible multisegment envelope generator to modulate the different parameters. All FX can be placed on the preferred position in the signal chain easily via drag and drop.

One of the big deals what Dizztroy offers to you is that you can draw the waveshape of the distortion by yourself, with the smooth button you can round off your envelope step by step to shape the perfect distortion, after shaping you can save  the shape to one of the 4 snapshots or to your harddrive, if you destroyed the perfect waveshape by mistake just undo up to 10 steps.

The focus while developing Dizztroy was on drum distortion but nevertheless it is great for blowing up your leadsynths, guitars or for dirty and screaming voices, moreover it is not only made for sounddesigning in the studio, every parameter provides a MIDI learn function, just rightclick on a controller and move any fader, button or knob on your MIDI hardware controller and use it in your liveperformance to give it the power it needs.

• Easy connect with your MIDI controller: All FX parameters have  build in a MIDI learn function  just right click on the parameter you want to set on your MIDI controller and move the controller of your choice – done!
• FX Routing: Just drag and drop the FX to the position you want to have them – everything on the fly – no audio stop while rewiring!

• Filter: Provides  5 different high quality filtertypes.
• Crusher: Steplessly variable bitcrusher and samplerate reducer.
• Overdrive: Choose from 8 different overdrive / distortion algorithms.
• Distortion: a waveshape distortion which for you can draw your own waveshape – you can also save the actual wave to one of the 4 snapshots or to your harddrive –  the smooth button enables you to round off sharp edges of your envelope to shape the perfect distortion – if you fuck up your perfect shape by mistake you can use the undo button up to 10 steps back.
• Highpass filter: on the first place of the signal chain there is a lowcut filter at 75Hz implemented which you can turn on when needed to avoid unwanted subbass grumbling – you can place the highpass filter pre or post FX.

• Envelope follower: The overdrive and distortion FX`s are equipped with envelope followers where you can set attack, release, delay and amount to declare how the signal reacts with the FX.
• Multi segment envelope generator: Gives you the possibility to create a unique, syncronised envelope to modulate any FX parameter. You can choose between 6 different ways of transition for each envelope segment, and save or load the envelope from / to your disk. Furthermore you can set the speed and the number of segments (steps) for the envelope.

www.z3-audiolabs.com/

DIZZTROY2_FULL  ( 2.6 MB )

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size 1 MB

The Dom is a frankly brutal distortion, overdrive and amplifier plugin.

It is not here to sit quietly in the corner and gently handle all your audio bits with the greatest care, it is here to rock & roll.

Although The Dom is most definitely not modelled after any existing hardware distortion or overdrive pedal or amp in particular (because that’s simply not how we (rock &) roll here at Shameless Plugs headquarters), we most definitely expect it to be the first distortion, overdrive and amplifier plugin that future hardware units will be modelled after.

shamelessplugs.net/

TheDom  ( 1.74 MB )

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