Best Free Distortion Plugins For PC & Mac (2018)!

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Mathieu Carre Distortion

Distortion is a distortion effect plug-in based on a graphical interface. You can draw the distortion function that shapes the nature of the distortion.

Mathieu Carre Distortion

Features

  • Presets.
  • 4x oversampling to reduce aliasing created by the non-linear function.
  • 5 movable dots to shape the distortion function.
  • Drive knob to choose the amount of distortion.
  • Output gain knob to compensate for any gain increase due to the drive or the distortion function.
  • Output low-pass filter knob to reduce any harsh high-frequency.
  • Mono/stereo input to mono/dual-mono (not stereo) output.

Available here: Mathieu Carre


Creative Intent Temper

Temper is a modern digital distortion plugin featuring a rich saturation stage and a unique phase distortion. Use the variable saturation curve to add warmth and edge to your sound, and let the phase distortion bring character and clarity through your mix. Temper also features a simple resonant lowpass filter and a feedback path to drive the intensity of the tone.

Creative Intent Temper

Download includes 64-bit and 32-bit VST, VST3, and AU formats for both Windows and Mac OS X.

More information here: Creative Intent


Inear Display Regressif

Regressif is an audio plugin focused on sound degradation. Combining a multimode filter with distortion, samplerate reduction and bitcrushing effects, it can turn the most innocent sound into a wall of digital noise. Two LFO modules and an additional LFO mixer can then be brought into the mix to further mutilate your audio.

Features

  • Analog Style Filter.
  • 4 Filter Types: Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, Notch.
  • Digital Distortion (pre or post Filter).
  • Samplerate Reduction.
  • Bit Crusher.
  • 3 Routing Options for the LoFi Module Effects: Chain, Parallel, Ringmod.
  • Processed signal Amplitude control.
  • Dry/Wet Control.
  • 2 LFO Modules.
  • 7 Classic Shapes for the LFO Modules.
  • Optional Host Clock Sync for the LFO Modules.
  • LFO Mixer to combine the 2 LFO Modules.
  • Intuitive Modulation Routing Paradigm using Patch Chords.
  • Randomizer.
  • 40 factory presets.
  • Resizable User Interface.
  • Define a custom startup patch.
  • Cross-Platform presets.
Available here: Inear Display

Inear Display Gorgon

Gorgon is a savage distortion plugin with FM Ring Modulation, Metalizer Delay, Samplerate Reduction and Lowpass/Highpass Filters thrown into the signal path. It also features a modulation section based on a signal follower, and an 8x oversampling option to reduce aliasing, all in a clean single-panel interface designed by Barry Prendergast.

Inear Display Gorgon

Features

  • Aggressive Overdrive.
  • Powerful Ring Modulation with FM.
  • Metalizer Delay.
  • Lowpass/Highpass filter with Morphing Control.
  • Samplerate Reduction.
  • Modulation Section based on a Signal Follower.
  • Optional 8x oversampling to reduce aliasing.
  • 25 exclusive GLITCHMACHINES presets.
  • MIDI Learn.
  • MIDI Program Change support.
  • Lifetime free updates for registered users.

Available here: Inear Display


Fuzzed

Fuzzed is an analogue modelling distortion plugin, using “state of the art” state-space modelling techniques to model the physical circuitry of the famous Jimi Hendrix guitar pedal and implement it as a VST plugin using the JUCE API.

Fuzzed Free Distortion

Available here: Fuzzed

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