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An effects plugin. Creates audio distortion that’s useful for sound design and effects, ranging from simple harmonic distortion simulating an audio signal going through primitive or faulty electronics (such as bad speakers, old telephones, or obsolete recording technologies), all the way to mimicking an overdriven signal experiencing different intensities of hard clipping (think someone yelling through a cheap bullhorn, megaphone, or PA system). This plugin includes soft tube emulation in the output stage.
An animated graph shows the results of adjusting the Distortion parameters of this plugin, giving you a visualization of the kind of harmonic distortion, waveshaping, and clipping that will be modifying the signal as you make adjustments. Input and Output meters let you see how the levels are being affected.
The Distortion Fairlight FX
Distortion has the following controls:
— Bypass: Toggles this plugin on and off.
— Filters: Two filters let you simulate devices reproducing limited frequency ranges.
— LF Cut: Low frequency distortion shaping.
— HF Cut: High frequency distortion shaping.
— Distortion: Three sets of controls let you create the type and intensity of distortion you want.
— Mode buttons: Switch the operational mode of distortion. The one to the left, Distortion, creates harmonic distortion. The button to the right, Destroy, is a more extreme polynomial waveshaper.
— Distortion: Adjusts the amount of distortion that’s applied to the signal. Higher values distort more.
— Ceiling: Adjusts the level of input signal that triggers clipping.