Versatile distortion effect
Ever since mankind invented music, there has been a desire to make it heavier.[Citation needed] Distortion can take your sound from zero to sword wielding hero in seconds.
5 different distortion shapes are available to add a tinge of edge or rip things apart. In stereo, if that's what you're into.
Parameters
Type
The flavor of distortion. Select between overdrive, saturate, foldback, sine and hard clip.
Bias knob
Will add a DC offset to the signal before distorting. Adding some bias can prevent the distorted audio from sounding hollow and uninteresting.
Spread knob
Will add different amount of bias to the left and right channels. This can give some nice and subtle stereo widening.
Drive knob
Will boost the input signal, causing a heavier distortion.
Dynamics
A common problem with distortion is that it can remove the dynamic content of the input signal, forcing the output to maximum volume. Turn up this knob to preserve the dynamics of the input.
Mix knob
The dry/wet mix of this effect. A lower value will let some of the unmodified signal through.
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The Kilohearts Ecosystem
The Kilohearts Ecosystem
Distortion is one of a growing collection of plugins that form the Kilohearts Ecosystem.
They can be used as regular plugins (VST/AAX/AU) but also as Snapins in our modular Snapin Hosts; Phase Plant, Multipass, and Snap Heap, where you can combine and modulate them to create your own unique instruments and effects. These lightweight and high-quality plugins have intuitive no-nonsense interfaces so you will be using them like a master in no time.
The Kilohearts Essentials collection contains a number of useful plugins to get you started and is available absolutely FREE. Snapin Hosts and Premium plugins are available to buy separately.
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