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Distortion FX

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One of the most common uses for distortion is electric guitars. In this example a number of distortion FX have been applied to a clean guitar sample. Many of these processors attempt to simulate the tube distortion amplifiers and speaker enclosures that are normally used with electric guitars. To see the larger view of each plug-in, click on the thumbnail.
   
GarageBand Amp Sim
GarageBand includes a large number of guitar instrument definitions. This sample uses the Grunge definition which includes the Amp Simulation plug-in using the American Crunch preset.

 
CamelPhat American Crunch
CamelPhat is plug-in which includes several FX processors. The American Crunch preset was used to create this example.
   
 
Sonar Amp Sim
Sonar includes an Amp Sim plug-in with several distortion settings. This example uses the British Crunch preset.
 
Amplitude 2

Amplitube 2 packages together a number of software modules designed for processing electric guitar audio. Various modules can be combined in a software rack. This example was created using the Fuzzace1 preset.

   
 
Fruity Blood Overdrive
Fruity Blood Overdrive is a plug-in included with FL Studio. It has a several distortion parameters but minimal presets. We created with this one with the parameters shown in the graphic for our example.
 
Guitar Rig 2
Guitar Rig 2 is a hardware and software package with a number of modules designed for recording and processing electric guitar audio. Various modules can be combined in a software rack. The example was created using the Killer Lead preset.

   
 
Acid Pro Distortion
ExpressFX Distortion is a plug-included with Acid Pro. The Mangle preset was used to create this example.

 
Cubase AmpSimulator
AmpSimulator is a VST plug-in included with Cubase 4. The Classic Rock 2 preset was used to create this example.

         

 


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