Software Distortions/Overdrives news

Variety of Sound launched the 2.1 update for its Rescue MK2 amplification/saturation VST plug-in for Windows.

G-Sonique adds to its effect plug-in catalog a fuzz for guitar and an envelope follower and filter for guitar bass and drums.

MeldaProduction announced the release of MWobbler, a distortion filter plug-in for Mac and Windows available for the introductory price of 20€.

Eastern Europe countries are very active these days in the audio industry, see for instance Dawner Prince Effects with its first two guitar effects.

Ignite Amps adds to their free plug-in line the TSB-1 Tyrant Screamer distortion for Mac and Windows.

KiloHearts announces the availability of its Faturator saturation plug-in as a Rack Extension for Reason 6.5 and 7.

LVC-Audio announces the availability of the second version of its ClipShifter limiter VST plug-in for Windows.

Tek'it Audio update its Badass distorsion VST plug-in for Windows in a version 2 loaded with more effects.

Audiffex Guitar Line Series simulate guitar gear, wether effects or speakers. The first product of the line is the Multi Drive Pedal plug-in.

Variety of Sound will launch at the end of the month the updated version of one of it's first plugins, Rescue MK2.

Native Instruments launched their annual holiday giveaway with two special gifts as a thank you to all registered users.

iZotope has announced that Trash 2 will be released in November, and has been rewritten from the ground up.

FXpansion has released Maul, a multi-band distortion and tone-shaping plug-in with modulation.

Voxengo VariSaturator version 1.10 update is now available for download.

kiloHearts, developer of AU and VST plugins for Windows and Mac, has announced the release of a new plug-in: Faturator.

LSR audio has released two new plug-ins: SK_Driveand SK_Bright.

Nasty Racks is a free Live Pack for Ableton.

Plugin Alliance announces the availability of bx_saturator, an M/S and multi-band saturation tool.

Variety Of Sound has announced mkII versions forNastyDLA and TesslaPRO to be released during Q2/2012.

FabFilter releases a new addition to its line of effect plug-ins: FabFilter Saturn, a multi-band distortion and saturation plug-in.

Distorque has released Face Bender, a free VST emulation of a Fuzz Face and a Tonebender MKII.

Hanacsoft has released Reasonable Distortion, a free VST effect plug-in.

From tone-shaping or adding a bit of grit to "total waveform destruction" comes Kombinat Dva, the sequel to the Kombinat plug-in.