Arturia has been building out its collection of effects plugins over the last few years. One notable blind spot was distortion. It wasn't until FX Collection 3 launched in June that the company would ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2023: Yes, it can be a pretty destructive processor if you want it to be, but there's a lot more to effectively using distortion than just cranking up that Input knob and smashing your ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: Ever since the fateful day that a guitarist turned up their amp just a little too much and discovered distortion, musicians and producers have been obsessed with applying colour, ...

We see plenty of free plugins passing through our inbox here at MusicRadar, but it's rare that we're stopped in our tracks by something that looks like a genuine must-have. Eventide's CrushStation is ...

Whether it’s a subtle amount of tape saturation to add warmth to a clean synth part, retro bitcrushing to give a reverb send that crunchy 1980s digital feel, or over-the-top trashy distortion grunging ...