Shameless Plugs have released Fuzzploid, a FREE distortion / overdrive plugin.
Fuzzploid is the fuzz pedal for the 21st century.
The Fuzzploid algorithm is a new design, neither borrowing from existing 3rd party software code nor modelling any particular hardware circuitry.
It was developed with the resulting sound in mind, by trial and error, and finally, success.
Its character is brash, brutal, in-your-face.
Fuzzploid can do clean, but it definitely excels in dirty.
Fuzzploid was developed as an offshoot and preview of a more involved product that is still in development and will be released somewhat later this year. Like Fuzzploid, that upcoming product will feature classic overdrive, distortion and fuzz, but will have some additional features.
I developed Fuzzploid as a birthday present for guitarist and faithful plugin test pilot Dom McSweeney. Because Dom likes fuzz with his morning coffee more than almost anything.
Although Fuzzploid was most definitely not modelled after any existing hardware fuzz pedal in particular (because that’s simply not how we (rock &) roll here at Shameless Plugs headquarters), we most definitely expect it to be the first fuzz plugin that future hardware units will be modelled after.
Fuzzploid will of course successfully fulfil the classic role of guitar fuzz, distortion and overdrive pedals in front of a clean or dirty guitar amp. However, using it without an amp simulator, going directly into a speaker cabinet simulator, yields surprisingly satisfying results.
Another good use is to add harmonics to bass guitar or bass synth. On small speakers, such as those found on a mobile phone, tablet or laptop, the bass guitar can easily disappear; the best remedy is to add harmonics that will be audible, thereby tricking the mind into perceiving the missing lower frequencies. Fuzzploid doesn’t have a pure dry / wet mix control, but by lowering the amount of fuzz in favour of classic distortion, lowering the input gain, and adjusting the tone control to taste, it’s child’s play to dial in a fantastic bass guitar tone that’s present even on small speakers.
Features include:
- An input gain control, allowing for a gain ranging from 0.0dB all the way up to a whopping +60.0dB to be pushed into the distortion and fuzz circuitry;
- A fuzz control, which goes from pure overdrive / distortion to pure fuzz and everything in between;
- A tone control, shifting low and high pass filters in tandem;
- An output control for appropriate gain staging.
Fuzzploid is available to PC users (VST3).
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