RP-Distort

When producing electronic music, distortion is an effect that you can rarely do without. Various instrumental tracks and even vocals often benefit from different types of distortion so that they can stand out in the mix. The effect will, of course, alter the timbre of an instrument, and can become dangerous to your ears, speakers, and headphones when used excessively.

While any digital audio workstation that you choose to work with will provide you with some form of harmonic distortion, you usually need an external plugin to achieve spectacular results. When you’re ready to expand your sonic arsenal with a distortion unit, you could also take RP-Distort into consideration.

Even though adding distortion is the plugin’s main feature, RP-Distort is actually a very versatile tool that can reshape your sounds in many creative ways. Just in the main section, you can find 33 types of distortion, including a clipper, an overdrive, a fuzz, a saturation, a waveshaper, an amp simulator, and a hard limiter. But choosing the distortion type you want to use is just the beginning.

The plugin contains five additional sections that can help you shape your sounds: a 4-band EQ, a noise gate, a filter, a compressor, and a widener. The latter is a very interesting tool because it allows you to add width to mono tracks that may be too tight.

If you wish to modulate the controls of the effect, you can add MIDI modulation sources or use the plugin’s four LFOs. Moreover, RP-Distort comes with many presets that showcase its capabilities and are more than enough to get you started.

The plugin’s interface is very well contained, so learning to use it is a pretty straightforward process. I can only conclude that RP-Distort is a simple yet versatile audio tool that you can use to add creative distortion to your tracks.