Alien Drive: Wavetable Waveshaper and Distortion Plugin by Rave Generation

The shaper's Curve X control selects the family of curve, and Curve Y sets how sharply that family turns. Both axes interpolate, so positions between two curves produce different nonlinearities rather than a simple crossfade.

Fold Gain controls how far a full-scale signal sweeps across the wave. Below noon the signal is shaped; past noon it folds and generates harmonics. Fold Mix blends the shaped signal against the overdrive output, letting the transient come through while the fold fills in behind it. Rotate shifts where in the waveform the signal starts reading, which lands the fold on a different part of the curve and changes the harmonic content.

An envelope follower moves the curve position up to seven waves in either direction according to your transients, so loud passages travel further through the bank than quiet ones. Env Release, from 1 to 1000 ms, sets how far the position travels between hits.

A tempo-locked LFO has five modes (Sync, Trig, Free, Restart and Off) and can drive seven destinations, each with its own bipolar depth. In Restart mode the LFO begins at phase 0 every time playback starts. A live transfer curve display shows the shaper's current response and moves with Curve X, Curve Y, Rotate and the envelope.