DriveMod: Distortion Plugin with Six Algorithms and LFO Modulation

DriveMod offers six distortion types, each with its own personality. Digital is a bitcrusher-style distortion with precise control over quantising, ranging from subtle noise to gritty distortion. Tube aims to mimic high-gain guitar pre-amps, from warm overdrive to crisp distortion. Diode is a modern take on diode-clipper distortion with a tone range from bright to vintage fuzz.

Lin Fold folds the signal up and down periodically, giving an FM-like character for twisted sounds. Zero Sq interleaves random square waves into the original signal for heavy destruction. Rectify folds the negative side of the signal over the positive side, adding harmonics one octave above the source.

The Drive, Destroy and Tone controls shape the chosen algorithm, and auto-gain keeps the output level balanced as you push the sound.

DriveMod's main interface includes a filter and stereo panner for working with the wet distortion signal. You can filter the distortion to a precise frequency band before placing it in the stereo field, which helps keep the effect focused on the part of the sound you want to change.

The Movement panel applies LFOs to any distortion parameter. You can use the pre-built sine, square, sawtooth and triangle shapes, or draw your own modulator shape to suit the material. Time intervals run from 1/64 up to 32 bars, and the plugin also offers playhead reversal, waveform smoothing and pulse width modulation for fine-tuning.