Blue Cat Audio - Destructor

Destructor is Blue Cat Audio's distortion and amp modelling plugin. It covers the whole range from pristine clean amp tones through tape and tube saturation, compression and fuzz to full digital mayhem, and it's just as happy on drums, synths, vocals and buses as it is on guitar.

How it works

Rather than cloning specific circuits, Destructor builds a tone from a chain of stages: input gate and compressor, pre filters, the distortion itself, post filters and cabinet-style shaping. The shape dynamics control changes how the distortion responds to playing dynamics, which is what makes it feel like an amp rather than a waveshaper. Hundreds of presets, many inspired by classic gear, give you a starting point, and the tone maps let you morph between presets in 2D to find something new.

The sound

Gentle warmth on a vocal, crunch on a drum bus, a fat driven bass, or something properly destroyed on a synth. Side chain options let another signal trigger the effect for rhythmic tricks. You can even design the look of each rack and pedal, if that's your thing.

Where it fits

Anywhere you want character. For guitarists it's a full amp sim; for producers it's one of the most flexible saturation and distortion boxes around for the money.

Features

• Distortion types from analogue to digital: amps, saturation, clipping, bit crushing, compression
• Works for clean tones too
• Hundreds of editable presets, many inspired by real gear
• Input gate and compressor, pre and post filters
• Shape dynamics control
• Tone maps for exploring and morphing presets
• Side chain triggering
• Customisable rack and pedal styles

System requirements

• Mac: macOS 10.9 or later, Intel or Apple Silicon
• Windows: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 or 11, SSE2 processor
• VST, VST3, AU (Mac only) and AAX

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