No idea how it compares to other saturators, but it's cheap, and I think it sounds great. Went from incredibly clean to fiercing overdriven, based on my attack. I matched it with an amp (Archeon Bright) from Audio Assault's ReAmp (it's in beta right now, you can preorder it for $20 and I had never had an amp sim sound so reactive to the dynamics of my playing. The Head Crusher can make your guitar & amp sim extremely reactive.

Extremely useful for enhancing any sound. The FreakQ 305 is a combination saturator & EQ, so you're not only boosting frequencies, you're boosting harmonics as well.

Only downside is the fuzz pedals aren't fuzzy enough for me, although they still sound good.Īudio Assault also has the FreakQ 305 & Head Crusher 'Analog Console Inspired Saturation'. The Dirt Pony setting is really good, as well as a few others. I prefer to use this Tubescreamer to add some dirt & character to a bluesy tone (handy to have different Tubescreamer sounds). It's only $7, when it goes on sale (which is right now), and it's a solid deal. I like to use their Tubescreamer when I want a smooth sounding over drive.Īudio Assault has a multi-pedal dirt plugin called 'Dirt Machine' (also has an acoustic sim setting, although I've never found those to be of much use). They also have a few distortion/OD pedals.

Mercuriall also makes a nice free chorus, sounds nice & crispy. Quality is great, especially since it's free. Wampler has a few free pedal plugins, including a really nice sounding Univibe type effect! The others are a chorus & envelope filter. It's normally $79, so this is a solid price. To me, I prefer effects that are more tweakable, but it's also nice to have plugins that just sound good without much fuss. Wanted to put this at the top of my list: Nembrini Audio's Analog Rack FX bundle is only $19.75 right now.

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