# Is there an waveshaper distortion modulator effects plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** The Studio\ **Created:** [September 7, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/is-there-an-waveshaper-distortion-modulator-effects-plugin/4117 "2020-09-07T11:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bfk](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/bfk/32/7101_2.png) [@bfk](https://idmforums.com/u/bfk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/is-there-an-waveshaper-distortion-modulator-effects-plugin/4117/1 "2020-09-07T11:48:49Z")
Just curious if there was a plugin that allowed someone to automate the distortion signal of a waveshaper plugin…ack I’m bm probably not explaining what I’m thinking properly… think scansynthgl plugin where you could manipulate the waveform but with distortion and you can automate the waveform manipulation… So does such a plugin exist only reason why I’m asking cause out of curiosity and it would save space being that I wouldnt have to bounce and freeze, use sends, or have a complicated fx chain Or is this a stupid question? ---
**Author:** ![st3aLth](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/st3alth/32/10678_2.png) [@st3aLth](https://idmforums.com/u/st3aLth)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/is-there-an-waveshaper-distortion-modulator-effects-plugin/4117/2 "2020-09-07T16:17:37Z")
I think you just need to scan through plugins and see what plugin will have automation live/curve. But i think waveshaper line is not automated. ---
**Author:** ![TIMT](https://idmforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@TIMT](https://idmforums.com/u/TIMT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/is-there-an-waveshaper-distortion-modulator-effects-plugin/4117/3 "2020-09-07T16:56:46Z")
There’s a Linux one i think that was ported to VST called wolfshaper > **[GitHub - wolf-plugins/wolf-shaper: Waveshaper plugin with a spline-based...](https://github.com/wolf-plugins/wolf-shaper)** > > Waveshaper plugin with a spline-based graph editor (LV2, VST, and CLAP) - wolf-plugins/wolf-shaper MeldasMBwaveshaper can modulate any point on the X-Y axis with LFO,envelope followers,velocity and pretty much everything you would associate with modulation > **[MWaveShaperMB | MeldaProduction](https://www.meldaproduction.com/MWaveShaperMB)** > > Construct your own shape (in multiband) Waveshapers are the basic distortion modules but can be rather limited. > But with MWaveShaperMB you can draw your own shapes and process up to 6 bands… Audiothing Wavebox can do it but the curves are predefined [https://www.audiothing.net/effects/wave-box/](https://www.audiothing.net/effects/wave-box/) These are the only ones i know of where this is possible short of cooking up something yourself in MAX or Reaktor (could probably do it with an event table) ---
**Author:** ![bfk](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/bfk/32/7101_2.png) [@bfk](https://idmforums.com/u/bfk)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/is-there-an-waveshaper-distortion-modulator-effects-plugin/4117/4 "2020-09-08T03:02:33Z")
I assumed it one would have to make a custom max/reaktor patch…just curious if there was plugin that did what I did in a tutorial vid using waveshaper and edison… thanks people. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![\_ms](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/_ms/32/946_2.png) [@\_ms](https://idmforums.com/u/_ms)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/is-there-an-waveshaper-distortion-modulator-effects-plugin/4117/5 "2020-09-08T06:41:53Z")
Get Trash2 and thank me later. It’s free with any purchase on PB (plugin boutique). So grab anything for like 5 bucks and it’s yours. It’s still has one of the best multiband distortion and saturation, can even do 2 stages. Everything can be automated. ---
**Author:** ![TIMT](https://idmforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@TIMT](https://idmforums.com/u/TIMT)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/is-there-an-waveshaper-distortion-modulator-effects-plugin/4117/6 "2020-09-08T08:38:31Z")
the points on the transfer curve aren’t dynamic/automatable on Trash though ---
**Author:** ![\_ms](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/_ms/32/946_2.png) [@\_ms](https://idmforums.com/u/_ms)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/is-there-an-waveshaper-distortion-modulator-effects-plugin/4117/7 "2020-09-08T10:12:29Z")
I was thinking about pre/drive/gain/wet sliders using external LFOs/Envelopes like M4L ones (maybe other DAWs have something similar to that), but yeah, you’re correct here. You can’t automate transfer curves. I feel that might also sound like crap lol ---
**Author:** ![TIMT](https://idmforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@TIMT](https://idmforums.com/u/TIMT)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/is-there-an-waveshaper-distortion-modulator-effects-plugin/4117/8 "2020-09-08T11:23:23Z")
last i remember most of the parameters in Trash on the waveshaper side of things do not have their params/sliders and such interpolated.they click and "zipper"quite audibly when you drag them.they might have a addressed that now as truthfully i haven’t bothered with Trash in years since getting MWaveshaperMB You can automate the transfer curves in all the plugins i listed definitely.whether it’s useful is a different story and entirely up to personal taste i guess(ya right it can sound kinda pointless)MWaveshaperMB can do parameter updates at close to audiorate at the expense of A LOT of CPU use Oh shit.there is also BlueCat Audio Destructor which does this as well.probably the most well known as its sold as a guitar emulation(stretching the definition IMO) [https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product\_Destructor/](https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_Destructor/)