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Waveshaper is really good, but you have to really know a lot about how distortion works to get the most out of it.

EDIT: I knew I had a post about how it worked somewhere

Let's talk distortion

I only know the basics. The closer you are to a straight line, the less distortion. The smoother the transitions (IE using curves instead of angles) the less fuzz you get. A very basic distortion for analog warming purposes would be to just open it up, and then put an upward curve in the line to taste. That’s your analog distortion model right there, and it’s how I use it 95% of the time. Image line just has the habit of letting people do whatever with their stock plugs, and that means they usua…