Distortion Essentials Bundle
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Three legendary distortion pedals for UAD-2 and Apollo interfaces.
Delivering powerfully authentic overdrive, distortion, and fuzz, the Distortion Essentials Bundle for UAD-2 and Apollo interfaces expertly models three vintage grind machines. Each of these classic emulations features Universal Audio’s Unison™ technology, giving you the individual touch, tone, and feel of these prized stompboxes.
Now You Can:
Track in real time through faithful emulations of three legendary distortion pedals with Apollo audio interfaces
Dial-in subtle grind or thick, saturated tones with the same pedals used by Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, and Stevie Ray Vaughan
Add interesting overdriven textures to guitars, synths, drums, and vocals at mixdown with any UAD-2 hardware
Get the same tone, touch, and feel of the original stompboxes thanks to Unison technology for Apollo interface
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Included Plug-Ins
TS Overdrive
Released in late 1979, the Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808* overdrive pedal quickly became legend for its dynamic, touch-sensitive distortion, and throaty midrange. A mainstay on the pedalboards of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Johnson, Brad Paisley, and more, the TS808 holds a hallowed place in guitar lore. The TS Overdrive for UAD-2 and Apollo nails every detail of this vintage grind machine, allowing guitarists of all styles a vast array of sounds at tracking or mixdown.
Bermuda Triangle
When it comes to unmistakable, classic fuzz/distortion, the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff reins supreme. Vintage Big Muffs are prized for powerfully fat sustain, aggressive attack, and an over-the-top sonic personality. Inspired by the hallowed early-’70’s “triangle” version of the Big Muff, the Bermuda Triangle plug-in for UAD-2 and Apollo interfaces delivers the same bad-ass attitude and fiendish fuzz that has graced classic records from Pink Floyd to the White Stripes.
Raw Distortion
Equal parts warm overdrive and raunchy grind, the Pro Co Rat distortion pedal has been a vital cog in countless guitar rigs since the late ’70s. From Jeff Beck to John Scofield, players of all stripes revere the Rat’s tonal range, smoothness, and heaping amounts of gain. The Raw Distortion for UAD-2 and Apollo is a faithful emulation of this legendary distortion box, delivering all of the grit, dynamics, and raunch of the classic hardware.
Unison Technology for Authentic Tone, Touch, and Feel
The interaction of your instrument and the first pedal in your signal chain is an essential ingredient to capturing a stompbox’s unique character and tone. Thanks to Universal Audio’s Unison technology, your signal gets the same circuit interaction, gain range, and clip points of these vintage pedals when you plug into a UA audio interface. This gives you the true tone, feel, and response of the original hardware.
*The TS Overdrive is not affiliated with, sponsored, nor endorsed by Ibanez and Hoshino Corporation. The Tube Screamer TS808 name, is solely to identify the classic effects emulated by Universal Audio's product.Customer Reviews
N. Dettenbach
September 10, 2020
good emu
emulate analog distortion circuits seems not easy at all, but UAD nailed it here better then the "native" (x86) products from others. Seems that even emus of such technically...
Read MoreE. Koch
August 25, 2020
sorry for all the reveiw communications.
i did get an e-mail to UA development thanks to tech support.. good guitar sound, i most people's opinion, comes from a Germanium Treble Booster slapping up the amps initial tube gain...
Read MoreA. Pashka
June 18, 2020
Raw Distortion
I have the Raw pedal, NOT the Marshall pedal so I am reviewing that and NOT the others in the bundle. I love bussing guitar and...
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Key Features
Dead-on emulation of the legendary TS808 Tube Screamer stompbox
Exacting circuit emulation with all the original features and tone of the vintage unit
Realtime UAD Processing and exclusive Unison™ technology features for Apollo interfaces
Requires UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Card or Apollo Interface, available from authorized dealers worldwide
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Customer Reviews
Distortion Essentials Bundle
E. Jegu
Distortion essentials bundle
Overdrive !!! xD
N. Dettenbach
good emu
emulate analog distortion circuits seems not easy at all, but UAD nailed it here better then the "native" (x86) products from others. Seems that even emus of such technically "simple" circuits profit from UADs DSP/FPGA support.
E. Koch
sorry for all the reveiw communications.
i did get an e-mail to UA development thanks to tech support..
good guitar sound, i most people's opinion, comes from a Germanium Treble Booster slapping up the amps initial tube gain stages, Not a distortion pedal...
distortion pedals where something that people used to get distortion and adjust input tone at low volumes; for practice, like alternative to a soak, they just sort of became part of the device culture..
but the germanium treble boosters where what people used when they played live, or loud in the studio...basically a germanium gain stage with more high frequency output to shift the tube amp's tube preamp distortion color more into the higher frequency range, and leave the lower frequencies less distorted...
so it would be good to add some classic germanium treble boosters to this collection, being the distortion pedal, in general, was more of a situational coping mechanism than any ticket to a golden sound..
t. sumitomo
本物だ！
マーシャルに合うエフェクターです。ハードロッカーにお勧め！
A. Zammit
Disapointed
I bought this bundle and still I don't have TS distortion !!! I even contact the support but still I don't have the TS dist. Very disapointed !!! :(
以. 姜
太贵了
二手都能买全部真货了
A. Pashka
Raw Distortion
I have the Raw pedal, NOT the Marshall pedal so I am reviewing that and NOT the others in the bundle. I love bussing guitar and vocals to this to add a bit more bite to the tracks and use it frequently, must have tool to have in your collection.
A. Rodriguez Lopez
amanzing
perfect
D. Ellison
Distortion Essentials Bundle
Good, i'm happy with the tones although feel it's a bit overpriced considering the Raw pedal comes free. For this price including a tuner (or just building one into console) doesn't feel like too much to ask, especially since many are using the hardware for tracking.
A. Keuter
TS Overdrive
TS Overdrive is perfect. Marshalls sound perfect
A. Keuter
green love
I love the tubescreamer
M. Snel
Great plugins
I bought this bundle because I wanted to use the Ibanez on 808's. The Ibanez is sounding really really great! The only complains I have is that I can't use the Ibanez, but I have to use the TS Overdrive. I have used the Ibanez in several paid projects, and now I have to replace them all and match the settings. And second, you have to buy this whole bundle if you only need 1 plugin. And that said, everyone already owns the Raw plugin... So yeah, but the quality it good at least so I can't complain.
R. Campo
Not the best from UA
I prefer to use the real stomp boxes as they sound much more realistic to me. I love most of UA plugins and have spent lots and am usually blown away. That being said, I wish I had saved the cash on this bundle. Maybe add more tube screamer analogue circuits, sucks it only does one. The fuzz pedal Sounds best of the three to me. They work if you don’t have the pedals themselves though.
O. Dramaretskiy
Not bad!
UA gave a bx_tuner, as the raw is included. Tuner number one plain for guitarist)))
S. Nikolic
TS is good but why bundle?
I just need TS so why bundle?
J. Johansson
Hm. Nah.
To me, these pedals are a little bit too much all over the place. They're a bit hard to control and I have a hard time finding good use for these.
Also, they're a bit too expensive.P. Dudzikowski
interesting but...
There is a lot of ways to use this plug-ins. It sunds interesting, sometime it`s useful but in my oppinion, it`s fare from hardwere, oryginal stuff. I like it but as a kind of alternative way to use overdrive or distortion..
S. Batten
Why is the RAW in there when it’s in the free bundle
Yeh the Tube Screamer is good, you already own the RAW and I have no use for the other one. Luckily it was on sale and I had a voucher so it was only stupidly exorbitantly priced instead of the normal highway robbery. You’ve got us over a barrel and you know it.
S. Batten
Good but overpriced
Why the “bundle” when one of them is free? We all know most UA plugins are good, but we are all captive to being ripped off on their stupid pricing as there’s no other choice. It hurts a bit less on sale, but only because it seems like you’re getting a bargain when a $250 plugin is $150. Why is every other companies plugins so much cheaper. These guys are up there with Avid ProTools in exploiting every last dollar out of their clients they basically have by the balls.
S. Ha
Good chemi but why bundle?
TS9 and the plexi sounds chemi is really good.
I just connect my guitar to apollo then that’s all. I can enjoy great plexi sound.
But by making a bundle with other 2 pedals, price increased and i had to pay for the pedals i don’t want.
