O Eventide's CrushStation is a versatile, best-in-class stereo distortion rig for your Mac, PC, or iPad/iPhone. Its controls can drive your tone from creamy saturation to a brutal sonic assault. But distortion is just the starting point.

O CrushStation brings multi-effects to the mix, adding a three-band EQ, Compression, Octave Mix and, the unique approach of Eventide about hardware failures, Sag control. Use the MIX Control to mix your raw signal with the CrushStation to create parallel compression, distortion, and other creative effects.

Fix, Tune and Feature

The combination of ingredients CrushStation creates a plug-in that stands out for its three broad forms of distortion effects. FX expert and author Alex Case refers to them as the “CARs”: Correction, Adjustment, and Appeal.

• Fix “a weak snare track by adding just a little Grit & Compression.
• “Adjust” tunes the lead in your mix by adding some warmth and background.
• “Resource” the lead will be crushing until it hurts.

Resources

• 35 meticulously tailored presets.
• Go from subtle boost to deep overdrive distortion.
• GRIT and SUSTAIN push it into fuzz territory.
• SAG was inspired by our experience with the sound of dying analogue equipment; the power rail sinks and the amp starts to spit, clipping and sounding 'broken'.
• Mix in increasingly louder OCTAVES and then turn the DRIVE and SUSTAIN to crush them and form new textures.
• Use GRIT for bass sounds.
• 3-band EQ to shape your tone.