EVENTIDE AUDIO CrushStation

Ask most producers and they’ll say you can never have too many distortion and saturation tools. From pedals to plug-ins, the proverbial table may be strewn with superficially similar options but each design brings something different to it. Now, the New Jersey-based maker Eventide Audio is hoping you’ll clear some space for its own unique take.

CrushStation is a distortion unit whose algorithm is based on that of Eventide’s H9 Harmonizer pedal. As such, the plug-in offers a range of sounds, from smooth saturation to savage sonic destruction. But this is more than a one-note effect. CrushStation also features a 3-band EQ, compression, octave mix