The effects

Every pedal, everywhere.

Each effect runs in OA FX Rack, inside every synth, and as a plugin of its own. Own it once and it is unlocked in all of them.

Drive3

PuzzFreeA germanium fuzz in the style of a classic two-transistor pedal: thick, ragged and woolly, and it cleans up as the guitar's volume is rolled back.CrankFreeA tiny amp turned all the way up: huge, dark and raw, almost a fuzz, squeezing and blooming as you dig in and cleaning up a little as you play softer.PumiceFreeA warm saturator, its level matched as you turn it up: Saturate from gentle warmth to thick and compressed, Tone for where the harmonics come from, and Output to sit it in the chain.

Dynamics2

ZestFreeA subtle, coloured squeeze compressor that keeps the pick attack: Volume and Comp, Blend for the dry attack, a tilt EQ, and a Dirt switch with a knob for its grit.EagleFreeA transparent bass compressor that works quietly underneath, evening the notes without changing the tone: Threshold, Slope, Attack and Level.

EQ, Tone and Enhancers2

8 BallFreeAn eight-band EQ to shape the tone: filters, shelves and bells, each acting on both sides or one. Click its graph for the full editor.EarthFreeA low-end enhancer, so a bass reads on phones and laptops and still has weight on big speakers: Sub adds an octave under it, Body its harmonics, Trim sets the level.

Modulation3

MistFreeA wide, still studio chorus: four buttons, 1 the subtlest and 4 the strongest, any of them together for the shades between, with Width, Mix and Tone.UndertowFreeA tremolo that swings the volume in time: a harmonic one in the style of early-'60s amps, its lows and highs swirling in opposite phase, or a bias, optical or pan tremolo, free or locked to the song's tempo.JacuzzaFreeA phaser and a flanger in one tub on one wandering LFO: round bubbles and rushing jets, in series or side by side, with the lows kept dry and Surge to open it all up.

Delay and Echo1

GeodeFreeA dual digital delay: two delays, the second a rhythm of the first or its own, in series, in parallel or ping-ponging, in three colours of '80s digital.

Reverb1

FjordFreeA lush digital reverb of the early '80s studio: a hall, a plate or a room, its lows and highs ringing longer or shorter than its Decay.

Utility and Meters3

BedrockFreeA stereo utility that adds no colour: it sets the level and balance, widens or narrows the image, works on the mid and side, keeps the bass centred and flips polarity.PebbleFreeA one-knob trimmer: it sets the level and nothing else, so a chain can be staged between two units.NeedleFreeA pair of VU meters that show how loud something sounds, the needles rising and falling at a VU's own pace. The sound passes through untouched.