Schulz Audio employed the same circuit simulation technology as used for its Tonebreaker classic British blues overdrive to model the preamp circuitry of a famous portable cassette recorder.
Schulz Portacrunch 424 captures the iconic tone of the 424 preamp: from warm, colorful clean tones to gritty overdrive and saturated, blown-out fuzz. This is the sound that shaped 90s lo-fi and continues to fuel today’s indie guitar movement. While it’s best known for guitar, that same character shines just as vividly on bass, drums, and synths.
PortaCrunch 424 models every transistor, op-amp and capacitor in the original cassette 4-track’s signal path to bring the actual behavior of those circuits to your DAW.
The plugin is currently free to download in VST3, AU and AAX formats for Windows and macOS (regular $69 USD).
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