Found out that the new Arturia mix drums effect has pentode distortion which seemed like something you don’t usually find and now I’m looking for something standalone that might have this type of distortion, even a VCV module would help… any good ones not like tied to a bundle or stuff like waves/overloud?

 

Blamsoft XFX Tube --> https://blamsoft.com/xfx-distortion-pack/

Part of the free XFX Distortion Pack, this module offers tube distortion effects suitable for various applications. It's designed for use within the VCV Rack environment

 

Last edited: Jun 15, 2025

SoundToys Decapitator ('P' button) and BlackBox HG2 (literally has a 'Pentode' knob lol) both have it.

UAD's Culture Vulture (which the Decapitator T and P modes actually emulate) has the P1 and P2 settings too.

 

This


and THIS







Good stuff

 

There's a triode / pentode switch on the Wavegrove HCL Varis compressor. The sound is very different between the two modes.

 

Thanks for the suggestions, if any other ones come up I’ll have to look

 

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