Type math, get distortion. Good equations are often the smoothest-sounding distortions and are the backbone of many classic distortion plugins - so don’t sleep on this one. You don’t need a math PhD: start from the presets and learn the classic building blocks, then stack them in different ways. A few starters:
tanh(3*x)- the classic soft clip; raise the 3 for more aggression.1.5*x - 0.5*x^3- the classic polynomial clipper.sin(1.5*pi*x)- a wavefolder.
The most convenient part is the m variable: the Morph dial’s position mapped from 0 to 1, read
in real time. For example, tanh((1 + 10*m)*x) goes from subtle to aggressive overdrive with a
single knob.
