Tube·Tape·Fuzz·Germ·Wave
Five saturation circuits, an American-style EQ, and a transient recovery system that hands back the punch that drive takes away. One cream-colored box that works like hardware — because it sounds like hardware.
AU / VST3 / AAX · macOS 15+ · Two machines per license
What's in the box
Grit Factory is the channel piece you reach for when a track is technically fine and emotionally flat. Push it until it feels right.
Tube, tape, fuzz, germ and wave — each with three voicings, A through C. Fifteen circuits behind one Drive knob.
Three big, musical bands with shelf options — and a Fine gain mode for when half a dB is the whole move.
A detection circuit that catches the hit and hands it back after the drive. Smash the tone, keep the punch.
Dedicated high- and low-pass filters, each switchable pre or post the whole circuit.
The interface
Every control on a single panel you can read from across the room. The window is fully resizable — laptop screen to control-room glass.
Saturation
Five saturation types, each in three voicings. Pick a flavor, sweep the Drive, blend it in with Mix, and trim with Output while the VU tells you how hard you're leaning.
Three voices to choose from and between them lives most of the last fifty years of records.
EQ Section
Three bands of confident, American-style curves with switchable low and high shelves. PRE places the EQ ahead of the saturation so you can shape what hits the circuit; FINE scales every gain move for surgical passes.
Transient Recovery
Saturation trades attack for warmth — that's the deal. The Transient Recovery system listens for the hit with Attack, Sensitivity and Window controls, then hands it back on the other side of the drive.
SOLO the detector to tune it by ear, or feed the KEY input from any track in your session and let a sidechain run the circuit.
The engineers putting Grit Factory to work.
3X Grammy Winner — Esperanza Spalding, Vampire Weekend, Lauryn Hill
Taylor Swift, Skylar Grey, Aloe Blacc
Death Cab for Cutie, Of Monsters and Men, Destroy Boys
The small print, proudly
Two full parameter states, one click apart. Decide with your ears, not your memory.
Settings from working engineers — with room for your own.
Undo thinks in gestures: one knob sweep is one step, not a thousand. Fifty deep.
Drag the window from laptop-small to desktop-large. It stays sharp.
External key input into the transient detector, in every format that allows it.
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