Ember - Overdrive Distortion
Guitar drive from warm to fuzz
$1.99
Ember is a full drive chain in one pedal — not another single-circuit distortion. A gritty, tweed-flavored overdrive sits on the bottom, a filthy fuzz runs layered on top, and compression is built in. It's the stacked-amps sound that normally takes three pedals and an afternoon of gain-staging, dialed in with one knob.
THREE VOICES
WARM — distortion the way it was first discovered: a pushed vintage amp with sliced speaker cones. Raw, retro, and touch-sensitive. Roll BITE up and it tips into blown-speaker sizzle with a starved-supply quiver in the note.
DRIVE — everything, more. A doubled, dual-amp crunch straight out of the 1980s. The sustain sings, sizzles, crackles, and rings — and stays articulate. Chords keep their edges; every note in a run stays clear.
RAVAGE — unhinged. The amps are on fire and the ship is going down. Stomp BOOST and single notes bloom into screaming, feedback-laced sustain that hangs on for the better part of a minute. Pinch harmonics, smoldering solos, sixties-fuzz recklessness at modern gain.
WHAT IT'S FOR
• Recording guitar direct — a finished, layered drive tone with no amp, no mics, no reamping.
• Replacing a drive + fuzz + compressor stack, and the hour spent making them agree.
• Leads that hold: BOOST adds gain, presence, and a sustain compressor that carries the note for you.
• Practice anywhere — standalone app, plug in and play.
CONTROLS THAT MATTER
• DRIVE — one knob from edge-of-breakup to inferno. The molten orb burns hotter as you push it — and as you play harder.
• TONE — dark and thick to bright and cutting, with a speaker-style rolloff that keeps fizz out.
• BITE — round and smooth to sharp and shredded.
• BIAS — starve it for choked, dying-battery textures.
• IN / OUT / MIX for gain staging and parallel blends, stereo or mono, click-free bypass.
ON STAGE AND IN THE STUDIO
• AUv3 for GarageBand, Logic Pro, AUM, and any Audio Unit host.
• MIDI learn on everything — knobs, voices, BOOST, bypass, even program-change recall of specific presets. A MIDI footswitch runs the whole pedal hands-free.
• Factory presets plus custom presets.
One purchase. Mac, iPad, and iPhone.
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Information
- Seller
- Joshua Rideout
- Size
- 17.9 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Joshua Rideout
