Trash is the distortion section, containing everything from mild drive to broken circuit emulations. Two of the buttons, Filters 1 and 2-default to pre and post distortion positions respectively, but the six modules can be reconfigured in almost any series or parallel order. Those six access Trash’s effects parameters. When you start modifying the presets, or start building a sound from scratch in the default preset, you will note there are eight big buttons along the bottom, six of which are accompanied by small on/off buttons. The limiter is on by default, but you can shut it off at your peril. Izotope has wisely included a Limiter at the end of the chain to prevent speaker or ear damage. (You can install it on an iLock if you prefer).Ī word: Trash 2 allows very deep programing, so I recommend going through the included presets first to get an idea of the sonic mayhem it can produce. When you boot up the plug-in in your DAW for the first time, it asks for the serial number enter that and you are ready to go. Izotope’s installations are no muss no fuss the software installs easily. From its inception, Trash has literally pushed the envelope of all things distortion, and, as they say in advertising, much, much more.

Izotope’s Trash 2 ($249) can be configured to produce warm, tube-like drive too, but that is not what it is about. All the guitar-oriented software modelers offer astoundingly accurate emulations of classic and modern amp and pedal distortion. Guitars and distortion go together like hip-hop and hoodies.

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