ATIJ STUDIO
SoulCrusher
Coming soon

Five named high-gain character types, each backed by a real NAM capture instead of a synthetic waveshaper — crossfade-morph smoothly between all five, then stack it into a captured amp with a 5-band parametric EQ, gating, and dynamics.

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Download — coming soon How the engine works

Being upgraded to Parametric NAM captures, so every gain knob sweeps smoothly without losing clarity.

What's inside

A full high-gain signal chain, not just a distortion knob.

Five distortion types, one morphing engine

BONEGRIND, NERVE RIPPER, SPINE BREAKER, FLESH MELT, and SOUL CRUSHER — each driven by its own real captured NAM model. All five stay loaded at once; the center knob crossfade-morphs between them instead of switching, while five satellite knobs sweep each type's own captured gain range.

NAM Architecture 2 engine

Load any .nam capture — amp, cab, or full chain — including the newer A2-format models, with full backward compatibility for legacy captures. Built-in tone stack, input calibration, and IR loading with wet/dry blend.

A full signal chain

Noise gate, 5-band parametric EQ with a visual spectrum analyzer, a pre/post boost stage, and a phase-vocoder pitch shifter (±12 semitones) round out the chain before it hits your DAW.

Built for real sessions

Full preset management with A/B comparison and unlimited undo, assignable MIDI CC mapping with MIDI learn, real-time input/output metering, and a CPU usage monitor.

Gallery

See it in action.

SoulCrusher v2.9.0: five distortion characters around the morph knob, with gate, distortion and Global EQ
Specs

Tech specs.

Type
High-gain distortion and neural amp engine
Formats
VST3 · Standalone
Platform
Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Engine
NAM, including Architecture 2 (A2) models
Distortion types
5, each a real NAM capture, with crossfade morphing
Signal chain
Noise gate · 5-band EQ · pre/post boost · ±12 st pitch shifter · IR loader

Credits

Created by Atij

UI design by Debleng