MORSO

MORSO is a zero-latency, extremely CPU-light vintage distortion and tonal shaping plugin for mixing, tracking, and creative duties.

It features parallel mix control, pre/post HPF and LPF routing, limiter, polarity flip, and sample delay.

Inspired by classic guitar pedals from the 70s and 80s, MORSO offers two modes:

• MORSO: thicker, unruly distortion.
• MORSONE: bitey and pushy alternative.

It also includes expanded controls for deeper tone shaping: flexible EQ, pre/post filtering, polarity flip, and precise HPF/LPF controls. The result is a distortion plugin that also shines as a creative mixing tool for tracking and sound design.

MAIN INTERFACE

• DIST controls the amount of saturation injected in the signal.
• LEVEL boosts or reduces volume after the distortion stage.
• SWITCH selects one of two modes: MORSO (thicker 70s/80s-inspired character) or MORSONE (more bite and aggression).
• INPUT controls the signal entering the effect.
• OUTPUT controls the signal leaving the effect.
• POWER TOGGLE enables or bypasses the effect.

ADVANCED PANEL

• MONO / DUAL MONO / STEREO adapts to track format. Mono shows MONO disabled. Stereo allows DUAL MONO (independent L/R) or STEREO (linked channels with shared limiter gain reduction).
• LIMITER MODE (OFF / SAFE / AGGRO) is a lightweight post-output limiter to avoid final clipping (-0.003 dB final clip). Use SAFE for transparent control and AGGRO for faster peak control.
• PH toggles polarity. The button shows PH 0 (normal) or PH 180 (inverted).
• FILTERS toggles HPF/LPF position in the chain: FILTERS: PRE (before pedal) or FILTERS: POST (after pedal).
• MIX blends dry and processed signal.
• TIME OFFSET applies a micro-delay (0 to 6ms) to the processed sound. This allows you to time-align the wet and dry paths, ensuring optimal phase coherency when blending them together with the MIX control.
• HPF cutoff range: 20 Hz to 2,000 Hz.
• LPF cutoff range: 2,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz.