1982 Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

The 1982 green overdrive, rebuilt part by part: the two transistor buffers, the JRC4558D clipping stage with its silicon diodes, the tone control and the original buffered bypass. That's where the famous mid hump comes from, the tight low end and the smooth clipping that tames your amp, whether you use it for overdrive or as a boost in front of a dirty amp.

Windows | 10 or later, 64-bit. Nothing else to install.

macOS | 10.13 High Sierra or later. Universal binary: runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

Linux | x86_64, with glibc 2.35 or later (Ubuntu 22.04 and equivalents onward).

Formats | VST3 on all three systems; Audio Unit (AU) on macOS for Logic Pro and GarageBand. It is an effect for your DAW: there is no standalone application.

CPU | Moderate: on our test machine, about 15% of one core at 48 kHz at the default 4× oversampling (about 4% at 1×). When the track is silent or POWER is off, practically nothing.