Saturation and amp simulation
Governed by: docs/design/specs/2026-07-15-plugin-catalog-tiered-packaging.md
140 plugins, 101 of them cleared to run on the console's own audio thread. Figures are at 96 kHz; the columns are explained on the catalog index. Sorted by hosting verdict, then by name.
50 of them declare no LV2 category at all and are filed here from their own name or description — our reading, not the plugin's claim.
| Plugin | Package | Host | Latency at 96 kHz | Class | Cost at 96 kHz | 44.1 / 48 / 96 / 192 | Certified | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aliasing | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.02 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Barry's Satan Maximiser | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0.156 ms | low | 0.04 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| BassAmp | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 1.17 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — bass amp sim, not a live-desk effect. |
| BassUp | lv2-eq10q | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.12 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| BigAmp | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.031 ms | low | 1.88 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — guitar amp sim; +12.9 dB at defaults (peaks +2.5 dBFS from -20 dBFS noise) and one of the family's dearer plugins. |
| BussColors4 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.50 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — console-colour bus saturator. |
| C* CabinetIII - Idealised loudspeaker cabinet emulation | caps-lv2 | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.27 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Functional oracle verified at 48/96 kHz, not yet re-run at the rig's 192 kHz. |
| C* CabinetIV - Idealised loudspeaker cabinet emulation | caps-lv2 | suitable | 0.031 ms | low | 0.22 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Functional oracle verified at 48/96 kHz, not yet re-run at the rig's 192 kHz. |
| C* Saturate | caps-lv2 | suitable | 0.010 ms | low | 0.51 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Verified at 192 kHz, 2026-09-05. |
| C* ToneStack - Tone stack emulation | caps-lv2 | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.04 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Functional oracle verified at 48/96 kHz, not yet re-run at the rig's 192 kHz. |
| Channel8 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.38 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — console channel colour v8, superseded by Channel9. |
| Channel9 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.44 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — subtle console-channel colour (Neve/API/SSL modes). |
| Console6Buss | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.19 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console6 buss half; -5.8 dB at defaults, the complement of the channel's +5.6 dB. |
| Console6Channel | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.19 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console6 channel half; +5.6 dB at defaults, a surprise on a lone insert. |
| Console7Buss | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.40 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Recommended — the buss half of the Console7 pair (author's starter kit): one instance on the mix bus, with Console7Channel on every contributing strip. |
| Console7Channel | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.52 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Recommended — the channel half of the Console7 pair (author's starter kit): one per strip, Console7Buss on the mix. |
| Console8BussHype | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.36 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console8 buss (hype); +6.6 dB at defaults. |
| Console8BussIn | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.30 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console8 buss-in stage. |
| Console8BussOut | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.010 ms | low | 0.29 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console8 buss-out stage with a one-frame delay. |
| Console8ChannelHype | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.28 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console8 channel (hype); +6.4 dB at defaults. |
| Console8ChannelIn | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.021 ms | low | 0.24 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console8 channel-in stage; a fixed 0.021 ms at every rate (fixed-time). |
| Console8ChannelOut | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.34 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console8 channel-out stage. |
| Console8LiteBuss | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.40 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — the one-plugin Console8 buss. |
| Console8LiteChannel | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.39 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — the one-plugin Console8 channel. |
| Console8SubHype | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.36 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console8 sub-mix (hype); +6.6 dB at defaults. |
| Console8SubIn | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.021 ms | low | 0.30 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console8 sub-in stage; fixed 0.021 ms at every rate. |
| Console8SubOut | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.35 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Console8 sub-out stage. |
| ConsoleLABuss | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.47 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — ConsoleLA buss. |
| ConsoleLAChannel | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.93 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — ConsoleLA channel with built-in 3-band EQ, pan and fader; one of the dearer console channels (Console7Cascade/Crunch cost more) and a duplicate of what the strip already has natively. |
| Creature | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.55 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — experimental saturation oddity, -11.6 dB at defaults. |
| Crossover distortion | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.03 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| CrunchyGrooveWear | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.65 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — vinyl groove-wear distortion. |
| Declipper | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.03 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Desk | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.34 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — original Desk console colour. |
| Diode Processor | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.03 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Drive | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.20 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — simple drive with a dB-ranged control. |
| Dyno | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.39 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — dynamic waveshaper. |
| EverySlew | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.33 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — slew limiter. |
| Facet | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.19 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — waveform faceting distortion oddity. |
| Fast overdrive | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.03 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| FireAmp | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.063 ms | low | 1.57 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — guitar amp sim: +7.1 dB, 55 dB band span, 21 % THD at defaults, and ~6 frames of delay at 96 k. |
| Focus | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.44 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — kit-listed saturating booster, but not characterised here beyond the scan. |
| Foldover distortion | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.03 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Fracture | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.29 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Not recommended — wavefolder with +15.5 dB at defaults, hard-ceilinged at 0 dBFS. |
| GoldenSlew | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.26 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — golden-ratio slew limiter. |
| GrindAmp | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.052 ms | low | 1.97 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — guitar amp sim; +12.1 dB at defaults (peaks +2.2 dBFS), dear, and a 5–10 frame rate-dependent delay at 96/192 k. |
| Gx w20 | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.54 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxBigMuffPi | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.21 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxBoss DS1 | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.39 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxColorSound Tonebender | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.25 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxFuzz | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0.250 ms | low | 0.61 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxFuzzFaceJH2 | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.32 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxHornet | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.12 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxMXR Distortion | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | — | unknown | 0.10 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxRat | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.14 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxScreamingBird | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.05 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxSustainer | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.38 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| GxTubeScreamer | lv2-guitarix-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.05 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Hard Limiter | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.05 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Hypersoft | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 1.66 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — soft-clip/saturation, one of the dearer non-reverb entries. |
| Inflamer | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.67 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — harmonic 'inflation' saturator. |
| Interstage | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.20 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Recommended — the author's 'always on' inter-stage colour from the starter kit: 0 ms, one of the family's cheapest, no default surprise in the scan. |
| IronOxideClassic2 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.021 ms | low | 0.44 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — tape colour with an ips control; 2–4 frame rate-dependent delay at 96/192 k the scan could not reconcile. |
| LRConvolve | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.18 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — convolves L with R; a sound-design oddity. |
| LeadAmp | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.063 ms | low | 2.40 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — guitar lead amp sim, the dearest amp after PointyGuitar, with ~6 frames (0.062 ms) of delay at 96 k. |
| LilAmp | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.042 ms | low | 1.37 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — small guitar amp sim; 4–11 frame rate-dependent delay at 96/192 k. |
| MDA Combo | lv2-mdala-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.06 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| MDA Degrade | lv2-mdala-plugins | suitable | 0.135 ms | low | 0.05 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| MDA Dither | lv2-mdala-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.12 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| MDA Leslie | lv2-mdala-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.06 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| MDA Overdrive | lv2-mdala-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.04 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| MDA SubSynth | lv2-mdala-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.04 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| MidAmp | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.021 ms | low | 1.53 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — mid-gain guitar amp sim; 2–8 frame rate-dependent delay at 96/192 k. |
| Mojo | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.43 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — saturator that adds +3.77 dB and 2 % THD at its default; a colour choice, not a transparent default. |
| PlatinumSlew | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.33 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — slew limiter. |
| Pointer cast distortion | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.05 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| PowerSag | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.28 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — power-supply sag emulation oddity. |
| PowerSag2 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.23 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — power-sag v2 oddity. |
| PurestConsole2Buss | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.27 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — PurestConsole2 buss half; pair-only, uncharacterised. |
| PurestConsole2Channel | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.25 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — PurestConsole2 channel half; pair-only, uncharacterised. |
| PurestConsole3Buss | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.63 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — PurestConsole3 buss half; pair-only, uncharacterised. |
| PurestConsole3Channel | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.64 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — PurestConsole3 channel half; pair-only, uncharacterised. |
| PurestConsoleBuss | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.25 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — PurestConsole buss half; pair-only, uncharacterised. |
| PurestConsoleChannel | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.24 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — PurestConsole channel half; pair-only, uncharacterised. |
| PurestDrive | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.26 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Recommended — a subtle, safe saturator: bit-exact identity at drive=0, and even at drive=1 only 0.58 % THD with a flat response and -0.12 dB level. |
| PurestWarm2 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.24 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — asymmetric soft warmth. |
| ShortBuss | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.28 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — subharmonic/distortion oddity. |
| Signal sifter | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.10 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Sinus wavewrapper | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.05 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Slew | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.03 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — the original slew limiter. |
| Spiral | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.24 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — sine-based saturator v1. |
| Spiral2 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.33 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — Spiral saturator v2, community-named; not characterised here. |
| TapeHack | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.24 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — tape-hack colour. |
| ToTape5 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.94 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — tape emulation v5, superseded by ToTape6. |
| ToTape6 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0.396 ms | low | 1.13 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — tape emulation that does what it says, but its DEFAULT is a +8.6 dB head bump at 50 Hz and +3.9 dB at 1 kHz — a colour that surprises on a live insert. |
| TransDesk | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.50 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — transistor-desk colour. |
| Tube | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.22 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — the original Tube saturator, superseded by Tube2. |
| Tube2 | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.32 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Recommended — the stronger tube colour next to PurestDrive: flat +1.07 dB with 1.14 % THD at defaults, +4.5 dB and 7.7 % THD at tube=1 (peak -3.75 dBFS on a -6 dBFS sine). |
| TubeDesk | lv2-airwindows | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.54 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | Extra — tube-desk colour. |
| Valve rectifier | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.07 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Valve saturation | lv2-swh-plugins | suitable | 0 ms | zero | 0.12 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Calf Rotary Speaker | lv2-calf-plugins | conditional — wants MIDI in, which an insert never carries | 0 ms | zero | 0.39 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Calf Saturator | lv2-calf-plugins | conditional — wants MIDI in, which an insert never carries | 0 ms | zero | 0.25 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Calf Tape Simulator | lv2-calf-plugins | conditional — wants MIDI in, which an insert never carries | 0 ms | zero | 1.68 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| BassDrive | lv2-airwindows | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.71 % | dies / dies / ok / ok | no | Extra — bass drive/amp colour, +7.6 dB at defaults. |
| C* AmpVTS - Tube amp + Tone stack | caps-lv2 | unknown — not yet racked and unracked a thousand times | 0.010 ms | low | 3.02 % | ok / ok / dies / ok | no | Functional oracle verified at 48/96 kHz, not yet re-run at the rig's 192 kHz. |
| Cabs | lv2-airwindows | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.68 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | Extra — guitar cabinet sim (HPStack default). |
| Calf Crusher | lv2-calf-plugins | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.38 % | ok / ok / blast / blast | no | |
| Chebyshev distortion | lv2-swh-plugins | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.19 % | blast / blast / blast / ok | no | |
| Console0Buss | lv2-airwindows | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.20 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | Extra — Console0 buss half; -7.4 dB at defaults. |
| Console0Channel | lv2-airwindows | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.20 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | Extra — Console0 channel half. |
| Console7Cascade | lv2-airwindows | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 1.20 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | Extra — the heavier Console7 channel variant; about 2.3 times Console7Channel's cost with a 1-frame delay at 192 k. |
| Console7Crunch | lv2-airwindows | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 1.20 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | Extra — Console7 channel with added crunch; same cost tier as Cascade. |
| Decimator | lv2-swh-plugins | unknown — latency never measured | — | unknown | 0.03 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| Dirt | lv2-airwindows | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.39 % | ok / ok / dies / dies | no | Extra — dirt/distortion; a 2-frame rate-dependent delay at 192 k the scan could not reconcile. |
| Gx Alembic | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — not yet racked and unracked a thousand times | 0 ms | zero | 0.40 % | dies / dies / dies / ok | no | |
| Gx Studio Preamp Mono | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 1.14 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | |
| Gx Studio Preamp Stereo | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 2.40 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | |
| GxAmplifier-Stereo-X | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — stability never measured | 0 ms | zero | 1.43 % | — / — / — / — | no | |
| GxAmplifier-X | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — stability never measured | 0 ms | zero | 0.73 % | — / — / — / — | no | |
| GxCabinet | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — stability never measured | 0 ms | zero | 0.08 % | — / — / — / — | no | |
| GxFuzzFaceFuller | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — not yet racked and unracked a thousand times | 0 ms | zero | 0.29 % | dies / dies / dies / ok | no | |
| GxFuzzMaster | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — not yet racked and unracked a thousand times | 0 ms | zero | 0.33 % | ok / ok / dies / dies | no | |
| GxMetalAmp | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — stability never measured | 0.448 ms | low | 0.91 % | — / — / — / — | no | |
| GxMetalHead | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — stability never measured | 0.271 ms | low | 0.92 % | — / — / — / — | no | |
| GxMultiBandDistortion | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.52 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | |
| GxTiltTone | lv2-guitarix-plugins | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.71 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | |
| MDA Bandisto | lv2-mdala-plugins | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.08 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | |
| Smooth Decimator | lv2-swh-plugins | unknown — latency never measured | — | unknown | 0.04 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | yes | |
| VyNil (Vinyl Effect) | lv2-swh-plugins | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0.010 ms | low | 0.16 % | dies / dies / ok / dies | no | |
| Wave shaper | lv2-swh-plugins | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.08 % | dies / dies / dies / dies | no | |
| ZOutputStage | lv2-airwindows | unknown — not soaked at every rate | 0 ms | zero | 0.25 % | dies / ok / ok / ok | no | Extra — Z-series output-stage colour. |
| Calf Psychoachoustic Clipper | lv2-calf-plugins | unsuitable — costs more of a core than one insert may | 5.333 ms | low | 3.07 % | blast / blast / blast / blast | no | |
| Calf Vinyl | lv2-calf-plugins | unsuitable — allocates, locks or calls the system inside the audio callback | 0 ms | zero | 0.14 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | no | |
| PointyGuitar | lv2-airwindows | unsuitable — costs more of a core than one insert may | 0 ms | zero | 11.81 % | ok / ok / dies / dies | no | Not recommended — guitar amp sim and the family's CPU outlier: 11.9 % of a core per instance at 96 k (22.5 % at 192 k). |
| Swanky Amp | DISTRHO-Ports | unsuitable — allocates, locks or calls the system inside the audio callback | 10.667 ms | high | 3.10 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | no | |
| Temper | DISTRHO-Ports | unsuitable — costs more of a core than one insert may | 0.021 ms | low | 3.29 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | no | |
| ZamTube | lv2-zam-plugins | unsuitable — costs more of a core than one insert may | 0.333 ms | low | 4.57 % | ok / ok / ok / dies | no | |
| dRowAudio: Distortion | DISTRHO-Ports | unsuitable — allocates, locks or calls the system inside the audio callback | 0 ms | zero | 0.08 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | no | |
| dRowAudio: Distortion Shaper | DISTRHO-Ports | unsuitable — allocates, locks or calls the system inside the audio callback | 0 ms | zero | 0.09 % | ok / ok / ok / ok | no |