A resonant low‑pass with envelope follower. Want your 808 to spit then growl ? Map the filter to velocity. It’s not surgical — it’s possessed.
Two knobs. That’s all you need. Mech (distortion) and Tube (saturation). They don’t just turn up — they reshape . Mech is the chainsaw you keep in a velvet pouch. Tube is your console’s preamp after three whiskies. camelcrusher plugin
Before “OTT” was a meme, CamelCrusher had a single-band parallel compressor with a “Phat” mode. One click, and your weak sine wave grows shoulders. Sidechain filter? Included. Attack/release? Tactile. A resonant low‑pass with envelope follower