Camel Crusher (Patreon)

In this video, I recreated the classic CamelCrusher plugin inside Bitwig Studio. CamelCrusher was a super popular plugin back in the early 2000s, often used in techno and drum and bass tracks for creating dirty overtones. Some of you asked me to replicate it, and I focused mainly on the two distortion algorithms—Tube and Mac. I tried my best to replicate these using Bitwig's tools, although I left out the compressor and preset-saving features for simplicity. I’ll walk you through how I did it and compare my preset to the original plugin.

Key Points:

CamelCrusher Plugin: Popular in the early 2000s for adding dirty overtones in techno and basslines.

Distortion Focus: I focused on replicating the Tube and Mac distortion using crossfades in Bitwig.

Filter Placement: I believe the filter comes before the distortion, based on how it interacts with different waveforms.

Compressor Skipped: I left out the compressor, suggesting you add your own in the effects chain if needed.

Hard Clipper Added: I included a hard clipper to limit the signal at 0 dB and create extra distortion.

Sound Comparison: My preset gets close to the original CamelCrusher, though not a perfect phase-cancel.

Download: https://bit.ly/3MJbcip