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Smaolab Releases FREE Tarabia MK1 Distortion Plugin

April 26, 2022By James Nugent2 Comments
Tarabia MK1 by Smaolab

Smaolab releases Tarabia MK1, a free distortion plugin for macOS and Windows.

If the name seems familiar, that’s because it’s an update of Tarabia Distortion that was released back in 2018.

Tarabia MK1 utilizes the same Tarabia Indian Distortion algorithm found in the 2018 original.

The original release and the launch of its successor come close to four years apart, but that’s not by accident. The developers didn’t want to release just another distortion plugin to add to the countless others already freely available. Instead, they spent the time focusing on specific areas of improvement, including a new clipping algorithm, a new drive parameter, and oversampling 2X.

Like the original, Tarabia MK1 has a very straightforward layout with simple controls. From left to right, we have a Mono switch followed by Gain In, Amount, Drive, Gain Out, and Dry/Wet knobs.

Everything about the GUI is minimal, not just in the number of controls but also in the lack of visual indicators or presets.

The developers acknowledge that finding your own sound and identity is important, which explains the lack of presets. Presets are useful in many plugins, even as a starting point rather than a finished sound. But, I understand the push to trust your ears and instincts more. Especially with something like distortion because everyone has a different sweet spot where enough is enough.

Despite the lack of factory presets, you can save user presets, so it won’t be long until you have some handy templates for various sounds. Tarabia MK1 is a soft distortion that can increase the transients/shape, and that appeals to me for different keyboard sounds I might use that are slightly too clean (but just slightly).

It’s also part of a small collection of three distortion plugins called Tarabia-Nation.

Tarabia MK1 is the first release, but TaraLead and TaraTube will follow soon. Between the three, they seem like a good way to achieve different tonal characters with little fuss and no cost.

Smaolab is a small team that welcomes feedback, and if you feel so inclined, you can make a small donation towards current and future work.

Tarabia MK1 is available in VST2.4, VST3, and AU formats for macOS (10.12 upwards) and Windows (10 upwards).

Download: Tarabia MK1 (64-bit VST2/VST3/AU plugin format for Windows & macOS)

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Last Updated on April 26, 2022 by Tomislav Zlatic.

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James Nugent

James is a musician and writer from Scotland. An avid synth fan, sound designer, and coffee drinker. Sometimes found wandering around Europe with an MPC in hand.

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