Pyros is a collection of aggressive saturation, distortion and mangling effects ideal to destroy and shape your sound in unique ways.

We programmed a rich sounding distortion to fit in both vintage and modern music styles.

Our plugins will output 3 seconds of silence every minute, while in Demo Mode.

v2.3.1 (Sep 2024)
- FIX: GUI size not saved correctly
- FIX: Missing algorithm scrolling arrows
- CHANGE: Saturation 1 and 2 renamed to Saturate 1 and 2

v2.3 (Sep 2024)
- NEW: Updated Framework
- CHANGE: Algorithm Table List replaced by menu

v2.2.1 (Aug 2023)
- FIX: UI not updating on some hosts
- BREAKING CHANGE: Minimum macOS version is now 10.13

v2.2 (Jul 2023)
- NEW: Updated Framework
- NEW: CLAP plugin format
- NEW: AAX Native Silicon
- NEW: Bass Dist, Center Clipping, Squarize algorithms

v2.1 (Mar 2022)
- FIX: Frequency shift when HQ mode is enabled
- BREAKING CHANGE: New plugin name (was The Abuser mkII)
- BREAKING CHANGE: New GUI color

v2.0 (Feb 2022)
- NEW: Updated framework
- NEW: Reworked GUI
- NEW: Persistent GUI settings (via Settings option)
- NEW: LF Cut parameter (before distortion)
- NEW: Bias parameter
- NEW: Input / Output / Mix controls
- NEW: Vector Toolbar
- NEW: Corner resizer
- NEW: More algorithms
- NEW: More presets
- NEW: Drag and Drop license file on registration window
- FIX: Improved Licenser and Online Activation
- CHANGE: Envelope Amount is now bipolar
- CHANGE: Feedback is now bipolar
- CHANGE: Fizz renamed as Hard/Soft Clip
- BREAKING CHANGE: Improved licenser requires a new activation

v1.6 (July 2021)
– NEW: Universal 2 Binary for Apple Silicon Macs
– CHANGE: Framework update

v1.5.2 (June 2020)
– FIX: Parameters slowdown
– FIX: Silence triggered randomly in some configurations

v1.5.1 (November 2019)
– FIX: Plugin working only on stereo channels

v1.5 (November 2019)
– NEW: Mac OSX Catalina support
– NEW: VST3 plugin format
– NEW: Fuzzy algorithm
– NEW: Notifications system
– BREAKING CHANGE: Dropped 32bit support

v1.4 (September 2018)
– FIX: Noise when bypassed in some DAWs
– FIX: Menus getting keyboard focus
– FIX: Scrambled preset names on High Sierra
– FIX: Installer issues on High Sierra
– FIX: Buttons not automating
– IMP: Reduced file size
– IMP: Framework update

v1.3.1 (October 2016)
– FIX: Env Follower not correctly recalled on preset change and sample rate change.

v1.3 (October 2016)
– NEW: New Framework
– NEW: HQ Mode (4x Oversampling)
– NEW: 10 Waveshaping Modes
– NEW: More presets
– FIX: Automations now report correct values (no more 0-1)

v1.2 (February 2015)
– AAX 32/64 bit support

v1.1 (December 2014)
– Feature: Feedback knob

v1.0 (November 2014)
– Original release