Some people simply like it dirty. Adding grit and noise to your recordings and sound production is a popular way of turning a sound into an aggressive, attention grabbing aural affront. Be it the punkiest guitar riff, to the heaviest of dubstep growls, audio mangling is a major identifier of genres. This article will show you some of the best free audio mangling plugins to get a completely nuked sound, from which you can salvage an almighty sonic identity. We won’t cover simple distortion plugins, instead focusing on plugins that do more than just square off a waveform, for much more drastic character when pushed to max.<\/div>\n\n\n\n