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FutzBox

Path: Gear and Plugin Guides/Plugin Guides/McDSP/FutzBox.mdUpdated: 2/3/2026

FutzBox

The McDSP FutzBox is a distortion and filtering plugin designed to create lo-fi, telephone, radio, and other bandlimited effects.

Overview

FutzBox specializes in degrading audio quality in musically useful ways, simulating various playback systems and communication devices for post-production and creative applications.

Key Features

  • Multiple speaker/system emulations (phone, radio, TV, megaphone)
  • Variable bandpass filtering
  • Distortion and saturation controls
  • Noise and hum generation
  • Sample rate reduction
  • Bit depth reduction

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