> I am a metal guitar player. I like a heavily saturated guitar tone. Could > someone point me in the right direction for processing a clean guitar signal > in real-time such that it can (even partially - i like weird sounding stuff) > emulate tube circuitry. I am thinking a chain of LADSPA plug-ins would do > the job. The sound im looking for doesn't have to emulate anything to a T, > it just has to be raunchy (think Nine Inch Nails - Broken, or any Nine Inch > Nails album for that matter). i reckon you should run your axe through jack rack using the steve's swh ladspa plugs cheers matthew