Van Moose Audio
Distortion / Overdrive

HONK

v1.0.0-beta — beta · Standalone + AU + VST3 · macOS Apple Silicon

Part of Saturation & Distortion →

HONK
distortion
Drive
0.50
Tone
0.00
Mix
1.00

A minor chord through HONK — dry vs processed via the DRY|HONK toggle

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Get HONK.

Beta build. No payment, no account.

Download Standalone + AU + VST3 — macOS Apple Silicon892 KB
v1.0.0-beta — What's new ▾
  • Cubic soft-clip distortion (1.5u−0.5u³) with 2nd-order ADAA — alias-clean
  • Asymmetry bias for even-harmonic, tube-like warmth
  • Fat low-mid body + 250 Hz bias — thick, not thin
  • K-weighted (BS.1770) loudness match to dry; transparent at Drive 0
  • Drive, Tone, Mix — three knobs of fat cubic distortion

Requirements

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later
  • Apple Silicon (arm64) — Intel / Windows coming later
  • ✅ Standalone app (HONK.app) — A minor chord test tone
  • ✅ AU (Audio Unit v3) — GarageBand, Logic Pro, REAPER, Ableton Live

Install

  • AU → ~/Applications (open HONK.app once to register)

Gatekeeper

Not notarized yet. Run once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/HONK.app
Windows version

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HONK — Distortion / Overdrive | Van Moose Audio