Rustortion

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A guitar amp simulator built in Rust using JACK.

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Features

• Low-latency audio processing with configurable oversampling (1x–16x)
• 10 DSP stages: preamp (with 12AX7 triode clipper), compressor, tone stack, power amp, noise gate, level, multi-band saturator, delay, reverb, and 16-band graphic EQ
• Impulse response cabinet simulation for both guitar and bass
• Saving and loading presets with keyboard hotkey switching
• Real-time recording capability
• Built-in tuner
• FFT-based pitch shifting for alternate tunings without retuning your instrument
• MIDI controller support
• Tabbed GUI with minimap, collapsible stage cards, and input filter controls - built with Iced

Requirements

• Linux with PipeWire (JACK support enabled)
• Rust toolchain: Install Rust

[!NOTE] This has been tested on a Raspberry Pi 4 and reasonably high end desktop PC. Your mileage may vary on other hardware.

Running

Pre-built Binary

You can download a tarball of a pre-built binary from the releases page.

sudo apt-get install libjack-jackd2-0
tar -xf rustortion-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz
cd rustortion-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
./rustortion

Running/Building from Source

With the rust toolchain installed, you can clone the repository and run the application:

sudo apt-get install libjack-jackd2-dev libasound2-dev pkg-config
cargo run --release

[!TIP] On some Linux machines with PipeWire, you may need to run JACK explicitly:

sudo apt-get install pipewire-jack
pw-jack cargo run --release

Contributing

This is an experimental project. Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.

License

This project is provided under the MIT License. Rustortion is under active development and should be used at your own risk.

Impulse Responses

Science Amplification

This project includes impulse responses used with permission from Science Amplification.

Other

This project also includes freely licensed impulse responses from freesound.org:

• Multiple Cabinets – Jesterdyne
• Bristol Mix – Mansardian
• Brown Cab – Tosha73