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Voxengo has released Boogex, a free guitar amplifier plug-in with a variety of sound shaping features.
With Boogex it is possible to get heavy distorted sound as well as slight distortion sound. Boogex is also able to apply any speaker cabinet impulse response (selection of built-in impulses is available).
Processing latency is very modest - 96 samples [...]

Lampthruster version 2.2 has been released and is now available for download. Lampthruster is a unique non-linear processing module (tube/valve amp simulator) coupled with a vintage-sounding equalizer. Lampthruster is currently available in PC VST plug-in format only.

This version update introduces a convenient graphical equalizer curve editing mode like the one found in other Voxengo equalizer [...]

DigiTech introduced the DF-7 Distortion Factory pedal at the recent 2005 Winter NAMM Expo. With the new DF-7, DigiTech has modeled seven of the all-time greatest distortion and overdrive stompboxes and packaged them in one convenient effects pedal.
Designed for guitarists looking for a wide variety of tones ranging from mild to wild, the DF-7 Distortion [...]

NAMM 2005: Metasonix introduced the latest tube-based sonic violation from Eric Barbour, the TX-2 Butt Probe. Possibly the most offensive product released at this year’s NAMM, the TX-2 promises to be “far more extreme than the famed Sherman Filterbank, and far more tube-freaky than your mother’s enema kit.”
The Metasonix TX-2 is made with three type [...]

Bixonic recently released the Bixonic Expandora EXP-2000R, a reissue of the earlier EXP-2000.
The Expandora has more going for it than a great name. It’s established a reputation as a great source for a variety of distorted sounds. It’s been used by Bush, Megadeth, ZZ Top, Bootsy Collins and other artists.
The EXP-2000R retains the look of [...]

Pro Tone has expanded its line with the Brahma 2-stage op-amp distortion unit.
The Brahma provides an extra boost to your signal creating 2 stages of overdrive. The heart of the Brahma is a high end audio Op-Amp from Analog Devices designed to not color your tone or get noisy when the unit is cranked.
The Brahma [...]

Bixonic has released an updated version of the EXP-2000, the Expandora EXP-2000R, that improves on the multi-stage distortion circuit by adding front-mounted DIP switches to control the unit’s multiple gain stages. With the original EXP-2000 these controls were accessed from the rear battery compartment - this new design allows settings to be changed “on the [...]