Sloe is in public beta. Download the free beta for Windows, or choose a platform below.

Now in beta · free to try

Bramble Audio · First harvest

Sloe

Sound, picked from the hedgerow.

Analogue-modelled diode distortion for guitar, bass and anything that needs teeth.

Sloe distortion plugin by Bramble: spectrum analyser, Drive, Tight, Tone, Mix, Output knobs and Frost and Bypass footswitches

Three voicings

Tart, Ripe or Bitter. Pick your grit.

Orange LED

Tart

The mildest

A soft, symmetric curve, rounded and clean-edged, from edge-of-breakup to warm crunch.

Grit1/3
Violet LEDDefault

Ripe

The middle

Warm asymmetric silicon-style grit, thick and balanced.

Grit2/3
Red LED

Bitter

The grittiest

The earliest, hardest asymmetric clipping, dense and aggressive.

Grit3/3

All three are level-matched to within 1 dB, so you choose by character, not by volume.

Frost · the hero control

One stomp. Crisp highs, demudded mids.

Frost is a harmonic rebalancer, not an EQ. It splits the clipping into bands inside the oversampled stage, so the distortion itself comes out crisper in the treble and cleaner in the low mids.

Level-matched, so on sounds better, not just louder. Leave it on.

Harmonic spectrum
Same level
Inside the clipper
Level-matched
No EQ filters

Tight

Tighten before you clip.

Tight is a high-pass before the distortion, Off to 600 Hz, so palm mutes stay punchy and bass doesn't turn to mush. It defaults to 100 Hz.

Range 40–600 Hz 100 Hz default 20 100 1k 10k Hz Passes untouched

At a glance

Everything you need, nothing you don't.

Three voicingsTart, Ripe, Bitter, all level-matched

FrostCrisper, cleaner grit in one stomp

TightKeep low end punchy

See your gritLive analyser shows what's added

A/B compareFlip between two settings instantly

Drive

How much grit

Tight

Trims bass before the distortion

Tone

Darker to brighter

Mix

Blend with your clean sound

Output

Final level

Frost

Crisper, demudded distortion

Bypass

Click-free on/off

Works withVST3 · CLAP · AU · Windows & macOS · No iLok

Listen

Hear it against the dry signal.

Dry vs Tart

Demo coming soon

Dry vs Ripe

Demo coming soon

Dry vs Bitter

Demo coming soon

Frost off vs on

Demo coming soon

Pricing

Free in beta. £15 at launch.

Now in public beta

Beta: free

£0

Try every feature during the beta. No card needed.

Windows beta macOS beta

When Sloe launches

At launch: £15

£15 £20 Launch price

One-time payment. Yours to keep.

  • Windows and macOS
  • VST3, CLAP and AU
  • Licence key, no iLok
  • Free 1.x updates
  • 14-day refund, no questions
  • VAT handled at checkout
Stripe checkout coming soon

Prices in GBP. Your local currency and tax are shown at checkout.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is it really free during the beta?

Yes, every feature, no card needed. Beta builds may change before launch.

Do I need an iLok?

No. Just a licence key: no dongles and no online check-ins.

Which DAWs work?

Any host that loads VST3, CLAP or AU. Tested in Ableton Live and FL Studio.

What does Frost do?

It rebalances the harmonics inside the clipper for crisper highs and cleaner mids, at the same level.

Refunds, taxes and currency?

14-day refunds, no questions asked. VAT and sales tax are handled at checkout, and prices show in your local currency.