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# Welcome to Rift
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Thank you for purchasing **Rift** by Minimal Audio.
This manual covers the features, workflow, and creative approach behind **Rift**, a powerful distortion plugin built around a multipolar distortion engine with 30 custom algorithms ranging from classic distortion to entirely new processors.
Rift’s novel waveform engine lets you precisely blend two algorithms with clear visual feedback, while drive, multi-stage processing, feedback, morphing filters, and modulation allow you to create everything from subtle saturation to full-on harmonic destruction. Rift also includes carefully curated preset packs, with a streamlined **Play View** for fast results and an **Engine View** for deep sound design.
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