Media

Audio Distortion

Add distortion or overdrive effect

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/audio-distortion' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/audioFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/audio-distortion' \
  -F 'audioFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'preset=medium' \
  -F 'drive=5' \
  -F 'tone=0.5' \
  -F 'level=0.8' \
  -F 'mix=0.7' \
  -F 'outputFormat=mp3'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/audio-distortion

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
audioFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
preset	select	No	Choose distortion character. Soft = warm tube amp, Hard = aggressive digital clipping.
drive	range	No	Amount of distortion/overdrive. Higher values = more aggressive clipping and saturation.
tone	range	No	Controls distortion character. Lower = bright/harsh, Higher = warm/smooth.
level	range

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-audio-distortion": {
      "name": "audio-distortion",
      "description": "Add distortion or overdrive effect",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=audio-distortion",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "audio-distortion",
    "arguments": {
  "audioFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "preset": "medium",
  "drive": 5,
  "tone": 0.5,
  "level": 0.8,
  "mix": 0.7,
  "outputFormat": "mp3"
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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