Hey folks,
We at Stagecraft recently developed a new plugin called ReContour, which is basically a cross between a waveshaper and compressor. It lets you draw in the transfer function (like a waveshaper) but also has attack/release and other smoothing controls over the response to give you more control over the compression.
It's good for intuitively creating a variety of cool distortions, but it can also be used to more subtly change the tone (like giving some drums more presence).
It also has a spectrum selection tool, so you can choose to compress just the highs / lows / etc, and a morphing feature to cause the transfer function to move in creative ways.
Below are a couple short videos that show how it works and sounds.
You can learn more about ReContour here.
Supports Windows 10+ and macOS 11+ (Big Sur and above)