it sounds great on the novation circuit, on the tr6s and on a plethora of great distortion plugins, so that argument does not make much sense, sorry. plus, i am asking for heavier overdrive as opposed to full blown distortion.
A workaround, which is not a quick one I should add, is to layer a very low pure sine wave below a sample. Run it through the overdrive hard, then use the base/width filter to remove the fundamental frequency (the sine wave).
Eh , still sounds great on the digitone. (Not comparing it with a culture vulture of course)
Also digital modeling in software is at a point where it is hardly distinguisheable from analog anymore. Certainly with dedicated DSP. Not saying the DN overdrive is at that level, but it still sounds pretty nice.