Audio effects
Overdrive
Band-limited overdrive with tone, dynamics and oversampling.
In this guide
Add it to a track
Select the destination track, open Plugins, and choose Add Effect. Find this device in Library → Effects. Effects process the signal from the devices before them in the chain.
Controls
| Control | What to listen or look for |
|---|---|
| Freq | Sets the frequency where the filter acts on the sound. |
| Width | Sets the width of the band-pass filter feeding the distortion. |
| Drive | Pushes the signal into nonlinear processing, adding distortion and harmonics. |
| Tone | Adjusts the brightness of the processed sound. |
| Dynamics | Changes how strongly the overdrive responds to the input's dynamics. |
| Output | Sets the signal level leaving this stage. |
| Mix | Blends the original signal with the processed signal; 100% gives only the processed sound. |
| Oversample | Processes the effect at a higher internal sample rate to reduce aliasing, using more CPU. |
Work with this device
Start with a short passage that represents your material. Change one control at a time. Compare at a similar listening level, using the device's power control to bypass it. Save a version of the project before making a large change.
Dawnamite user guide for macOS. For changes between versions, see update history.