Audio effects
Saturator
Adds warmth and grit with soft clip, tape or tube curves.
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 |
|---|---|
| Curve | Chooses the transfer curve that reshapes the incoming waveform. |
| Drive | Pushes the signal into nonlinear processing, adding distortion and harmonics. |
| 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. |
| Tone | Adjusts the brightness of the processed sound. |
| Autogain | Automatically compensates for the level change caused by the processing. |
| Bias | Offsets the waveform before shaping, changing its symmetry and harmonic character. |
| ADAA | Reduces aliasing from waveshaping using antiderivative antialiasing. |
| Quality | Chooses Classic or HQ processing for the selected saturation algorithm. |
| Algorithm | Chooses Existing Curve, Hard Clip or Cubic Clip. Curve applies to Existing Curve. |
| Wet Filter | Turns filtering of the processed signal on or off. |
| High-pass | Removes low frequencies from the processed signal, from 20 to 2,000 Hz, while Wet Filter is on. |
| Low-pass | Removes high frequencies from the processed signal, from 2,000 to 20,000 Hz, while Wet Filter is on. |
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.
Current behavior
Algorithm changes the available shaping path. Wet Filter affects the processed signal only. Its High-pass and Low-pass controls do not filter the dry signal. Output gain trims processed sound, so it does nothing at Mix 0%. Compare at a matched output level.
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