SATURATION

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Controls

• Drive0 to 100% — Input gain into the saturation stage (up to 4x); in Bitcrush mode it also lowers the bit depth from 8 to 2 bits, in Fold mode it also adds folds.
• Tone−12 to +12 dB — Tilt EQ on the saturated signal around 800 Hz: negative values darken (lows up, highs down), positive values brighten; 0 dB is flat.
• Mix0 to 100% — Blend between dry and saturated signal.
• ModeTape / Tube / Overdrive / Fuzz / Bitcrush / Waveshaper / Fold — Saturation curve: Tape, Tube, Overdrive, Fuzz, Bitcrush, Waveshaper (hard wavefolding) or Fold (sine wavefolder; Drive sets the fold depth).
• Input−12 to +12 dB — Gain into the saturation stage before Drive, in dB; 0 dB is off.
• Output−24 to +12 dB — Output level after the dry/wet mix, in dB; 0 dB is off.
• OversamplingOff / 2x / 4x — Runs the saturation at 2x or 4x the sample rate (linear-phase halfband filters, 31 or 37 samples of latency) so its harmonics do not fold back as aliasing; Off adds no latency.
• Emphasis−12 to +12 dB — Tilt EQ around 800 Hz before the saturation and its exact inverse after it: positive values make the highs distort more, negative values the lows, while the clean tone stays the same; 0 dB is off.

Best uses

• Warmth and density on buses
• Fuzz and overdrive on guitars and bass
• Bit-crushed lo-fi textures
• Wavefolded synth tones

Properties

Input → Drive → selected curve (Fold: a sine wavefolder whose depth grows with Drive) → Tone tilt EQ (one-pole split at 800 Hz, ±Tone/2 dB on each side) on the wet signal → Dry/Wet Mix → Output. No oversampling; zero latency.

Formats

• JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
• GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
• VST3VST3 for any DAW
• CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

Bus Warmth · Vocal Tube Glow · Bass Grit · Drum Crunch · Guitar Fuzz · Lo-Fi Bitcrush · Synth Wavefolder · Hard Fold Lead · Tape Glue · Tube Push Highs · Fuzz Lows · Clean Drive 4x · Bright Exciter

In the FX chains and Rack presets

808 Glue · Abbey Chamber · Bass Edge · Bass Enhancer · Beat Smasher · Channel Strip · Color Drive · Dirty Reverb · Distorted Throw · Drum Bus · Jet Flange · Mid/Side Drive · Multiband Distortion · Old Radio · Organ Rotary · Parallel Drum Smash · Parallel Punch · Pultec Lift · Rap Vocal Upfront · Reese Bass · Rhythm Engine · Robot Radio Voice · Sit-in-Mix · Small Speaker Check · Snare Crack · Tube EQ · Tube Smash · Wall of Sound

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