Our favorite saturators are definitely Soundtoys’ Decapitator and Waves’ OneKnob saturators, but there are tons of awesome ones out there, both free and paid. While a lot of saturators nowadays come with tons of features, knobs and switches to customise your signal the way you want it, the best saturators in our opinion, stick with the simpler controls. The main thing you want from a good Saturation plugin is the quality of the saturation. If you push your saturators harder though, they will start distorting in many interesting ways, adding harmonics, crunch and texture to your audio. Slight saturation on your master bus, can excite your masters just that little bit extra. ![]() Saturation is awesome because it can be used both subtly and extremely, for different purposes. While distortion in your signal can be annoying, producers and engineers started to use this signal saturation as an effect, to add harmonic content and interest to dull audio.īefore long, saturators and signal compressors were starting to appear as standalone devices, and in the modern era of music production, VST Plugins. Pushing the convertors and gain pots to their limits would add warmth and fuzz, as well as distortion to your signal. Originally, saturation was just a side-effect of over-cranking your studio hardware. ![]() ![]() To start with, we need to know what saturation is…
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