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Saturator
Warmth, grit or full destruction.
WHAT IT DOES
Saturation adds new harmonics that weren't there. A little = warmth and weight. A lot = dirt and distortion. The TYPE picks the flavour (tape, tube, digital…).
HOW IT WORKS
DRIVE pushes the signal harder into a shaping curve. The curve bends the loud parts and creates new overtones. OUTPUT keeps the volume sane.
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SOURCE: Parameters & terminology modeled on Ableton Live 12's Saturator. DSP is a simplified Web Audio approximation — directionally accurate, not a clone.
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