N°006·Multiband Character Saturator
SAT/X
Distortion is
a dice roll.
One drive knob, one hope. What actually happens in the overtone spectrum, nobody tells you.
'Warm' is not
a number.
Saturation gets sold in feelings. But mixing is a craft that runs on measurements.
Circuits,
not presets.
TAPE, TUBE, TRANSFORMER, CONSOLE, DIODE, five modelled electronics with bias, hysteresis and real saturation physics.
Saturate where
it helps.
Multiband: drag a crossover into place, drag each band's drive. Tape on the lows, console on the mids, the highs stay untouched.
Harmonics
on purpose.
THD, 2nd and 3rd as numbers, always in view, colouration becomes a decision, not an accident.
How it works
[ THREE MOVES ]Choose your harm.
TAPE, TUBE, TRANSFORMER, CONSOLE or DIODE, five circuits, five overtone worlds. Each one is its own transfer curve, its own bias behaviour, its own way of breaking. Pick the failure you want.
Go multiband when it matters.
Drag a crossover into place, then drag each band's drive straight on the display. Saturation lands only where it helps, tape on the lows doesn't have to cost you the air on top.
Watch the overtones.
THD, 2nd and 3rd harmonic, live, in numbers. Colouration here is a measurement, not a feeling; when two circuits sound close, the readout settles the argument.
Engineered harmonics
Distortion with a datasheet.
Bias, hysteresis, pre- and de-emphasis, envelope-follow drive, the physics that makes analog circuits misbehave, modelled and put under digital control. Oversampled stages keep the aliasing out, so what you add is harmonics, not artifacts.
Signal path
Split. Saturate. Sum.
Pre-emphasis shapes what the circuit gets to chew on, the circuit core does its damage per band, and de-emphasis restores the balance on the way out. Three bands, one rule: distortion is placed, never spilled.
00, Live
This is the real SAT/X.
Not a render, not a mockup, the actual prototype, running live in your browser. Keep scrolling and we'll take it apart, circuit by circuit.
01, Circuits
Five flavours of harm.
TAPE, TUBE, TRANSFORMER, CONSOLE, DIODE, each circuit is its own transfer curve and its own overtone world. Right beside them, the SINGLE/MULTIBAND switch decides whether you push the whole signal or split it first.
02, Harmonics
Watch the overtones grow.
Harmonics bars, transfer curve, scope and spectrum, the damage, drawn in real time. In multiband mode this becomes the editor: drag a band for drive, drag a line for the crossover.
03, Readouts
THD in numbers.
Drive, THD, 2nd and 3rd harmonic, output, the saturation as a measurement, not a feeling. When two circuits sound close, this strip tells you which one is lying.
04, Expert
Down to the bias.
Asymmetry, hysteresis, pre/de-emphasis, envelope-follow drive, wow/flutter, noise, eight sections deep into how the circuit misbehaves. Most people will never open it. You will know exactly why you did.
05, Drive
Drive, character, tone, mix.
The five main controls, everything you actually touch, day to day. In multiband mode they work per band, with a band tag on the label so you always know which slice you're pushing.
Signature features
[ EIGHT ]Real workflows
[ USE CASES ]"Saturation used to be a feeling. Now it's a decision I can defend."— Mix Engineer · Oslo
Beta voices
[ FIELD REPORTS ]“Tape on the lows, console on the mids, leave the top alone. I've been chasing that drum sound for years and it was three clicks.”
“It shows you the THD as an actual number. I didn't know I needed that until I couldn't live without it.”
“You just grab a band and pull it up to drive it harder. Why has nobody done it like this before?”
Specifications
On paper.
| Type | Multi-mode saturator, single + multiband |
|---|---|
| Circuits | Five distinct saturation topologies |
| Multiband | Draggable crossovers, per-band drive |
| Quality | Oversampled saturation stages, expert stage |
| Engine | 64-bit float |
| Interface | Resizable vector UI, branded presets |
| System | Windows 10/11, 64-bit. macOS in development. |
| Licence | One-time purchase. Lifetime updates. No iLok, no dongle, no drama. |
Get it
- VST3 + Standalone, Windows 10/11
- Lifetime updates included
- 14-day no-questions refund
N°006, controlled damage, by the band. Also included in The Suite for €499.