Voxengo VariSaturator is an audio effect plug-in designed to apply saturation effects over audio material. VariSaturator can be used both to boost the loudness of the audio tracks without increasing their peak levels proportionally, and to apply subtle harmonic coloration that makes tracks sound more pronounced and polished.

VariSaturator features two saturation modules which are applied in sequence, in two-band mode each. The valve saturation module applies asymmetric valve processing that closely resembles sound of valve amplifier cascade, and being a digital emulation, it applies its best sonic features without side artifacts like noise, strong phase shift and high frequency roll-off. Another saturation module VariSaturator features is a digital “waveshaping” saturator with feedback topology. This module applies smooth two-band saturation which can amplify signal level and apply desirable harmonic coloration.

VariSaturator can be used in a variety of audio processing cases: you may apply it with good results over drum, bass and vocal tracks, over sub-mixes and of course over complete mixes. Since VariSaturator does not provide a brick-wall limiting performance, when applied over full mixes, it is best used for the final loudness boost inserted before the finishing brick-wall limiter.

Note, though, that since VariSaturator applies distortion, it may damage original sonic qualities of the audio material if used incautiously. For initial evaluation of VariSaturator’s sonic performance you can use the factory presets VariSaturator comes with.

Demo Download (Zip Archive):
Download Voxengo VariSaturator (VST for WinXP)
Download Voxengo VariSaturator (AU and VST for OSX)

Features:

• Two-band processing
• Valve and digital saturation
• Multi-channel processing
• Internal channel routing
• Channel grouping
• Mid/side processing
• 64-bit floating point processing
• Preset manager
• Undo/redo history
• A/B comparisons
• Contextual hint messages

Requirements/Compatibility

• This plug-in can be loaded into any audio host application that conforms to the VST or AudioUnit plug-in specification.
• This plug-in is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit) and Mac OS X 10.4.3 and above (Intel and PowerPC) computers (2 GHz dual-core or faster processor with at least 1 GB of system RAM recommended). A separate binary distribution file is available for each target computer platform for each plug-in format.

Release Notes
Version 1.1 - 11.03.2008:
Parameter changes made via mouse wheel are now grouped in the change log.
Multi-monitor window alignment issue on Windows fixed.
“Bounce” hang-up issue on Logic 8/Mac OS X fixed.
Preset/bank load/save error on Mac OS X volume different from the system root fixed.
Preset/bank name entry “stuck” issue on Mac OS X fixed.
“New folder” function fixed on Mac OS X when saving presets/banks.
Plug-in now supports “audio channel layouts” in AudioUnit format.
Minor optimizations and fixes implemented.

Version 1.0, 22.03.2008:
Initial public release.

More info and demos: http://www.voxengo.com/

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Tags: audio mastering, audio saturation, audiounit, multichannel, vst

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