Saturation

Five-control saturation chain with selectable Character, Drive, post-shaper Tone, complementary Tilt, static auto-gain, and phase-matched Mix.

Inputs

Audio In

Audio signal input

ID	audio
Signal	audio · audio rate · stereo
Unit	normalized
Range	-1 to 1 normalized
Default	0
Coercion	Implicit

Drive CV

ID	driveMod
Signal	control · control rate
Coercion	Implicit

Mix

Live dry/wet mix control

ID	mix
Signal	control · control rate
Unit	mix01
Range	0 to 1 mix01
Default	1
Coercion	Implicit

Outputs

Audio Out

Audio signal output

ID	audio
Signal	audio · audio rate · stereo
Unit	normalized
Range	-1 to 1 normalized
Coercion	Implicit

Parameters

Character

Transfer character used for saturation and clipping.

ID	curve
Type	enum
Control	select
Range or Options	Smooth (Tanh) (tanh), Soft (soft), Hard (hard), Fold (fold), Sine (sine), Warm (warm)
Default	Smooth (Tanh) (tanh)

Drive

Sets the input gain driven into the selected saturation curve.

ID	driveDb
Type	float
Control	slider
Range or Options	0 to 36 dB, step 0.1
Default	6

Tone

Sets the post-saturation low-pass filter frequency.

ID	toneHz
Type	float
Control	slider
Range or Options	100 to 20000 Hz, step 1, log
Default	8000

Tilt

Tilts frequencies around 700 Hz before saturation, then removes the tilt afterward.

ID	tiltDb
Type	float
Control	slider
Range or Options	-6 to 6 dB, step 0.1
Default	0

Mix

Blends the dry input with the saturated signal.

ID	mix
Type	float
Control	slider
Range or Options	0 to 1 mix01, step 0.01
Default	1

Details

Canonical ID	fx.saturation
Category	effects
Runtime Surface	audio
Runtime Targets	audio-worklet
JUCE Early Access	Supported
Early Access Note	Native-supported in the plugin for the current catalog/runtime support contract.
Audio Channel Behavior	Preserve (stereo in → stereo out, width unchanged)