An API-style console color adder plugin that uses a dynamic impulse generation method with a continuous spectrum between clean and soft-clip processing.
Saturation
108 products
- Airwindows
- Airwindows
A Console5 family plugin featuring multi-stage slew clipping that emulates acoustic distance effects, creating the impression of sound traveling through air.
- Airwindows
A four-band EQ plugin where each band includes a saturation curve that becomes more prominent as you push the bands harder, allowing for spatial contouring of sounds.
- Babelson Audio
BaB Drive
$49
BaB Drive simulates the sound of analog tape and the classic tubes (triode, tetrode) in most of the popular DAWs.
Bedroom Producers BlogBPB Bassaturator
$149
BPB Bassaturator is a freeware bass booster plugin for Windows and macOS. Designed for bass processing, it combines a push-pull style equalizer with three saturation types to transform ordinary bass sounds into powerful basslines that cut through the mix.
- Bedroom Producers Blog
BPB Saturator
$149
BPB Saturator is a freeware saturation effect that is lightweight and easy to operate. It utilizes waveshaping to simulate tube and tape saturation. The plugin can work as a subtle saturation tool or a tube-based distortion effect.
Black RoosterMagnetite
€49
Tape saturation plugin inspired by Studer reel-to-reel machines. Add warmth, glue and analog grit to drums, vocals and bus.
Black Salt AudioEscalator
$99
Escalator takes a complex process of saturation and reduces it down to just one knob. It sounds great on drums, vocals, strings, guitars and anything else you want to stand out in a mix.
- Caelum Audio
Beef
£23.99
Beef is a multi-effect audio plugin with a sole purpose, to make your tracks sound beefy.
DDMFTube Preamp
$0
A free tube preamp emulation plugin with full control over circuit modeling, featuring adjustable capacitors, resistors, and triode-based preamplifier stages. Originally developed by Philipp Bulling.
DIY Recording EquipmentAn analog tape-emulation Colour module that recreates tape compression, harmonic saturation, and a resonant high-pass filter for warmer, fuller tone.
DIY Recording EquipmentA Colour module combining a discrete opamp (DOA) with a Cinemag steel-core transformer to emulate the punchy, saturated sound of a vintage American console channel.
DIY Recording EquipmentA recreation of the class-A transistor circuitry from the channel strip of a rare 1970s Trident console, designed to add fullness, width, and saturation to any signal. It is compatible with the Colour format.
DIY Recording EquipmentA Colour module using two discrete class-A transistor saturation stages, a JFET for asymmetrical clipping and a five-transistor discrete opamp, to add thick, musical vintage saturation to any source.
Dotec AudioDeeTrans
$50
DeeTrans is an analog transformer emulator plug-in that faithfully reproduces the characteristics of real transformers, adding natural harmonics, density, and warm analog character to digital audio.
Dotec AudioDeeVoltage
$50
DeeVoltage is a saturator plugin that adds density and presence to tracks, ranging from subtle harmonic warmth to extreme distortion with its METAL Mode for intense, aggressive tones.
GoodhertzVCME Soft Clip
$99
VCME Soft Clip is the standalone Soft Clip section extracted from Goodhertz's VCME compressor — part limiter, part saturator — combining analog-modeled saturation with a transient/steady-state-separating limiter to add presence and polish while preserving natural dynamics.
Gospel MusiciansPhick for GM iFX Rack
$79.99
Phick is an analog circuit-modeled saturation module for iFX Rack that imparts warmth and phat analog character to any sound run through it.
Herzlich LabsCortisol Legend
DKK 1,299
A 4hp Eurorack saturation and distortion module with dual op-amp gain stages and switchable diode types, including genuine Cold War-era Germanium diodes.
HOFA-PluginsColour Saturator
€129
The HOFA Colour Saturator delivers authentic saturation and distortion thanks to neural modelling and BiasEQ© – ranging from subtle warmth to extreme fuzz power.
HOFA-PluginsSYSTEM Saturator
€61.76
SYSTEM Saturator is a saturation and distortion plugin with five algorithms (1950s, Germanium, Thermionic, Triode, Tape) emulating tape, tube, triode and transistor character, from subtle saturation to fuzz. It includes hi/low-cut and tilt filters for sound shaping, usable standalone or within HOFA SYSTEM, with a freeware version also available.
HoRNetAnalogStage MK2
€19.99
HoRNet AnalogStage MK2 is an analog console emulation plugin that re-creates those sound characteristics usually associated with analog gear
Initial AudioBoost x is a dynamic and smart saturation/overdrive plugin. Used to make any sound warmer by adding extra harmonics.
Joey Sturgis TonesBlow Torch
$69
JST Blow Torch: Ignite Your Mixes with Dynamic Energy and Punch Introducing JST Blow Torch, a compact but powerful tool for adding dynamic energy and punch to your drums and percussive elements. Whether you're looking to restore vitality to your tracks or create bigger, punchier sounds, JST Blow Torch delivers the power and movement that make your music stand out. Designed for producers who demand high-quality sound with ease, JST Blow Torch is your new favorite plugin for transforming your drum
Joey Sturgis TonesExtra Spice
$69
JST Extra Spice: Add Richness and Depth to Your Mixes Introducing JST Extra Spice, the perfect solution for adding harmonic complexity and analog warmth to your tracks. Derived from the popular JST Heat plugin, JST Extra Spice offers a specialized, easy-to-use tool designed to enhance your mixes with frequency-dependent saturation. Whether you're working on a flat-sounding master or looking to add subtle enhancements to individual tracks, JST Extra Spice delivers the richness and depth your musi
Joey Sturgis TonesMeet JST Heat: A powerful and versatile mixing audio plugin from Joey Sturgis Tones. It's a Multiband Distortion and Saturation tool designed for any kind of music creator. With JST Heat, you’re in control of distortion for enhancing, mixing, and creative sound design.
Joey Sturgis TonesInferno
$69
JST Inferno: Ignite Your Mixes with Aggression Introducing JST Inferno, an incredible audio plugin for blending aggressive compression and distortion to create unique, chaotic textures in your tracks. Designed for producers who crave intensity and creativity, JST Inferno pushes your sound into new realms of power and impact. Whether you're working on synths, ambient tracks, or any element that needs a fiery edge, JST Inferno delivers the perfect combination of heat and chaos.
Joey Sturgis TonesMake It Hot
$69
JST Make It Hot: Crush Your Low End with Power and Precision Introducing JST Make It Hot, the ultimate tool for crushing your low end with unparalleled precision. Whether you're working on 808s, bass tracks, or any element that needs a powerful, aggressive edge, JST Make It Hot delivers the growl and intensity that makes your low end cut through any mix. Designed for producers who demand low end clarity with ease, JST Make It Hot is your new go-to plugin for transforming your sub and bass tracks
Joey Sturgis TonesVocal Warmth
$69
JST Vocal Warmth: Enhance Your Vocals with Analog Warmth and Depth Introducing JST Vocal Warmth, a versatile audio plugin for adding smooth overdrive and lo-fi vibes to your vocals. Whether you're looking to infuse your tracks with vintage analog feel or enhance the character of your guitars and vocals, JST Vocal Warmth delivers the depth and richness that make your vocals stand out. Designed for producers who demand high-quality sound with minimal effort, JST Vocal Warmth is your new go-to tool
- Kiive Audio
Distinct Pro!
$49.99
Distinct Pro is a saturation and distortion plugin combining a harmonic drive section with a dynamics section for detailed compression management, allowing shaping of transients and saturation.
- Kiive Audio
Distinct is a saturation and distortion plugin based on the harmonic saturation of a modern analog modular channel unit, with HF and LF shaping controls before the distortion stage.
- Kiive Audio
Tubetizer
$39
A tube saturation plugin with three tube circuits and built-in compression for adding warmth or aggressive distortion to any mix element.
KlanghelmIVGI
€0
Free saturation and distortion plugin capable of very soft and subtle saturation suitable for master bus use, as well as dense and dirty distortion effects for individual tracks. Base sound resembles the DESK mode of SDRR. Features dynamic signal response, stereo crosstalk modeling, controlled randomness for liveliness, ASYM MIX control for signal symmetry, and RESPONSE control for frequency-dependent saturation. Calibrated to 0VU = -18dBFS.
Kush AudioLG Drive
$99
At its heart, LG Drive is an elegantly simple device, a 2-Stage Tube Saturation color-box whose thick, creamy distortions are pulled straight from the AR-1 variable-mµ compressor.
Kush AudioOmega 2 458a
$39
The embodiment of an old Altec preamp: a growling, dirty low end giving way to a crisp, slurred 3k-8k. The overall effect is gritty warmth and presence, minus the hard edges.
Kush AudioOmega 2 A
$39
Model A vibes like a mic plugged straight into an API console from 1976. Adding a hint of sparkle and sheen, it slowly breaks up into a gritty white cloud of antique saturation.
Kush AudioOmega N
$29
Model N nails the sound of the coveted vintage Neve pre it's modeled after. Dark, thick, and round, just a kiss imparts a dusty patina, pushed hard it gets downright fuzzy and soft. Pairs perfectly with the Omega Mic Pre.
Louder Than LiftoffFET-72 Colour Module
$150
Classic German channel sound in the Colour format. The FET-72 recreates the V72-style amplifier circuit using JFETs in place of vacuum tubes, with switchable triode or pentode modes, selectable negative feedback, and a 4-position high-cut filter.
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Louder Than LiftoffThe Hitmaker 4000 brings solid state British console sound to the Colour format, drawing inspiration from classic 1980s VCA console mixing amplifiers. Recreates the balanced summing architecture with a hybrid combination of a discrete quad-matched transistor input paired with carefully selected NE5534A op-amps to match vintage Signetics components.
Louder Than LiftoffClassic American console sound in the Colour format. The Mass Drivr is inspired by discrete line amplifiers found in vintage 1970s American recording consoles. Features a custom American-made steel output transformer and an integrated 2520-style Rogue Six discrete op amp. Compatible with DIYRE Colour format and Louder Than Liftoff Chroma hosts.
Louder Than LiftoffTone Sculpting Tube Gigantifier for Chroma, Mister Focus, & DIYRE Colour. A tube saturation Colour Module featuring a NOS Raytheon 6418 subminiature pentode tube running near maximum plate voltage, with two selectable bias settings (Rich and Fat) and a 2-band Baxandall EQ inspired by a vintage 1960s tube mixer.
Louder Than LiftoffTAPE•79 Mojo Module
$349
TAPE•79 is a fully analog, stereo tape machine emulation module for the expansion slot of the Silver Bullet mk2 that convincingly captures the magnetic magic of 15 IPS tape.
Louder Than LiftoffTAPE•C Colour Module
$159
A fully analog tape machine emulation module for the DIYRE Colour format (Chroma, Mister Focus, DIYRE Colour Palette, Silver Bullet mk2) that captures the character of 15 IPS tape recording — including distortion, saturation, low-frequency head bump, high-frequency response shifts, and phase shifts. Single-channel, simplified sibling of the TAPE•79 Mojo Module for the Silver Bullet mk2.
LR BAGGSInspired by our live video sessions, the Align Session brings studio quality saturation and multi-band compression to your pedalboard. Often used by studio engineers in post-production, saturation adds warmth, dimension, and harmonics to craft a rich sonic character for your acoustic signal.
MIA LaboratoriesThe 413 Tape Saturator reproduces the non-linear characteristics that would result when overdriving analog tape, as magnetic saturation occurs with increasing amplitude of the 'recorded' signal. It offers 3 different types of analog tape, as well as 3 different types of distortion.
MIA Laboratories980 SPARK
$79
980 SPARK is a unit that consists of three modules: compressor, colour and saturator. This plugin was especially designed to help enrich and thicken audio content with minimum of effort, without compromising quality and usability. It is a handy tool for sound design, as well as a sophisticated saturation unit.
Nembrini AudioBlue Clipper
$79.99
Converter-style clipping and saturation for louder, denser, more controlled mixes. Blue Clipper is modeled on the Lavry Blue 4496, capturing the character of its saturation and clipping behavior in a simple, modern plug-in format.
Nembrini AudioLoFi Vintage Clipper
$19.99
Nembrini Audio LoFi Vintage Clipper plugin is designed to add grit and weight to your mix with two distinctive custom-designed saturation algorithms. Use it to add presence and density to your tracks and control transients like the biggest Mix Engineers.
Nembrini AudioPSA1000 Analog Saturation plugin is a modern recreation of a '90s classic analog guitar preamp used in recording studios all around the world. It adds independent left and right channel controls, Mid/Side operation, a stereo Spread circuit and an Analog Link circuit on top of the modeled original.
Nembrini AudioPSA1000 Analog Saturation plugin is a modern recreation of a '90s classic analog guitar preamp used in recording studios all around the world. It is used for recording and characterizing guitars as well as electric pianos, organs, synthesizers, electric basses and many other instruments.
Nembrini AudioNembrini Audio The Voltour 2 Channel All Valve Enhancer plugin is based on the Thermionic Culture The Culture Vulture unit. It extends the possibilities of the original hardware with a Mix parameter for parallel processing, a continuous Filter parameter, a Phase parameter, auto wet output leveling and a Link parameter.
NeunaberViator Haze
$39.99
A tape-emulation plugin featuring saturation, wow & flutter modulation, and a tape delay effect for adding analog-flavored warmth and character to digital tracks.
Newfangled AudioSaturate
$49
Saturate clips without clipping, adding loudness and grit while its Detail Preservation algorithm keeps the fine detail other clippers lose.
Plugin AllianceBIG AL
$29.99
Dual-stage tube saturator offering a broad palette of sound flavors from its interactive transformer-coupled pre and power amp. Based on completely novel circuitry and authentic NOS components from the 1930s.
Plugin AllianceHG-2
$29.99
High-end tube processor that emulates four different vacuum tube stages combined in series and parallel circuits. Makes tracks sound richer, fuller, louder, bigger, and punchier at the same peak level.
Plugin AllianceHG-2MS
$39.99
Mid/side version of the acclaimed HG-2 tube and transformer saturation unit. Helps mixes sound louder, bigger, and punchier with sweet tubes and creamy-sounding transformers, plus advanced filters for greater sonic refinement.
Plugin Alliancekaracter
$39.99
Discrete Class A Stereo Saturator modeled after the elysia hardware. Fattens and adds sparkle to tracks with unique coloring capabilities.
Plugin AllianceMachine Head
$49.99
Digital tape saturator plugin built from the original hardware code by SPL and SoundArt. Captures the magic of the discontinued Machine Head hardware unit using the latest advancements in hardware modelling.
Plugin AllianceOCELOT Clipper
$24.99
Peak shaper for peak reduction and mastering dynamics, empowering you to create more headroom, shape harmonics and deliver energetic mixes.
Plugin AlliancePhil's Cascade
$39.99
Analog saturation and color plugin modeled after a one-of-a-kind hardware unit made from highly esoteric vintage components. A toolbox that opens a world of interesting sonic flavors.
Plugin AllianceSA2RATE 2
$39.99
Solid-state saturation plugin that adds low-order harmonics while smoothly evening out sounds. Increases RMS level without raising peaks, adding analog character with custom-tailored saturation for clearer lows and smoother highs.
Plugin AllianceSILVER BULLET mk2
$49.99
Saturation and sweetening plugin that applies a combination of effects to shape the tone of individual tracks, instrument busses, and stereo mixdowns. Adds the character normally only found in studios with Massive analog recording consoles.
Plugin AllianceTHE OVEN
$39.99
Colorful "Mojo Box" designed to add warmth, size, depth, color, and sizzle to any sound source. Combines tubes and solid state saturation for subtle hi-fi enhancement to aggressive drive on individual tracks, stems, groups, or mastering chains.
Plugin AllianceTwinTube
$29.99
Analog tube warmth processor that adds brightness and fatness to vocal and instrument tracks. Increases perceived loudness without changing actual gain.
Plugin AllianceVSM-3
$29.99
A powerful tone and color box, saturator, and distortion unit with two unique circuitry options: a 2nd Harmonic FET Crusher and a 3rd Harmonic Zener Blender. Modeled after the Vertigo VSM-2 hardware unit.
Plugin AllianceWUNDERLICH
$29.99
A unique color box plugin combining rare analog components for vintage vibes and lo-fi textures. Powered by ultra-rare Arcturus vacuum tubes, drenching mixes in tones not heard since the 1930s.
PSP AudiowareMicroWarmer
$49
PSP MicroWarmer delivers the rich, analog-style warmth and punch of PSP VintageWarmer in a streamlined, single-band design. Ideal for individual tracks, it combines transparent limiting with smooth tape-like saturation, all with ultra-low latency.
PSP AudiowareSaturator
$99
The new PSP Saturator brings a new updated sound engine to a classic PSP Audioware plug-in! With a brand new UI, refined algorithms, and many under-the-hood enhancements, this new addition to the PSP Audioware lineup is ready to bring some heat into a production.
RelabColor Drive
$79
A saturation plugin built on real analog circuit modeling, featuring the Relab 176's variable-gain 6BC8 tube circuit with input/output transformers. Offers true hardware saturation in software form with drive control ranging from subtle warmth to bold crunch, calibration control for bias adjustment and harmonic tuning, low-end crossover filter, and pre/post tilt emphasis filters.
SIR Audio ToolsStandardCLIP
$25
Over the years, our now-iconic clipper has earned its well-deserved recognition among many big names in the music industry and has been used as a secret weapon in the tracks for various major artists. Get StandardCLIP now and use it to increase the volume of your mix or to add unique harmonics to your signal.
SoftubeThe famous British analog console drive. Authentic, unmistakable British console character from a precisely emulated console drive.
SoftubeA meticulous model of the original Drawmer 1976 Stereo Three Band Saturation and Width Processor. Three independent bands of saturation and stereo width control.
SoftubeThe highest degree of ELI saturation with three distinct types of modeled distortion/saturation: Toasty, Crunchy, and Distress.
SoftubeA saturation and distortion processor featuring a revolutionary dynamic transient control approach to preserve clarity during distortion processing.
SoftubeOverstayer M-A-S
$199
Shape, sculpt, and saturate in high-fidelity. A harmonic shaper that energizes tracks, glues buses, and adds edge to mixes through precise emulation of the hardware unit.
SoftubeA free modeled output distortion plugin useful for fattening up drums and bass, adding harmonics to vocals, and creating grit in any mix.
soniblepuffer:fish is a free saturation plug-in from sonible that makes a track sound richer, fuller or more aggressive. Three pufferfish characters sit at the centre of the interface and react visually as the saturation is pushed harder.
- Soundtheory
Kraftur has been carefully engineered to enrich your mix, allowing you to increase power while preserving the original integrity of its dynamics. Using proprietary DSP methods, Kraftur relies on innovative algorithms to avoid artifacts that come with more traditional approaches to soft clipping.
SoundtoysDecapitator
$199
Analog saturation modeler featuring five hardware-inspired distortion models, an analog tone control, and mix knob for parallel processing.
Three-Body TechnologySuite of legendary hardware simulation plugins using proprietary APNN 2.0 (Audio Processing Neural Network) technology. Includes 12 plugins simulating preamps, tape machines, EQs, and converters to reproduce vintage analog character in a digital world.
Three-Body TechnologyOwnTHD
$99
Audio processor for customizing harmonic distortion. Simulates nine vintage equipment types plus three ideal circuit modules (solid-state, tube, tape) with adjustable drive, bias, feedback, depth, and sweet spot parameters.
Three-Body TechnologySapphire Drive
$59
Sapphire Drive is a transparent saturation plugin designed for immediate sonic enhancement across any audio track. It offers four saturation modes (Bloom, Tape I, Tape II, and Thick) with an integrated tone control and up to 16x oversampling.
Three-Body TechnologyTape Vibe
$29
A mild-to-moderate saturator designed to add vintage tape character to modern productions, delivering analog-inspired harmonic richness while maintaining transients and mix clarity.
ToneboostersReelBus 4
€35
Magnetic tape recording, echo and flanger simulator covering everything from the 80s compact cassette sound to professional 30-IPS studio recorders. Adds tape hysteresis, saturation, compression and musical wow-and-flutter, with tape echo and flanger effects as a bonus.
Universal AudioPut the original boutique valve distortion tool in your studio.
WA ProductionA saturation plugin with tube and tape distortion modules and a pair of low pass and high pass filters for shaping the saturated signal. It can process the stereo signal, the mid, the side, the left or the right channel alone.
WA ProductionPunchy Worm
$19.90
Punchy Worm is a one knob punch and saturation processor, with a single central dial that applies transient shaping in one direction and saturation in the other, combined with upward and downward compression. An animated worm in the interface reacts to the incoming audio.
WaveArtsTube Saturator 2 is a super accurate circuit simulation of a tube pre-amp with analog EQ, which can be overdriven gently for warming effects, or cranked for fat distortion.
WaveArtsTube Saturator Vintage is a free reissue of the original Tube Saturator. It uses circuit simulation technology to faithfully reproduce the sound of a dual triode preamp.
WavesMusical analog saturation & distortion from the legendary Abbey Road Studios: The sound of classic tubes and transistors, driven from subtle to extreme, and excited by the rare EMI TG12321—a secret weapon of Abbey Road engineers.
- Waves
Harmonic shaping plugin offering eleven unique saturation modes for adding color, warmth, and presence to audio.
WavesThe Waves: Abbey Road J37 Tape Saturation plugin, modeled on the machine used to record many of the greatest masterpieces in modern music, brings analog warmth to digital recordings.
WavesDiscover new tone-shaping possibilities with the signature sound of Grammy-winning mixing engineer Andrew Scheps (Adele, Jay Z, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath, Lana Del Rey).
Waves FactorySpectre
€99
Spectre is an audio plugin that combines the best features of a sonic enhancer and a graphical parametric EQ. It applies high quality saturation just where you want it to.
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