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.

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.

New in v1.11

• Color scheme editor with load and save functions.
• VST3 support.
• Added "Brown" and "White" color schemes.
• Redesigned the infrastructure controls.

New in v1.10

• Plug-in's popup-windows now recover last position after reopening.
• Added "Min Infrastructure" user interface.
• Added "Flat Level Meters" level meter display mode.
• Added Post-output gain "Sat" saturation switch .

New in v1.8

• The "VST Function Sync" global switch was added that fixes crashes in some hosts (i.e. Tracktion).
• Parameter automation on AU Mac OS X now shows real parameter values.
• Preset "update" function implemented in the preset manager.
• "Density mode" implemented in level meters.
• User interface operation problem on 64-bit Windows fixed.
• The "No Multi-Channel Operation" global switch was added that fixes incompatibility with some non-VST2.3 compliant VST hosts.
• Crossover parameters are now specified for all channel groups to avoid phasing problems.