Saturation

94 products

Apicolypse
Airwindows
An API-style console color adder plugin that uses a dynamic impulse generation method with a continuous spectrum between clean and soft-clip processing.
Atmosphere
Airwindows
A Console5 family plugin featuring multi-stage slew clipping that emulates acoustic distance effects, creating the impression of sound traveling through air.
BassDrive
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.
Couture
Auburn Sounds
Dynamics-preserving distortion and transient shaper plugin offering exquisite control over dynamics and attacks with volume-independent saturation.

$0
BaB Drive
Babelson Audio
BaB Drive simulates the sound of analog tape and the classic tubes (triode, tetrode) in most of the popular DAWs.

$49
BPB Bassaturator
Bedroom Producers Blog
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.

$149
BPB Saturator
Bedroom Producers Blog
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.

$149
Escalator
Black Salt Audio
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.

$59
Beef
Caelum Audio
Beef is a multi-effect audio plugin with a sole purpose, to make your tracks sound beefy.

£23.99
Tube Preamp
DDMF
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.

$0
DeeTrans
Dotec Audio
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.

$50
DeeVoltage
Dotec Audio
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.

$50
Saturn 2
FabFilter
FabFilter Saturn 2 is a warm, analog-sounding multiband distortion and saturation plug-in. Available in VST, VST3, AU, CLAP, AAX and AudioSuite formats for Windows and macOS.

$149
Tupe
Goodhertz
Tupe combines vacuum tube amplification and magnetic tape recording modeling in a single plugin. It features 9 tube circuit models, 6 analog tape models, an opto-style compressor/limiter, and a 1960s-style ladder filter.

$129
Tupe Wow
Goodhertz
Tupe Wow combines tube and tape emulation with wow and flutter effects, merging Goodhertz's Tupe and Wow Control plugins into a single processor. It features 8 tube modes, 8 tape machine models, an optical compressor, and a ladder filter in one CPU-efficient plugin.

$0
VCME Soft Clip
Goodhertz
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.

$99
Colour Saturator
HOFA-Plugins
The HOFA Colour Saturator delivers authentic saturation and distortion thanks to neural modelling and BiasEQ© – ranging from subtle warmth to extreme fuzz power.

€99
SYSTEM Saturator
HOFA-Plugins
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.

€61.76
AnalogStage MK2
HoRNet
HoRNet AnalogStage MK2 is an analog console emulation plugin that re-creates those sound characteristics usually associated with analog gear
Tape MK2
HoRNet
HoRNet Tape MK2 is the second version of our tape saturation simulator. It provides you with the classic vintage tape sound
TapeLite
HoRNet
FREE vintage tape saturation plugin by HoRNet. Add analog warmth with two tape speeds and 4x oversampling. VST3/AU for Mac & Windows.

€0
Valvola
HoRNet
HoRNet Valvola -is an emulation of the electric behaviour of a vacuum tube and its surrounding circuit. It comes with many vacuum tube models

€0
Boost X Dynamic Saturation
Initial Audio
Boost x is a dynamic and smart saturation/overdrive plugin. Used to make any sound warmer by adding extra harmonics.

$49
Blow Torch
Joey Sturgis Tones
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

$0
Extra Spice
Joey Sturgis Tones
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

$0
Heat - Analog Modeled Multi-band Saturation Plugin
Joey Sturgis Tones
Meet 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.

$0
Inferno
Joey Sturgis Tones
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.

$0
Make It Hot
Joey Sturgis Tones
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

$0
Vocal Warmth
Joey Sturgis Tones
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

$0
True Iron
Kazrog
Six legendary hardware transformer models in one plugin. Add analog warmth, heft, and depth used by Dave Pensado, Ross Hogarth, and more. Try it free.

$39.99
IVGI
Klanghelm
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.

€0
SDRR
Klanghelm
SDRR - Saturation Chameleon is a versatile saturation plugin offering four distinct modes (TUBE, DIGI, FUZZ, DESK) that reacts dynamically to the input signal, capable of functioning as a saturation, compressor, EQ, bit-crusher, subtle stereo widener, or movement generator.

€23
Chocolate Milk
Korneff Audio
A multiband sonic enhancer that has the flavor of tape with none of the downsides. Brings the warmth and harmonics of analog tape without sacrificing punch and clarity through three processing bands: MOO (low end saturation with proprietary waveshaping), SQUISH (midrange compression with fully adjustable compressor for punch and sustain), and FROTH (high end sparkle with vintage Baxandall EQ modeling for air and gloss).

$49.99
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Korneff Audio
An intuitive combination of saturation, warmth filtering, ambiance, delay and compression — a budget channel strip that punches way above its price tag. Delivers warm saturation, funky ambiance and vintage flavor for vocals, guitars, brass, bass, drums, and master bus. Features Spice (saturation with harmonic distortion), Whipped Cream (ambient effects), Warmth (adaptive filter network), Cinnamon (bucket-brigade analog delay 0-2000ms), and Espresso Shot (32:1 limiter).

$19.99
Hitmaker 4000 Colour Module
Louder Than Liftoff
The 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.

$149
Mass Drivr Colour Module
Louder Than Liftoff
Classic 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.

$149
Pentode Mk2 Colour Module
Louder Than Liftoff
Tone 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.

$149
TAPE•79 Mojo Module
Louder Than Liftoff
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.

$349
TAPE•C Colour Module
Louder Than Liftoff
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.

$159
413 Tape Saturator
MIA Laboratories
The 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.

$99
980 SPARK
MIA Laboratories
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.

$79
PSA1000 Analog Saturation Unit
Nembrini Audio
The PSA1000 is a modern recreation of a classic '90s analog guitar preamp, used in professional recording studios globally for processing guitars, electric pianos, organs, synthesizers, electric basses, and more. It also excels during mixing for drum rooms, percussion, vocals, kicks, snares, and sound effects.

$99.99
PSA1000 Jr Analog Saturation Unit
Nembrini Audio
A contemporary digital recreation of a vintage 1990s analog guitar preamp widely utilized in professional recording studios. Beyond guitar processing, it enhances electric piano, organ, synthesizer, bass, drums, percussion, vocals, and sound effects.

$69.99
The Voltour 2 Channel All Valve Enhancer
Nembrini Audio
The Voltour 2 Channel All Valve Enhancer models the Thermionic Culture Culture Vulture hardware unit, bringing its legendary analog valve saturation and harmonic enhancement to the digital realm. It offers three valve modes — Triode, Pentode P1, and Pentode P2 — alongside mix, filter, phase, and link controls for precise stereo enhancement.

$29.99
Saturate
Newfangled Audio
Saturate is a detail-preserving clipper plugin that lets you overdrive signals up to 24dB while maintaining tonal balance and fine detail, processing individual frequency sine waves independently to prevent low frequencies from masking midrange and high-frequency content.

$49
BIG AL
Plugin Alliance
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.

$29.99
HG-2
Plugin Alliance
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.

$29.99
HG-2MS
Plugin Alliance
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.

$39.99

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karacter
Plugin Alliance
Discrete Class A Stereo Saturator modeled after the elysia hardware. Fattens and adds sparkle to tracks with unique coloring capabilities.

$39.99
Machine Head
Plugin Alliance
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.

$49.99
OCELOT Clipper
Plugin Alliance
Peak shaper for peak reduction and mastering dynamics, empowering you to create more headroom, shape harmonics and deliver energetic mixes.

$24.99
Phil's Cascade
Plugin Alliance
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.

$39.99
SA2RATE 2
Plugin Alliance
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.

$39.99
SILVER BULLET mk2
Plugin Alliance
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.

$49.99
THE OVEN
Plugin Alliance
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.

$39.99
TwinTube
Plugin Alliance
Analog tube warmth processor that adds brightness and fatness to vocal and instrument tracks. Increases perceived loudness without changing actual gain.

$29.99
VSM-3
Plugin Alliance
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.

$29.99
WUNDERLICH
Plugin Alliance
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.

$29.99
BinAmp
PSP Audioware
A Class A triode preamplifier plugin inspired by the legendary Binson Echorec 2 delay unit. Delivers rich, easily controllable saturation suitable for drums, vocals, electric pianos, synthesizers, and drum loops. Features a high-pass filter, high-frequency rolloff, drive and output level controls, input pad, polarity switching, blend control, and internal quad sampling up to 192 kHz with only 13 samples latency.

$99
MicroWarmer
PSP Audioware
PSP MicroWarmer delivers the rich, analog-style warmth and punch of the legendary 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.

$49
Saturator
PSP Audioware
PSP Saturator emulates analog saturation devices like tape recorders and valve circuits by adding harmonics, dedicated filtering, and dynamic processing. Offers flexible saturation ranging from subtle mix mojo to outright audio destruction, featuring 8 saturation shape modes, three signal sculpting engines, parallel mix with intelligent phase alignment, and a FAT quad-sampling option with up to 384MHz oversampling. Comes with 200 presets.

$99
Color Drive
Relab
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.

$79
StandardCLIP
SIR Audio Tools
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.

$25
British Class A Drive
Softube
The famous British analog console drive. Authentic, unmistakable British console character from a precisely emulated console drive.

$39
Drawmer 1976 Three Band Saturator
Softube
A meticulous model of the original Drawmer 1976 Stereo Three Band Saturation and Width Processor. Three independent bands of saturation and stereo width control.

$149
Empirical Labs Professor Punch-Knuckles
Softube
The highest degree of ELI saturation with three distinct types of modeled distortion/saturation: Toasty, Crunchy, and Distress.

$129
Harmonics Analog Saturation Processor
Softube
A saturation and distortion processor featuring a revolutionary dynamic transient control approach to preserve clarity during distortion processing.

$149
Overstayer M-A-S
Softube
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.

$199
Saturation Knob
Softube
A free modeled output distortion plugin useful for fattening up drums and bass, adding harmonics to vocals, and creating grit in any mix.

$0
Oxford Inflator
Sonnox
Elevate your mix to unparalleled heights. Considered a 'secret weapon' of many mixing and mastering engineers, get ready to take your mixes to new heights with the Oxford Inflator.

$159.99
Kraftur
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.
Decapitator
Soundtoys
Analog saturation modeler featuring five hardware-inspired distortion models, an analog tone control, and mix knob for parallel processing.

$199
Radiator
Soundtoys
Dual drive tube input channel and EQ plugin modeled after the Altec 1567A tube mixer from the 1960s, with independent input/output stages and transformer loading options.

$99
Deep Vintage
Three-Body Technology
Suite 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.

$0
OwnTHD
Three-Body Technology
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.

$79
Sapphire Drive
Three-Body Technology
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.

$59
Tape Vibe
Three-Body Technology
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.

$29
Enhancer
Toneboosters
Audio enhancement plugin combining a fat low-end sub-harmonic generator and a triple-band saturator with precise control over in-band and out-of-band harmonics generation. Features AI-driven automatic dynamics and timbre correction.

€0
ReelBus 4
Toneboosters
Magnetic tape recording, echo, and flanger simulator delivering tape sound from compact cassette to pro deck. Features tape hysteresis, saturation, compression, wow-and-flutter, and configurable tape start/stop times.

€0
Brainworx bx_saturator V2
Universal Audio
Sweeten or shred beyond any other processor.

$100
Thermionic Culture Vulture
Universal Audio
Put the original boutique valve distortion tool in your studio.

$149
ChromaBox
WA Production
Spectrum exciter plugin with 32 color profiles for saturation and frequency shaping, injecting electrifying energy to transform audio into bigger, more bombastic versions.

$0
HELPER Saturator 2
WA Production
Free saturation plugin with tube and tape distortion types, dual filters, and multi-channel processing options across stereo, mid, side, left, and right channels.

$0
Make Me Scream
WA Production
Two-stage saturation plugin with 4 distortion types and 4 alternate timbre modes, plus envelope follower and filtering for creative audio processing.

$0
Punchy Worm
WA Production
One-knob punch and saturation processor combining transient shaping with harmonic saturation and upward/downward compression.

$0
Tube Saturator 2
WaveArts
An authentic tube preamp simulator with analog EQ that delivers warming effects at gentle settings or fat distortion when driven hard. Uses circuit simulation technology to mathematically model analog circuits, running approximately 7x faster than its predecessor with improved accuracy.
Tube Saturator Vintage
WaveArts
A free reissue of the original Tube Saturator that uses 64-bit circuit simulation technology to faithfully reproduce the sound of a dual triode preamp. Simulates a basic circuit with a three-band EQ feeding two 12AX7 triode preamp stages for adding analog warmth or distortion to recordings.

$0
Abbey Road Saturator
Waves
Musical 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.

$55
BB Tubes
Waves
Huge-sounding tube saturation which makes any vocal or instrument jump out of the speakers. From delicate to aggressive analog brilliance, BB Tubes makes your mixes sound expensive and brings your music to life.

$34.99
Cobalt Saphira
Waves
Harmonic shaping plugin offering eleven unique saturation modes for adding color, warmth, and presence to audio.
J37 Tape Saturation
Waves
The 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.
Lil Tube
Waves
Add rich tube fatness & saturation on every track in your mix – your own tube console. Custom-modeled analog sound in the company of fabled tube preamps, Lil Tube is a plugin you’ll feel.
Scheps Parallel Particles
Waves
Discover 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).
Spectre
Waves Factory
Combines the best features of a sonic enhancer and a graphical parametric EQ. Applies high quality saturation just where you want it to, working like an EQ for better results.

€0

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