Audio Disto Tube Saturation

Asymmetric tube saturation emulation. Produces warm, even-harmonic distortion characteristic of vacuum tubes.

Vacuum tubes naturally produce asymmetric clipping, which generates even-order harmonics (2nd, 4th, etc.) in addition to odd harmonics. This is widely considered to produce a warmer, more musical distortion compared to symmetric clipping. The bias parameter controls this asymmetry.

Settings

bypass

Bypasses the module processing when activated (ON).

  • OFF (0): Module processes normally
  • ON (1): Input passes directly to output without processing

in

Audio input flow(s).

out

Audio output flow(s).

drive

Amount of gain applied before saturation. Higher values push the signal harder into the tube emulation, producing more harmonics and compression.

bias

Asymmetry of the saturation curve. Adds a DC offset before the nonlinearity to generate even harmonics typical of tube circuits. At 0 the saturation is symmetric; higher values increase the asymmetry.

tone

Low-pass filter applied after saturation. Lower values cut more high frequencies for a warmer, darker sound. At maximum the full frequency spectrum passes through.

mix

Dry/wet blend. At 0 the output is the unprocessed input signal; at 1 the output is fully saturated.

Common Settings

info

show manual

Opens the web browser to display information or help about the selected object, if it exists.

For more details about information/help creation, see create-help-file.

description

Description of the module for internal help purposes only. The description is not displayed in the interface.

ID's

visible only in god mode, see setup-panel-tab-expert.

unique ID

Current private ID for this control used to identify the object.

preset ID

Current private preset ID for this control used for presets.

recreate ID

If you experience difficulties in Polyphonic mode, try to recreate new id(s) with this button.

repair ID s

Each Patch shared on the local network uses its own ID (identification number). If you experience issues of Patches that don't send information to the good target, this button will rebuild all these id's.

Object Remote Address

absolute

Absolute remote address. see objects-address.

local

Local to the current patch remote address. see objects-address.

user addr

User defined remote address. see objects-address.

See also

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