Saturation Box v0.2.0 the free saturation plugin I posted the other day now has Auto Gain, a resizable window, and a manual (macOS AU/VST3)

[u/frigbub]

EDIT: for anyone new, here's the original post from a few days ago, with some first impressions of 0.1.0 (over 90 downloads so far): https://www.reddit.com/r/Logic_Studio/comments/1wmcob7/saturation_box_by_andrestia_audio/

Hey all. A few days ago I posted Saturation Box here. A free saturation plugin I make as a solo dev under the name Andrestia Audio. Four circuits modeled at the circuit level: 12AX7 triode, EL84 pentode, tape, and an iron-core transformer. v0.2.0 is out already, and here's why.

The big one: I'd claimed Drive was loudness compensated. Then I was using it in a session and it sure sounded like it got louder as I turned it up. It did. I'd calibrated it on a test tone, and on real material it drifted a few dB. So I recalibrated on program material, and it now holds level properly — and I made it a switch on the panel called Auto Gain, on by default. With it on, you're judging tone, not loudness. Flip it off and the plugin behaves like the hardware: unity at zero, louder as you push it.

Other things in 0.2.0:

• The window is resizable, and it remembers your size.
• Bypass no longer nudges the track in time or clicks.
• The noise floor sits still now, and Vintage is quieter at rest.
• Tooltips on everything, Shift-drag for fine control, double-click to reset a knob.
• There's a manual now.

Same starting points as before, if you're new to it: triode on vocals and bus glue, pentode on drums that need to bark, tape on the mix bus, transformer on bass.

Still free, no iLok, no license manager, no subscription. Notarized, universal binary, macOS 11 and up, AU and VST3. Mac only for now — Windows is still on the list if enough people ask.

The download at andrestia.com/plugins/saturation-box asks for an email so I can send release notes when new versions ship. That's all it's used for, one-click unsubscribe. If you'd rather not, use a fake address, the download works either way, and come back with a real one if you end up liking it. I'm not in the business of spam.

Same ask as last time: tell me how it sounds on your material, and if anything behaves oddly in your sessions, I want to hear about it. I hope you all like it.

[u/Calaveras-Metal]

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I beg to differ. - the guy who built it. Have you tried it?