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#Soundtoys decap how to
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If it doesn't sound right for the job in about 30 seconds, I try something else. If I want saturation, I reach for Decapitator (or just as often, Radiator/Devil-Loc/other Soundtoys distortions), I run through the modes, I adjust the gain and filtering, and maybe I hit the punish button if it's all feeling too subtle.
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Also, the "smudge" algorithm, together with Saturn's modulation options, is a fun and fruitful way to get really wild, morphing glitchy FX with only a few clicks.ĭecapitator, on the other hand, is a fantastic, instantly gratifying distortion machine, but it's also more of a blunt instrument. (For my workflow, anyways) Saturn, as a saturation plugin, is a scalpel: I use it to correct problems, saturate specific frequency zones, as a multi-band dynamics plugin, and occasionally for mid-side capabilities.