Voxengo VariSaturator

When you produce music, you usually need to carefully process each element until it begins to sound the way you want to. This is usually achieved through a series of effects that you can add to each instrumental or vocal track and your mix. An effect that is often used in almost any genre you can imagine and works well with any instrument is saturation.

As you probably know, saturation is considered to be a warmer, more subtle distortion. This is because the frequencies that saturation adds are somehow harmonically related to the original sound. The digital audio workstation that you use probably has a saturation stock plugin, but if you want to explore other alternatives as well, then you could try an external plugin like Voxengo VariSaturator.

With Voxengo VariSaturator you get a simple plugin that provides you with two types of saturation that can be used simultaneously or separately, via bypassing. The valve saturation (also known as tube saturation) provides a warmer analog version of the effect, while the digital saturation sounds, well, more digital.

Each of the two main sections comes with four adjustable parameters: pre-gain highs, pre-gain lows, FX highs, and FX lows. These allow you to control the nature of the effect with precision and quickly add presence to a musical element.

Voxengo VariSaturator also comes with a few presets that you can employ to get a better idea of its capabilities. The interface is extremely easy-to-use, resizable, and has more than a few different color schemes that you can choose from.

While Voxengo VariSaturator isn’t the most complex saturation plugin available, it’s more than capable of creating a warm sound and making any musical element stand out in your mix.