Audified U78 Saturator

Valve plug-in based on the circuitry of the famous vintage German U73b Compressor allowing saturation of an exact band.

U78 Saturator gives you a chance to color the precisely selected band with the tube circuitry of the U73b Compressor. Perfect for bass, drums, vocals, mixing, and mastering.

Highlights

• Seriously satisfying saturation
• The circuitry of the famous U73b Compressor
• Automatic output gain control
• Beautifully musical tube sound
• Oversampling
• Precise control over saturated band

Vintage modeling 

We admire the range of vintage gear which is impressive, but limited. We admire the new analog gear bringing new sound colors and workflows to the audio production world. Modern designs sometimes copy the old gear, but generally, these two worlds are disconnected and the value is not combined.

More than modeling 

In U78, we mixed the vintage circuits value, the modern analog design, and the software modeling. We performed changes in the vintage device circuitry so it can be used for completely different purposes than the original. And we have immediately created a software model of the result.

U78 Saturator Controls        

• Gain - adjusts the input gain of the saturation circuit. (The higher the settings, the richer the sound that can be achieved.)    
• HiPass - sets the cut-off frequency of the high-pass filter, which comes before the saturation circuit in the signal path. (The range is from 30 Hz to 800 Hz - turn the knob to a minimum to turn off the HiPass filter.)    
• LowPass - sets the cut-off frequency of the lowpass filter, which comes before the saturation circuit in the signal path. (The range is from 1 kHz to 8 kHz - turn the knob to the maximum to turn off the LowPass filter.)    
• Tone - controls the U78 Saturator's unique tone filter. (Lower settings produce darker sounds with more low-frequency content; conversely, higher settings result in brighter, sparkling sounds.)    
• Mix - controls the dry and wet signal ratio. (The dry signal is delayed to match the wet signal path latency to prevent phasing issues.)

System Requirement

Mac requirements

• Mac OS X 10.11 - macOS 12
• AAX 64b, AU 64b, VST2 64b, VST3 64b, Apple Silicon Compatible

Windows requirements

• Windows 7 - Windows 11
• AAX 32b, AAX 64b, VST2 32b, VST2 64b, VST3 32b, VST3 64b