PHATurator

PHATurator is a multi-stage saturation and tonal-shaping plugin designed to add weight, presence and musical character while staying light on CPU.

Multiple analogue-inspired stages (TUBE, TAPE, FET, PUNCH, PHAT, WARMTH) allow you to blend to taste, from subtle warmth to absolute madness.

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Multiple analogue-inspired stages (TUBE, TAPE, FET, PUNCH, PHAT, WARMTH) you can blend to taste, from subtle warmth to absolute madness.

FET, detector-driven FET dynamics (76 style feel) for punch and control.
TUBE, classic tube saturation to make everything fuller.
TAPE, great for vintage glue, tasty saturation and width.
PUNCH, fast and punchy large format British console saturation: tight low end, snappy transient and an assertive upper mid band.
PHAT, fuller low-mid punch and pleasing compression-like behaviour. This is a very loudness-friendly kind of saturation.
WARMTH, thick, transformer rich 70s British class A preamp vibe: bigger lows, creamy low mids and a sweet forward presence.
MIX (global), lets you do in-plugin parallel processing.
HPF, Butterworth HPF when in clean mode, PHAT and PHATTER add resonance to it. This HPF is pre-saturation, so it helps to shape the saturation character.
LPF, Butterworth LPF pre-saturation, so it helps to shape the saturation character.
DEPTH, subtle or not-so-subtle low end enlarger. It’s a combination of EQ and very kind saturation that enlarges (or thins out) the low end. Very powerful.
TONE, when CLARITY is ON this is a carefully fine tuned high shelf to brighten up any source without harshness, when CLARITY is OFF this becomes a tilt EQ to make the source brighter or darker.

MODE, toggles three behaviours: CLEAN it does what it says on the can, PHAT subtle transformer like saturation + small resonance on the HPF frequency and PHATTER dual transformer saturation + accentuated resonance on the HPF frequency.
LIMITER MODE (OFF / SAFE / AGGRO), is a lightweight but mega powerful post-output limiter to avoid final clipping (-0.003 dB final clip). Use SAFE for transparent control, AGGRO for fast peak control.
CLARITY/TILT, changes the TONE character: when in CLARITY mode the TONE is more shelf-y, when it’s in TILT mode the tone behaves more like a fine tuned tilt, that helps make the source brighter or darker.
AUTO GAIN, RMS based auto trim that keeps perceived loudness steady after heavy processing, making A/B comparisons fast and reliable.
MIX (global), lets you do parallel processing in-plugin.
OUTPUT HPF/LPF (global), is a second set placed on the output of the plugin, right before the limiter in the wet path.