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Saturation Knob has been around for quite a while now (I think that the plugin was first released back in 2011), however it’s availability was always limited to only a few select digital audio workstations. Until today, this rather interesting saturation effect was available for use only in Pro Tools, Cakewalk Sonar, Studio One and Propellerhead Reason. But that has finally changed and we can now use this saturation tool in virtually any host application out there!See also:Although one-knob style effects are not everyone’s favorite kind of audio tool, I actually enjoy using such plugins because they are well optimized for achieving the best possible results with minimum tweaking. This can often save tons of time during a mixing session. When it comes to compressors and equalizers, you’ll obviously want all the control you can get (although the incredibly simple compressor is still one of my all-time favorites).
But with colorization tools which are used to add some character to the processed audio signal, in my opinion it’s great to be able to use them as simple plug and play stomp boxes.Anyways, Saturation Knob is exactly that kind of plugin. It features a single knob for adjusting the amount of saturation and it can work in three different modes, depending on what flavor of saturation you’re looking for. And that’s it! This kind of saturation effect might be too simple for some, but I find it a rather useful tool and a great little freebie!Now here comes the bummer. To install your free copy of Saturation Knob, you’ll need to download a rather large installer first.
The installer contains all Softube plugins and they all need to be installed on your machine. After the installation process has ended, you can remove the plugins which you don’t want to use.
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That’s quite a drawback I have to say, however there’s a possible workaround for this. If you download a free tool called Universal Extractor, you can extract Saturation Knob from the package and skip the installation process completely. Video DemoCheck out the Saturation Knob demo video.
I can confirm on Mac OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks and Logic Pro X 10.0.7 that you can install the plug-in, use Softube’s plug-in manager application to enable Saturation Knob, then delete the plug-in manager application.Not that I’d like it even if I did, but I get the point of this plug-in manager if you own every single Softube plug-in. For a single free plug-in though it’s overkill. I also don’t get why the plug-in manager application is over 1Gb on your hard drive for what it does.For those wondering the plug-ins themselves are a normal size (10Mb for the AU). Giving away a free plugin like this is a great way for Softube to market the rest of their products. They make you download them all by luring you in with the promise of something free (and pretty awesome), and then you get tempted and pay for the ones you want to activate.Honestly 420mb is not such a huge download I live in a third world country where a 10mb line is about as good as it gets. I have a 4mb shaped line and the download only took like 40 minutes.
At least it doesn’t require an iLok like some other ‘free’ plugins on offer (ahem, Slate!):).
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