Decapitator is an analog saturation modeler plug-in designed to bring hardware-quality saturation to digital studios. It's marketed as "the secret weapon of top mix engineers" and offers five distinct analog saturation models based on studied vintage and modern hardware including consoles, preamps, input channels, EQs, compressors, and studio distortion units. Rather than static approximation, Decapitator models responsive saturation that reacts to audio dynamics, capturing the changing behavior of tubes, wires, and transistors found in hardware.
Comparable to: Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack, FabFilter Saturn, Plugin Alliance Black Box
Adding warmth and character to digital recordings • Subtle enhancement to extreme distortion • Mix bus saturation • Parallel processing • Drum bus processing • All genres • Rock • Hip-Hop • Electronic • Pop • Jazz