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Tube Saturator is the world’s most accurate real time tube amp plug-in. Unlike 
 other tube simulators, which use radically simplified models, Tube Saturator 
uses state of the art circuit simulation technology to capture every nuance of 
 an analog circuit. With circuit simulation, the analog schematic completely 
  defines the signal processing. The schematic is converted into a system of 
non-linear differential equations which is solved at each sampling period, in 
  realtime. That’s mathematical talk for “it sounds exactly like the analog 
                                  circuit”. 
     
The circuit simulation technology is extremely CPU intensive, and hence we are 
only able to simulate very simple circuits. Tube Saturator is in fact a basic 
circuit consisting of a Baxandall type three-band EQ feeding two 12AX7 triode 
 preamp stages. It’s similar to preamp stages you’d find in a guitar amp, but 
  it is by no means a complete guitar amplifier model, that would be way too 
 expensive to simulate even with today’s fast CPUs. However, it is extremely 
accurate, and hence you can get the same distortion and tonal characteristics 
                  that you’d expect from a real tube preamp. 
     
 Use Tube Saturator to add a bit of analog warmth to recordings, or increase 
  the drive for some distortion. You can use it as a saturating peak limiter 
                                     too. 
     
    Increasing the Drive control increases the (digital) input gain while 
  decreasing the (digital) output gain, so you can easily adjust distortion 
 levels. The FAT switch changes the bias circuit of the first preamp stage to 
                                increase gain. 
     
     
                                  Features: 
     
     
  Accurate tube preamp simulator using 64-bit circuit simulation technology  
     
                   Two common cathode 12AX7 preamp stages  
     
                             Baxandall 3-band EQ  
     
                   Drive control for distortion adjustment  
     
                                  EQ bypass  
     
                        FAT mode for increased punch  
     
                            Analog style metering  
     
                                 No latency  
     
            Up to 192 kHz sampling rate, depending on CPU speed.  
     
                               Mono or stereo