


Soundtoys 5 brings together our entire range of audio effects into one powerful collection. New Effect Rack, PrimalTap, and Little AlterBoy. Create parallel effects simply with the mix knob.Shape the contour of the saturation with analog-modeled tone control.Push your tracks over the top with the Punish button.Get real, dynamic analog saturation with 5 detailed models of studio hardware.Infuse your tracks with the natural vibe of analogue gear.Try it on vocals, drums, guitars, synths - anything that sounds a little too polite! Each model has its own sound of beautiful agony when you hit the Punish button and crank it up. Decapitator gives you those unique qualities that only come from driving high-end studio gear. When you drive it hard it reacts just like great analogue gear - it screams in pain.Īnd they’re not talking about fizzy stomp-box distortion. That's why they've added the Punish button, which kicks in an extra chunk of gain to push Decapitator over the edge. By adding an analogue-modelled tone control and mix knob, they've opened up the sonic potential of these models even more.ĭecapitator is capable of some wonderfully subtle sounds, but Soundtoys know that sometimes subtle just won't do it.

Then they created painstakingly accurate models and made them instantly accessible. They picked the pieces of gear they felt had the most distinctive sound and had unique character when used both subtly and at extremes. In creating Decapitator, Soundtoys collected and analyzed both vintage and modern hardware - consoles, preamps, input channels, EQs, compressors and studio distortion units. That means you can hear subtle changes as Decapitator reacts to a track and follows the dynamics of an instrument. Not a static snapshot, but a changing responsive model of all those tubes, wires and transistors. Soundtoys have worked hard to capture the feel of analogue gear. Combine all of this with the flexibility and reliability of a Soundtoys plug-in, and you've got the best of analogue and digital together in one essential effect.ĭecapitator is not just a simple approximation of the analogue sound. Soundtoys have also included a modelled tone control that lets you shape the saturated sound and a mix control that lets you blend in some dry signal for parallel processing without the need for routing and sub-mixes. With five different analogue saturation models to choose from, Decapitator is perfect for adding character to every kind of track and instrument in your mixes.

That's why Soundtoys took our time, studied all the great analogue classics, and painstakingly created a plug-in that brings the best of analogue saturation to your digital studio. Engineers use saturation to beef things up, thin them out, give them an edge, add warmth, pull elements out of the mix, and create signature sounds.įrom the very subtle to the extreme, analogue saturation is an integral part of great mixes. The sound of tubes, transistors, and circuitry being pushed to the limit has long been the key ingredient in great-sounding analogue recordings. Saturation - it's the essence of what makes analogue hardware sound so musical and pleasing to the ears.
