RUIDO / The ten / Saturate
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RUIDO Saturate

Analog warmth in four models, warmer without getting louder.

VST3 · Windows & macOS · included in the RUIDO installer

Every mode, same loop

Press play, then switch modes. Every clip is the same drum loop through RUIDO Saturate, level-matched to the dry loop, so you hear the character, not just "louder".

TUBE

Smooth tanh curve, rich in odd harmonics.

TAPE

A very soft knee that rounds transients.

TRANSFORMER

A slow knee with heavy compression.

DIODE

Asymmetric and rich in even harmonics.

What it does

Saturate adds warmth and drive to the middle band, oversampled and level-matched. Hysteresis adds real tape-style magnetic memory, and Sag lets the headroom drop after peaks like a stressed power supply.

RUIDO Saturate in simple mode
Simple mode: one big knob.
RUIDO Saturate in advanced mode
Advanced mode: every control.

Simple when you want it, deep when you need it

Simple mode

One HEAT knob plus Tone. HEAT sets mix, drive and warmth together.

Advanced mode

DriveWarmthToneMixFollowSagHarmLo cutHi cut

Worth knowing

  • Hysteresis: Jiles-Atherton magnetic memory.
  • Sag drops the headroom after peaks.
  • Harm blends odd against even harmonics.
Ember

Ember

Ember could polish, heat and stain worthless things until they felt rich. Now everything she touches gains weight and warmth. Colours deepen, thin things thicken, cold things come alive. Push her too far and it melts like the lava in her mouth.

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$15

Just this plugin, yours forever. If you later get RUIDO, what you paid counts toward it.

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$100

The rack plus every member as its own plugin. Included with Gold (rent-to-own).

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