Colour Saturator Presale
Smooth harmonics, powerful punch, analog warmth and even brutal destruction – saturation and distortion are essential in professional music production. Designed for this very purpose, the HOFA Colour Saturator has become a real game changer.
With the help of the custom-designed BiasEQ©, traditional generation of harmonics and modern machine learning models let you create amazing overtone spectra like you’ve never heard before …
You can already buy this plugin at a super low presale price. We plan to release it at the end of this summer.
- Multiple traditional and ML algorithms for all kinds of tonal variation
- Tape | tube | desk | solid state | hybrid ...
- Fine-tunable spectral saturation with the BiasEQ©
- Subtle harmonics, solid distortion, and extreme fuzz sounds
- Noise, crackle, and hum for authentic retro feel
All this will be possible:
Input section
- Dynamics to limit or intensify the dynamics of your signal
- Tone, a tilt EQ to control the frequency balance of your sound
- Wow & flutter for the typical retro tape effects
- Noise, crackle, and hum for infamous LoFi artefacts
Algorithms & drive
Above the central drive control, you can choose between different algorithms, such as Tape, Tube, Desk, Solid State and Hybrid.
We have applied various methods to accomplish this. Among other things, sophisticated machine learning is used for maximum realism, as well as CPU-saving variants.
Creative shaping
The groundbreaking BiasEQ© is available for all algorithms.
After saturation, you can make final sound adjustments with hi and low cut.
Of course, parallel saturation can be easily achieved with the dry/wet mixer.
The BiasEQ© brings out all the colours of saturation
The BiasEQ© has nine bands and a fully parametric mode. This allows you to intensify or reduce the degree of distortion for individual spectra of your sound. For example, you can saturate the mids of a bass sound while removing the low and high ends from the distortion. Whatever saturation your output signal needs, BiasEQ© lets you create something special with just a few knobs.
Application examples:
- Powerful vocals with a dense, saturated low-mid range, combined with a natural and smooth high-frequency spectrum
- Drum loops with heavily saturated snares and toms, combined with clean crashes and dynamic kick drums
- Saturated high end for exciter-style sound shaping
Formats: VST3, AU, AAX
Operating System: macOS 10.13 or later, Windows 10 or later
HOFA plugins are continuously tested on the following DAWs:
Ableton Live, Apple Logic, Avid Pro Tools, Bitwig, Cockos Reaper, Image Line FL Studio, Magix Samplitude/Sequoia, Presonus Studio One, Steinberg Cubase/Nuendo/Wavelab
You have two licenses available. These are managed via the HOFA Plugins Manager, where they can also be deactivated and transferred to other computers.
It is also possible to activate and use HOFA plugins offline. Licenses on USB sticks can be used alongside USB licenses from other plugin manufacturers without any issues.
You will find helpful answers to many questions in our support center:
You can also reach us on weekdays at plugins@hofa.de and +49 7251 3472-444
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