DRIVE feeds both stages, SATURATE and CLIP each have their own bypass, and the whole thing stays honest about what it changed: bit-exact bypass, a loudness-matched A/B, and a scope that shows exactly what got removed.
Click-to-add saturation bands
Add a saturation range from the + target on the spectrum, up to six. Drag an edge to resize it, drag the middle to move it, right-click to split or remove it. Each band keeps its own curve and amount.
Clipped-peak scope
Input, output and delta on one ring buffer, latency-aligned. Red is exactly what got cut, not an estimate. Freeze it, zoom the time and amplitude axes independently, and watch the threshold line drawn right on the trace.
Loudness-matched A/B
MATCH trims the processed side back to the input's loudness before you compare, so a hotter signal can't pass itself off as a better one. A/B, to B, and delta listen on the wet-minus-dry signal itself.
Exact auto gain
AUTO GAIN is a precise inverse of DRIVE at the output, not a loudness estimate. Push the input harder and the output level holds, so you're judging character, not volume.
Bit-exact bypass
Bypass runs through the plugin's own latency-matched dry ring rather than a host bypass call, so A/B and delta listen line up to the sample instead of drifting by a few.
Four clip modes
Hard, Soft, Distort and Absurd, with a CHARACTER knob that sweeps the curve in Distort and Absurd. Soft bends the signal below the ceiling too, so it's the one to reach for when you want the approach softened, not just the peak.
Up to 8x oversampling
Each stage runs oversampled: the saturator at a fixed 4x, the clipper at your chosen 1x to 8x, so a hard clip or an aggressive curve doesn't fold ultrasonic content back down into the audible range.
Stated, not hidden
Latency, THD, and every meter reading are numbers, not adjectives. What the plugin reports is what it's actually doing to your signal.
