Soundtoys Decapitator - Manual (Page 4)

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U S I N G D E C A P I T A T O R
First, let’s get out of the way what Decapitator is NOT. It’s NOT a guitar
amp modeler, and it’s not a tape saturation plug-in. So what is it?
The inspiration for Decapitator is the sound of analog gear being pushed
hard to the point of saturation and beyond. Something old-school engineers
would do all the time, whether it was overdriving the mic preamps on their
massively expensive mixing consoles, or racks of outboard gear.
Decapitator aims to emulate that sound. Use it to add warmth and dirt and
fatness to vocals, drums, keyboards, and even guitars.
Style
Use the style buttons to switch between the five different saturation
algorithms. Each of these styles was created by analyzing various analog
channels in our lab. Our engineers used both ‘geek’ techniques and ‘tweak’
techniques. Our modeling technique allowed us to closely match (at least to
our ears!) the harmonic structure, frequency response, and dynamic
response of analog gear that’s pushed beyond it’s ‘normal’ limits. Every one