Soundtoys Decapitator - Manual (Page 7)

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Punish
If you’ve maxed out your drive control and you still want more distortion go
ahead and press the Punish button. We know you want to! This kicks in an
extra 20 dB of gain, so things will be loud AND distorted.
Output
The Output knob turns DOWN the output level. When Auto is switched on,
the gain is adjusted automatically when the Drive is adjusted. If you want
total control, or just want things as loud as possible, switch off Auto and
use this control.
Mix
Use the Mix control to blend the original signal in with the saturated
version. This is a great trick to restore the transients of your original sound
that get chopped off by the saturation stage. This is similar to ‘Parallel
Compression’, a trick used by many top engineers to shape the sounds of
drums and other instruments.
Low Cut
Use the Low Cut control to remove low frequencies before they hit the
saturation ‘circuit’. This is useful to prevent the excessive ‘flabbiness’ that
can happen when distorting sounds with a lot of low frequency content.
Turning Low Cut higher will remove progressively more lows (the bass
frequencies). At extreme settings you can get some very low-fi telephone
and AM radio effects, especially when used together with the High Cut
control.