Softube Saturation Knob v1.3.13 Build 144258 里面包含了WIN和Mac版本
大小：615MB
Softube宣布他们的饱和效果名为饱和度旋钮，以及机架扩展Propellerhead。
饱和度旋钮已经存在了很长一段时间了(我想这个插件最初是在2011年发布的)，但是它的可用性总是被限制在一些选定的数字音频工作站。直到今天，这种相当有趣的饱和效果只能在专业工具中使用，比如Cakewalk Sonar、Studio One和Propellerhead Reason。但这最终改变了，我们现在可以在几乎任何主机应用程序中使用这个饱和工具!
虽然单旋钮风格的效果不是每个人都喜欢的音频工具，但我实际上很喜欢使用这样的插件，因为它们经过了很好的优化，可以用最小的调整达到最好的效果。这通常可以在混合过程中节省大量的时间。当涉及到压缩机和均衡器时，你显然想要所有你能得到的控制(尽管非常简单的DC1A压缩机仍然是我一直以来的最爱之一)。但是有了着色工具，用来添加一些字符到处理的音频信号，在我看来，它是伟大的能够使用他们作为简单的即插即用的践踏盒。
不管怎样，饱和度旋钮就是那种插件。它有一个调节饱和度的旋钮，可以在三种不同的模式下工作，这取决于你想要的饱和度的味道。这是它!这种饱和效果可能对一些人来说太简单了，但我发现它是一个非常有用的工具和一个伟大的免费小赠品!
现在倒霉的事来了。要安装免费的饱和度旋钮，你需要先下载一个相当大的安装程序。安装程序包含所有的Softube插件，它们都需要安装在您的机器上。在安装过程结束后，您可以删除您不想使用的插件。这是一个相当大的缺点，我不得不说，但有一个可能的解决办法。如果你下载了一个叫做Universal Extractor的免费工具，你可以从包中提取饱和度旋钮，并完全跳过安装过程。
Softube has announced that their saturation effect called Saturation Knob is now available as a completely free download for all popular plugin platforms. You can now download Saturation Knob as a 32-bit and 64-bit VST/AU/AAX/RTAS plugin, as well as a Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason.
Saturation Knob has been around for quite a while now (I think that the plugin was first released back in 2011), however it’s availability was always limited to only a few select digital audio workstations. Until today, this rather interesting saturation effect was available for use only in Pro Tools, Cakewalk Sonar, Studio One and Propellerhead Reason. But that has finally changed and we can now use this saturation tool in virtually any host application out there!
Although one-knob style effects are not everyone’s favorite kind of audio tool, I actually enjoy using such plugins because they are well optimized for achieving the best possible results with minimum tweaking. This can often save tons of time during a mixing session. When it comes to compressors and equalizers, you’ll obviously want all the control you can get (although the incredibly simple DC1A compressor is still one of my all-time favorites). But with colorization tools which are used to add some character to the processed audio signal, in my opinion it’s great to be able to use them as simple plug and play stomp boxes.
Anyways, Saturation Knob is exactly that kind of plugin. It features a single knob for adjusting the amount of saturation and it can work in three different modes, depending on what flavor of saturation you’re looking for. And that’s it! This kind of saturation effect might be too simple for some, but I find it a rather useful tool and a great little freebie!
Now here comes the bummer. To install your free copy of Saturation Knob, you’ll need to download a rather large installer first. The installer contains all Softube plugins and they all need to be installed on your machine. After the installation process has ended, you can remove the plugins which you don’t want to use. That’s quite a drawback I have to say, however there’s a possible workaround for this. If you download a free tool called Universal Extractor, you can extract Saturation Knob from the package and skip the installation process completely.
