Official effect
Offset soft clipping that biases the signal before tanh saturation for a less even breakup shape.
The active path uses the familiar high-pass, low shelf, and 930 Hz pre-shape, but instead of a straight tanh stage it adds gain and positive offset before the nonlinear block. That asymmetry makes the clipping less even between waveform halves, so the harmonic profile is rougher than the otherwise similar soft-clip overdrives.
Static peaks come from the compiled FAUST preview render. The live scope is drawn from the browser playback output in real time.
How It Works
The active path uses the familiar high-pass, low shelf, and 930 Hz pre-shape, but instead of a straight tanh stage it adds gain and positive offset before the nonlinear block. That asymmetry makes the clipping less even between waveform halves, so the harmonic profile is rougher than the otherwise similar soft-clip overdrives.
Signal Path
Preview source: An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it reaches the active drive path.
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it reaches the active drive path.
Single-stage biased tanh overdrive with asymmetric pre-offset before clipping.
The static waveform and the live player both reflect this compiled signal chain.
These are the currently active controls detected in the FAUST source for this effect.
The generated description is tied to the active helper blocks and routing found in the current DSP.
Controls
Blends the clean stereo preview source with the soft-clipped overdrive path.
Lower values keep more dry articulation; higher values favor the overdrive voice.
Applies final post-effect level trim after the DC blocker.
Balances loudness without changing how the clipping stage behaves.
Raises the level feeding the single tanh saturation stage.
Moves the patch from light breakup toward thicker, more compressed overdrive.
Controls the post-drive high shelf after saturation.
Brightens the clipped signal for more edge or smooths it for a darker voice.
Changes the low shelf and 930 Hz emphasis ahead of clipping.
Pushes more body or midrange into saturation, changing how focused the overdrive feels.
Analysis
Reviewed against the current DSP. This file is one of the few overdrives in the current set that actually changes the clipping behavior instead of only moving EQ coefficients.
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
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Each effect page uses the same generated description pipeline and compiled waveform preview assets.