Official effect
Broad low-gain boost with only a hint of tanh compression and enough EQ shaping to lift a rig without turning it into a drive pedal.
The active drive path high-passes the signal, adds a modest low shelf and small 930 Hz push, then applies a very gentle single tanh stage before a relatively open post-drive high shelf. In practice it behaves more like a level-and-presence enhancer than a saturated overdrive, with `mix` preserving the untouched stereo preview source underneath.
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 drive path high-passes the signal, adds a modest low shelf and small 930 Hz push, then applies a very gentle single tanh stage before a relatively open post-drive high shelf. In practice it behaves more like a level-and-presence enhancer than a saturated overdrive, with `mix` preserving the untouched stereo preview source underneath.
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.
Low-gain single-stage tanh boost with modest low-shelf thickening and open top-end recovery.
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 low-gain boost path.
Lower settings preserve more direct attack; higher settings lean further into the boosted voice.
Applies final output trim after DC blocking and before the limiter.
Sets overall loudness without changing the actual boost structure.
Raises the input multiplier into a gentle single tanh stage.
Adds a little more compression and harmonic edge, but stays in low-gain territory.
Adjusts the relatively open post-drive high shelf.
Adds brightness and presence or smooths the top without changing the core low-gain behavior.
Shapes the low shelf and a restrained 930 Hz emphasis ahead of saturation.
Adds body and a little forwardness without turning the boost into a full overdrive.
Analysis
Reviewed against the current DSP. This file is the clearest reference version of the current low-gain boost topology also reused by Treble Boost and Germanium Boost.
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
More In Drive, Boost & Saturation
Each effect page uses the same generated description pipeline and compiled waveform preview assets.