Official effect
Single-stage overdrive with extra low-end support and a smoother, less aggressively shelved top end.
This variant stays on the same basic single-stage tanh topology as the other overdrives, but starts with a stronger low shelf and a milder post-drive high-shelf range. That combination keeps the clipping fuller and more polished rather than sharply bright, with `contour` feeding more body into the saturation stage.
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
This variant stays on the same basic single-stage tanh topology as the other overdrives, but starts with a stronger low shelf and a milder post-drive high-shelf range. That combination keeps the clipping fuller and more polished rather than sharply bright, with `contour` feeding more body into the saturation stage.
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 tanh overdrive with fuller low-shelf support and smoother post-drive 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 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 patch is genuinely distinct from Transparent Overdrive because it feeds more lows into the clipping stage and uses a narrower, smoother top-end shelf afterward.
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.