Official effect
Keeps the dry attack intact while adding a broad low-mid lift and light tanh saturation for edge-of-breakup push.
The active drive path high-passes the signal, adds a gentle low shelf and restrained 930 Hz peak, then runs it through a single tanh saturation stage before a post-drive high shelf. `mix` blends that driven path back with the dry stereo preview source, and the result is DC-blocked, gain-trimmed, and softly limited at the output.
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 gentle low shelf and restrained 930 Hz peak, then runs it through a single tanh saturation stage before a post-drive high shelf. `mix` blends that driven path back with the dry stereo preview source, and the result is DC-blocked, gain-trimmed, and softly limited at the output.
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 hits the overdrive core.
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 hits the overdrive core.
Single-stage tanh overdrive with contourable low-mid emphasis and post-drive high-shelf tone shaping.
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 untouched stereo preview source with the driven path after saturation.
Lower settings keep more pick attack and clean body; higher settings push the overdriven tone forward.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the actual drive structure.
Raises the input multiplier feeding the tanh stage.
Adds more breakup, sustain, and soft compression as it increases.
Adjusts the post-drive high shelf centered around the upper mids and highs.
Opens the top end for more bite or rolls it back for a softer edge.
Increases the low shelf and broad 930 Hz peak before saturation.
Adds body and low-mid push without turning the patch into a heavier distortion.
Analysis
Reviewed against the current DSP. This preview shares the same stereo demo phrase and output stage as the related drive-family patches; the audible identity comes from the driveTone EQ and saturation 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.