"Two years ago I set out to overcome what I saw as the limitations of the Saturation Knob, ultimately assembling a combinator that I called the Saturation Knob Mk. II, which worked okay, but I did not really know what I was doing when I made it, and it really wasn't much better than the original after all. I think I have learned much since then, though, so with it being free again for a limited time and after noticing some users sharing the same complaints that I had I thought I would take another stab at it today.
Attached is my Saturation Knob Mk. III combinator, which adds all of the functionality I felt was missing, namely a smoothly variable saturation type (a 3-point crossfade between high, neutral, & low modes), output gain (pre-mix), and a mix parameter for blending the dry signal with the wet. For ease of use these four parameters (saturation amount included) are assigned to the combinator's four primary knobs, but inside I have also included an instance of Thor for an additional two rotaries controlling input gain & post-mix volume for more detailed tweaking.
This time around I am quite proud of the patch, so I hope you like it and that it will allow you to get better use out of this nice freebie from Softube. "
Saturation Knob Mk. III.zip
This really improves the functionality in ways I could not imagine and I find myself reaching for this a lot recently.
I have also put together a skin (his design ideas) to go with it.
Enjoy!
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