FabFilter Saturn 2 Help
Interactive multi-band display
Drag-and-drop modulation slots
Full Screen mode, resizing and scaling
Next to the MIDI learn button, the bottom bar contains various input/output options and settings.
When Linear Phase is enabled, both multi-band crossover filtering and internal oversampling (High Quality mode) is done using linear phase filters. As this avoids phase distortion/smudging, it makes Saturn 2 much more suitable for mastering purposes. Note that other types of filtering that are taking place (e.g. Tone EQ, pre/post EQ stages for the different distortion types, amp and cabinet modelling) do not switch to linear phase processing, as this would highly affect the actual character of the different styles.
The High Quality button controls the oversampling of the internal distortion algorithms. Distortion processing introduces digital aliasing effects, especially when applying a lot of drive. Enabling High Quality mode will drastically reduce aliasing artifacts by oversampling the internal saturation section, at the cost of using more CPU power.
Using Good mode (8 times oversampling) will be more than sufficient to suppress possible aliasing in most cases. In Superb mode (32 times oversampling), aliasing will be reduced to an absolute minimum, but the CPU load may increase quite drastically, depending on the number of bands and the chosen distortion styles.
The Global Bypass button lets you bypass the entire plug-in. While most hosts already provide the ability to bypass plug-ins, our internal global bypass feature is guaranteed to work correctly with Linear Phase and High Quality modes (compensating for the latency of the plug-in) and also applies soft bypassing to avoid clicks. While the plug-in is bypassed, the frequency analyzer stops and a red line at the top of the bypass button appears.
As soon as you hover the mouse over the output button, right next to the bypass button, a panel with various options and large input/output/pan knobs will pop up, giving you access to the following settings:
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Overview
Modulation