Saturation - is an effect that adds subtle distortion and harmonic content to a sound, making it warmer and fatter. Originally, it was just a natural byproduct of analog hardware.

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Welcome to another round of ridiculous analogies 😄 Imagine your original sound is just a regular hand. Now you add saturation — and boom, tiny extra fingers start growing between your fingers. Those extra fingers? Harmonics.

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Fun fact:

In the ’60s and ’70s, recording to magnetic tape was the norm — and that signature warmth you hear in old tracks comes from the natural saturation of tape machines. Today, we recreate that character using plugins.