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Saturn introduces harmonics even if all bands are bypassed.
Is it normal behavior or a bug?
It seems Saturn always generates (probably 3rd) harmonics internally bypassed.
I checked it with Span, which showed, for example, a -6dB sine wave at 200Hz fed into Saturn came with -40dB harmonics at 600Hz.
It may not be a big deal as a saturator plugin, but I'd like to use it as a volume shaping tool without saturation as well.
I'm using latest Saturn and Logic X. Thanks!
katze — Jul 12, 2019
Hi Katze,
You're right, Saturn does introduce harmonics even when alle bands are disabled. Saturn has a gentle saturation stage on the output, which adds subtle harmonics plus prevents feedback from getting out of control.
Cheers,
Got it. Thanks for clarifying!