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Decapitator is also more than handy as aВ drum processor.

Low to moderate settings work nicely on rock vocals you can either apply aВ hint of warmth globally, or ramp up the Drive and use the Mix control to blend the clean sound with aВ more distorted, edgy version of itself. But at the other end of the spectrum, low Drive settings don't sound obviously distorted at all instead, they add the kind of subtle thickness and warmth that you'd expect from aВ colourful preamp. It's aВ quick, easy and very satisfying route towards the kind of distortion that makes you wonder whether something has actually caught fire in your equipment rack. I suspect that very few users will be able to restrain themselves from immediately hitting the inviting Punish button - which, according to the manual, adds 20dB to whatever amount of gain is being applied by the Drive dial. Another toggle switch drastically increases the filter slope, makingВ the response more like that of aВ speaker cabinet - though Sound Toys make no claims of accurate modelling in this department. Next comes your choice of distortion algorithm, after which aВ lowвЂ‘pass filter lets you trim away any fizzy frequencies. It then passes through aВ Tone control, which allows you to skew its overall frequency response towards the bottom or top of the frequency spectrum. The input signal is first processed using aВ highвЂ‘pass filter, with an additional Thump switch adding an optional resonant hump at the cutoff frequency. The rest of the signal chain is disarmingly simple. This alone elevates Decapitator to planes of usefulness not occupied by many other distortion plugвЂ‘ins. Next to the output level control is aВ toggle switch labelled Auto: activate this and the output level is automatically adjusted to compensate for the setting of the Drive control, so as you crank up the distortion, the overall signal stays at much the same level. Decapitator offers aВ neat solution to this problem. One of the pitfalls with any distortion device is that changing the amount of distortion nearly always causes aВ massive jump or drop in output level, resulting in much twiddling of trim controls or channel faders, and making it hard to compare different settings fairly. The last two algorithms are homagesВ to the ThermionicВ Culture CultureВ Vulture, modelling its triode andВ pentode settingsВ respectively. The first three are based around notoriously 'coloured' preamp stages from classic hardware: the preamp from an ancient Ampex reelвЂ‘toвЂ‘reel recorder, the Chandler/EMI TG Channel, and the Neve 1057, an earlyВ design that used germaniumВ transistors.

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Instead, it seems that they have (unofficially) taken their inspiration from aВ variety of devices that are widely used in professional circles to 'warm up' sounds at the recording or the mixing stage.

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Sound Toys make very clear that Decapitator is intended neither as aВ guitar amp simulator nor an emulation of tape saturation. You can probably imagine my reaction to the news that Sound Toys were adding aВ plugвЂ‘in devoted solely to analogueвЂ‘style saturation and distortion: joy! I'm not sure what Sound Toys do differently from other plugвЂ‘in developers, but their saturation algorithms have always sounded fantastic, and I'm sure I'm not alone in having used Filter Freak as aВ distortion plugвЂ‘in, with the actual filter bypassed. One of the elements that makes Sound Toys favourites Filter Freak and Echo Boy so special is the output stage, which allows you to apply aВ variety of flavours of saturation and distortion to signals. And they share some neat design touches with the other plugвЂ‘ins in the range, such as the ability to 'lock' individual controls so that they remain in their current position when aВ new preset is loaded.

The interfaces are simple and friendly, with any complexity beneath the surface neatly reduced to a handful of knobs and buttons. They boast aВ nicely organised, usefully named and greatвЂ‘sounding selection of presets.

It's immediately clear that both new plugвЂ‘ins embody the values Sound Toys users are familiar with from the other effects in the range. The plugвЂ‘ins are authorised using an iLok key, as before, and all common plugвЂ‘in formats are now supported - including (hurrah!) VST.

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All the plug-ins that comprise the bundle are available individually, but you save aВ lot of money by opting for the full collection. Version 4 of their celebrated Native Effects bundle introduces two newcomers: PanMan and Decapitator. Sound Toys aren't the most prolific plugвЂ‘in developers on the planet, but when they do produce something new, we rightly expect it to be aВ bit special.

For the latest additions to their Native Effects bundle, Sound Toys have updated two vintage effects for the DAW age.

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