Acustica Audio – Diamond Dynamic Saturator

This brand-new Acqua plugin (VST/VST3/AAX/AU) is the latest in the Diamond series. It’s a powerful saturation product that was carefully designed for a fast-moving workflow, based on our Hyper saturation technology.

This high-performance plugin is the perfect choice if you’re looking for an innovative saturator with a distinctive sound and an analog feel that is, above all, easy to use. It fits perfectly anywhere in your mix, and is also great for master bus applications.

Thanks to its special features and intuitive design, the plugin is on track to become an industry standard: a state-of-the-art tool for the pro audio industry, providing the most accurate digital representation of the Studio DMI signature sound. It combines specific features hand-picked from a range of top-of-the-line hardware devices into one single, groundbreaking product, delivering excellent performance and sound quality every time.

Diamond Dynamic Saturator includes the following functions and more.

• Dual saturation stage.
• Cutting-edge Hyper saturation technology.
• Top quality linear-phase filters.
• Mid-side mode.
• Expansion with 3 levels of density (bypassable).
• High quality low-shelf filter (post-saturation).

Diamond Dynamic Saturator’s is most effective when used for drum and stereo bus processing, and was inspired by Luca Pretolesi’s work on Drake’s “Massive,” and Diplo and Miguel’s “Don’t Forget My Love”.

In Pretolesi’s own words:

“Dynamic Saturator was the final piece of the puzzle in the Diamond series of plugins. We’ve done EQ, we did compression limiting, and the next step was to apply our knowledge and technology to saturation.”

“Dynamic Saturator was heavily inspired by working on Drake’s album Honestly, Nevermind. While mixing the album we used a lot of analog saturation on the drum bus and the stereo bus; by using the sounds we got from the hardware and custom gear from those sessions, we were able to create the plugin version.”

Looking for true-to-life analog color and saturation? Say hello to the Diamond Mix Saturator.

Our newest product joins our popular Diamond Dynamic Saturator to form a suite of two separate plugins. Get your hands on both of these powerful tools at once!

• Diamond Dynamic Saturator
• Diamond Mix Saturator

We wanted to offer our loyal customers a static version of the popular Dynamic Saturator that was specifically designed for mixing purposes. This simplified version of the plugin will help facilitate your workflow by allowing you to enjoy the same saturation as provided by its bigger brother, in just a few simple strokes.

The unique effect of adding saturation and harmonic distortion to either a single audio track or to the entire the mix gives the sound a special warmth and flavor that only magnetic tape, physical valves and transformers could add. (That is, until now!)

With this new Saturator plugin, you can immerse yourself in the mysterious world of analog saturation, ranging from delicate to extreme. It makes both instruments and vocals sound huge and full, helping them to cut through your mixes with just a few clicks.

We promise that you’ve never heard anything quite like it.