Saturation & Distortion

Learn to use Waves MDMX Distortion Modules for subtle to scorching overdrive to heat up hip hop vocals, and give your ad libs a more aggressive and edgy soft-clipped tone. MDMX includes 3 plugins: SCREAMER, OVERDRIVE, FUZZ.

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Hear the Waves Abbey Road Saturator in action, as it combines the musical analog saturation sounds we love from the vintage Abbey Road desks with excitement from the ultra-rare EMI TG12321 Compander module.

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Waves Abbey Road Saturator is the most musical sounding analog saturation plugin available. Combining the classic overdriven tube and transistor sounds from Abbey Road’s fabled consoles, the Saturator also models the original TG12321 Compander feeding the two desks for a one-of-a-kind ‘excited saturation’ effect.

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Waves Abbey Road Saturator combines the musical analog saturation sounds we love from the REDD valve and TG transistor consoles with excitement from the ultra-rare EMI TG12321 Compander module. Abbey Road’s Mirek Stiles takes us through the classic technique revived by the plugin.

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Waves MDMX Distortion Modules is a color palette of 3 plugins based on musicians’ all-time favorite distortions: SCREAMER, OVERDRIVE, FUZZ. From classic fat, round overdrive to outrageous fuzz flavors, MDMX gives you quick access to the drive sounds you know and love.

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Learn to use Waves Berzerk creative distortion plugin for wild, blown-up sounds on your 808s, drums and samples. The super-versatile experimental plugin takes you forward creatively, inspiring musical ideas and transforming your beats into unpredictable madness.

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Waves Berzerk is the go-to plugin for wild, deranged and creative distortion. With 10 original distortion shapes and a ton of features including on-board synth elements, pitch and dynamics controls, Berzerk is a versatile toolkit for experimentation.

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What's the difference between saturation, overdrive and distortion? Find out, and learn how to enhance your whole in-the-box mix by adding warmth, excitement and getting mix elements to sparkle and stand out.

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Harmonic distortion was a given in the analog recording world and helped create excitement in analog recordings: get tips on how to achieve it in-the-box.

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