A Crush for Music

Distortion and saturation play a very important role in music production. From subtle, clean, and warm tape or tube saturation to the wildest multiband guitar amp effects: FabFilter Saturn 2 offers.

Saturn 2 features a wealth of new features, such as a redesigned interface with modulation visualization, new subtle saturation and linear phase processing for mastering, many new distortion styles, and more.

Warmth, Harmonics, Color, and Dynamics

FabFilter Saturn 2 offers a range of different high-quality distortion models, inspired by the vintage sound of tubes, tape, transformers, and guitar amps. In addition, you get five creative FX distortion styles to alter your sounds in strange and unexpected ways.

With its multiband design and per-band response, dynamics, impulse, tone, and modulation options, Saturn 2 will add a unique flavor to your music.

Bring Your Sounds to Life

Add life and depth to your music using the extensive modulation section. By applying subtle modulation to the crossover frequencies, dynamics, band levels, or tone controls, you can achieve great warmth and definition.

With all the XLFO controllers/faders, EG, XY, envelope followers, and MIDI sources you will need, you will get virtually unlimited modulation possibilities. Creating new modulation connections couldn't be easier: simply drag and drop. And Saturn 2 visualizes all modulation in real time to show exactly what is happening.

FabFilter Gifts

Finally, FabFilter Saturn 2 contains all the usual FabFilter advantages: perfectly tuned knobs, MIDI learning, smart parameter interpolation for smooth parameter transitions, interface resizing and full-screen mode, support for Avid control surfaces, GPU-accelerated graphics, extensive help with interactive help tips, SSE optimization, and much more.

Features

• 28 different distortion styles, from subtle tube saturation to heavy guitar amps and a little crushing
• Multiband processing (up to 6 bands), with optional linear phase processing
• Adjustable slope for the crossovers, offering 6, 12, 24, and 48 dB/oct. options
• Per-band unit, mix, feedback, dynamics, tone, and level controls
• Live modulation visualization for targets and sources
• Optional HQ modes: good (8x oversampling) and excellent (32x oversampling)
• Completely redesigned and easy-to-use interface, including a new modulation source design and a floating slot panel
• Interactive multiband display
• Endless modulation options, with all the 16-step XLFOs, XY controllers/faders, envelope generators, envelope followers, and MIDI sources you will need
• Curve control in EG and transient detection in EF
• Easy drag-and-drop modulation with a 50-slot modulation matrix
• Supports common Pro Tools hardware control surfaces
• Mid/side processing
• Various interface sizes and full-screen mode
• GPU-accelerated graphics
• Unique presets per component
• Interactive MIDI learning
• Carefully designed and selected factory presets, plus compatibility with V1 presets
• Mute and band-only options
• Smart parameter interpolation
• Extensive help file with interactive help tips
• Undo, redo, and A/B switching features

System Requirements

Mac

• macOS 10.12 or later (Intel or Apple Silicon M1 processor) (64-bit only)
• VST2, VST3, AU, Native AAX

Windows

• Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, or Vista (32 or 64-bit)
• VST2, VST3, Native AAX

Formats

All FabFilter plugins are available in VST, VST3, Audio Units, Native AAX, and AudioSuite formats.