User Manual

About FabFilter Saturn 2
The distortion effect has played a huge role in music history. By driving and distorting a guitar amplifier,
rock-and-roll was born in the 1960s! Since that day, distortion has been used in many forms, and not
only to get that crunchy electric guitar sound. Today, distortion is used to color sounds in various ways
while mixing, by driving vacuum tubes, saturating tape and even by reducing bit rate.
FabFilter Saturn 2 offers many flavors of distortion and sound mangling, combined with multi-band audio
processing and virtually endless modulation possibilities. From subtle, clean and warm tube or tape
saturation to the wildest multi-band guitar amp effects: FabFilter Saturn 2 delivers!
New in Saturn 2
The first thing you will notice when you open Saturn 2 is the brand-new look. We have put a lot of effort
into redesigning the interface, making it much more pleasant and efficient to work with. All the goodness
of Saturn version 1 is still there of course, but we've added a lot more:
Linear phase mode (for crossover filtering and the High Quality mode), making Saturn's multi-band
processing much more suitable for mastering purposes.
Adjustable slope for crossovers, offering 6, 12, 24 and 48 dB/oct options.
Added a 'Superb' HQ mode in addition to the existing HQ mode, which reduces aliasing to an
absolute minimum.
Fully redesigned and modernized interface, including a new design of modulation sources and slots.
Modulation visualization for modulation sources and targets.
Introducing four new Amplifier distortion styles, modeled after famous American and British amps.
Introducing three new Transformer distortion styles, from subtle to warm.
Introducing new Foldback and Breakdown FX styles.
Added new subtle versions of Tube, Tape and Saturation distortion styes, more suitable for
mastering purposes.
Envelope generators now have a curve slope setting for their attack, decay and release curves,
opening up a much wider range of possible shapes, from very snappy and aggressive to gentle and
smooth.
Envelope generators and envelope followers can now also trigger on band inputs.
Added Transient mode for envelope followers, which turns them into transient detectors.
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