


Sound Toys make very clear that Decapitator is intended neither as a guitar amp simulator nor an emulation of tape saturation.

You can probably imagine my reaction to the news that Sound Toys were adding a plug‑in devoted solely to analogue‑style saturation and distortion: joy! I'm not sure what Sound Toys do differently from other plug‑in developers, but their saturation algorithms have always sounded fantastic, and I'm sure I'm not alone in having used Filter Freak as a distortion plug‑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 a variety of flavours of saturation and distortion to signals. And they share some neat design touches with the other plug‑ins in the range, such as the ability to 'lock' individual controls so that they remain in their current position when a 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 a nicely organised, usefully named and great‑sounding selection of presets. It's immediately clear that both new plug‑ins embody the values Sound Toys users are familiar with from the other effects in the range. The plug‑ins are authorised using an iLok key, as before, and all common plug‑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 a 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 plug‑in developers on the planet, but when they do produce something new, we rightly expect it to be a bit special. For the latest additions to their Native Effects bundle, Sound Toys have updated two vintage effects for the DAW age.
