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Deviation

by Rawton

Saturation doesn't have to be symmetric. Deviation stretche...

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Type
Audio Effect
Author
Rawton
Version
1.0
License
Commercial
Live version
12.0.5
Max version
8.6.2
Downloads
0
Updated
2026-05-21

Description

Saturation doesn't have to be symmetric. Deviation stretches your waveform around a movable pivot point, making positive and negative half-cycles unequal, generating even harmonics, and turning a sine into a pulse whose width tracks your input. Applied independently per channel, the deformation becomes a source of genuine stereo width and motion, straight from the shape of the signal itself.

Features:

- Asymmetric waveshaping built on a bounded homographic transfer function

- Per-channel deformation with a Binaural control for stereo width from the asymmetry itself

- Internal sine LFO modulating the deformation in phase quadrature for continuous stereo motion

- Dynamic Offset control linking DC compensation to the signal envelope

-Sidechained ring-mod noise injection that fills the dips of the waveform without touching the peaks

-Soft clipper with Anti-Derivative Anti-Aliasing (ADAA-1) and adjustable knee, from gentle saturation to hard clipping

-Magnitude-complementary crossover with adjustable cutoff: only the low band is processed, and both bands recombine to a flat frequency response

-Pre and Post DC blocking for symmetric clipping and clean output

-RMS level matching for honest A/B comparison at equal loudness with Auto-Gain

-Real-time Response display with an integrated XY control point (Tension on X, Drive on Y)

-Compatible with Ableton Live 11 and Live 12 with Max for Live. Runs on Push 3 Standalone.

One device for asymmetric shaping, stereo motion, and clean clipping.

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