Capital Punishment.

Five saturation circuits. Pick the one that fits the part.

Two valve stages, a transistor stage, a valve tape chain and a germanium stage behind Drive, Tone and Mix. Auto gain keeps the level matched so you hear the colour, not a volume jump.

$19.99$39.99 from 2 December

Perpetual licence. Windows VST3 · Mac VST3 and AU.

14-day money-back guarantee · No card for the trial · Keep it on 3 machines

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What it is: A saturation plug-in with five different circuits: two valve stages, a transistor stage, a valve tape chain and a germanium stage.
What it does: Adds harmonics and weight, with Drive and Tone tuned separately for each circuit. Auto Gain keeps the level matched, so you hear the colour rather than a volume jump.
What it sounds like: Anything from a subtle thickening on the mix bus to thick, compressed crunch. BLOOM is warm and rounded, CURRENT is brighter and more aggressive.

Keep the source fixed while comparing circuits, then add Drive gradually and judge it in the full mix.

How it is built

Each Style is its own circuit, not a new label on one curve. BLOOM is triode-led and rounded, CURRENT is pentode-led and brighter, FRAME is a discrete path between transformers, OXIDE is a valve-and-tape chain and IRON is germanium into a transformer. Drive and Tone are tuned for each circuit. Gain compensation on the wet path is always on, and Mix blends with the dry signal in a way that follows how closely the two line up.

Tone moves more than the top end

In IRON, Tone also moves the high-pass and the EQ around it. Turn it brighter and a part gains presence and loses some weight. That suits a thin bridge guitar or a percussion layer that has to sit above the kick. Check the low end before you copy the setting onto a bass.

Specs and compatibility

Windows VST3 · Mac VST3 and AU. Windows 10 or later, 64-bit (x86-64) · macOS 11.0 or later

Formats, systems and licence

At a glance

Formats: Windows VST3, Mac VST3 / Audio Unit
macOS: macOS 11.0 or later; Intel and Apple Silicon
Windows: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit (x86-64)
Activation: Browser, serial or offline activation on up to 3 machines
Licence: Perpetual single-user licence

What it does

BLOOM, CURRENT, FRAME, OXIDE and IRON circuits
Drive 0–10 and bipolar Tone
Correlation-aware parallel Mix
Gain compensation on the wet path, always on

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Separate Output trim and Bypass

Works with

Compatible with 15 DAWs, including Ableton Live, Apple Logic Pro, Image-Line FL Studio, Steinberg Cubase, PreSonus Studio One and Cockos REAPER.

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Guides for this plug-in

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The full plug-in, no card. If you buy later, it unlocks without reinstalling.

Download the installer for your computer.Your account keeps the licence and the installers together.
Rescan plug-ins in your DAW.Windows VST3 · Mac VST3 and AU
Try it on a part you know.Switch it in and out while the part plays, then compare at the same level.

Capital Punishment is also in Character Pack, 9 plug-ins for $125.99. Separately they cost $214.91.

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Before you buy

Need help choosing or installing? Email support@fatberrydsp.com

What is it for?

Adding harmonics and weight to bass, vocals, drums or a whole mix, from a light thickening to compressed crunch.

Where does it go in the chain?

On a channel, a group or the mix bus, wherever a part needs colour. Mix lets you blend it in parallel without a send.

Does it run in my DAW?

Windows VST3, and VST3 or Audio Unit on Mac, in any host that loads those formats. Minimum system versions are listed above. There is no AAX.

Capital Punishment.

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