mix
Master saturator
Mix M3 is a saturator on the master bus; gain drives it, clip shaves off loud peaks, tone filters highs or lows and mix sets how much of it you hear.
The saturator adds density and warmth to the finished mix. Gain drives it, clip keeps peaks in check and tone tilts the result darker or brighter; mix blends it with the clean signal, so heavy settings work in small doses. It sits after the EQ and before the compressor.
How to
Open the master saturator
- 1
Details
- TE’s guide
The saturator on mix works on the master, so it colours the whole mix.
- TE’s guide
Clip (
E2) flattens the loudest peaks, reining in the dynamics. - TE’s guide
Mix (
E4) sets how much of the saturated signal you hear in the master. - community
No MIDI CC is known for the master saturator.
- checked on a unit · 1.1.33
The saturator page shows four vertical tick ladders — gain, clip, tone and mix from left to right — each topped by a cap in its encoder's style.
Parameters
| parameter | gesture | range | cc |
|---|---|---|---|
| gain M3 | turn dark grey encoder | – | – |
| clip M3 | turn mid grey encoder | – | – |
| tone M3 | turn light grey encoder | – | – |
| mix M3 | turn white encoder | – | – |