FORGE — Saturation Heatbox
The heart of the suite: a multi-circuit saturation plugin with the warmth, grit and character of analog hardware — from subtle tape glue to full-blown destruction.
FORGE is the heart of the SATuration Suite — a free, multi-circuit saturator built on four hand-modelled analog circuits (Tape, Tube, Diode and Digital) running 4× oversampled. A boutique character set shapes the harmonics: Cascade for a smoother two-stage drive, Bias for even-harmonic warmth, Sag for program-dependent behaviour that reacts to how hard and how long you drive it, Focus to aim the saturation at the lows or highs, and Air for a parallel high-band sheen. Dial in silky warmth on the mix bus or slam the CRUSH stage for total annihilation — and watch the circuit respond in real time on a live transfer-curve display.