Overdrive

Soft clipping from warm saturation to a dense crunch

Open in the synth with a demo patch Open Modular

What it does

Overdrive boosts the input and softly limits its peaks to add harmonics. Drive sets the gain before clipping, Tone rolls off harsh highs afterwards, Mix blends in the original sound, and Level controls the final volume. Stereo is preserved. The display shows the actual output signal. All four knobs support recorded automation.

Try this

Add Overdrive to Drum and compare a dry hit with a heavier one.

Ports

in: Original audio
out: Overdriven audio

Parameters

Drive · Tone · Mix · Level

Try this

Voice → Overdrive → Reverb → Output: add saturation to an organ or synth.
Start with the Warm preset. Crunch and Heavy add stronger distortion.
Mix 0 keeps the original sound; Level applies to both dry and processed audio.

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