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Saturation

Roar

Ableton

Where to get itIncluded with Ableton Liveableton.com

Roar is a saturation and distortion device for Live 12 that offers an experimental approach to gain staging through flexible routing modes and stackable shaper curves. It features three processing stages with multiple routing architectures, comprehensive modulation sources, and a distinctive feedback loop that can create ringing textures and delay-like effects. With twelve shaper types, eight filter types, and mid-side, multiband, and feedback processing options, Roar produces sounds unlike other instruments or effects currently available in Live.

Key Features

01Six routing modes: Single, Serial, Parallel, Multi Band, Mid Side, and Feedback
02Twelve Shaper Types with independent Shaper Amount, Shaper Bias, and Filter Frequency controls per gain stage
03Eight Filter Types selectable per gain stage
04Multi Band mode splits frequency spectrum into three bands (Low, Mid, High) with two Crossover Filters
05Four modulation sources: LFO 1, LFO 2, Envelope Follower, and Noise with Modulation Matrix
06Five feedback modes: Time, Synced, Triplet, Dotted, and Note
07Envelope Follower with Attack, Release, Threshold, Gain, Frequency, and Width controls
08Color Compensation toggle for tone control before and after shaper stage

Things to Try

  • 01Use Tone Amount knob with positive values to attenuate low-frequency content in guitars or basses and avoid muddy sounds with large amounts of distortion
  • 02Modulate Shaper Amount with an envelope to produce saturation with a shuffled delay effect in Feedback mode
  • 03Offset Shaper Bias subtly in Feedback mode to create delays that degrade over time
  • 04Set Envelope Follower to follow a snare sound in a drum loop and have it modulate Dry/Wet balance or Shaper Amount each time the snare hits
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