Manga Saturation is a saturation plugin developed by CalPochi for adding anything from subtle harmonic density to heavy distortion. Its main control is a single Drive knob ranging from 0–100%, allowing the processing to progressively become more intense as it is increased. Above approximately 72% Drive, additional foldback components are introduced, extending the plugin from conventional saturation into more aggressive distortion and sound-design territory. It can be used on vocals and synths to increase presence, on bass and drum buses to add weight and density, or on a full stereo mix when a more energetic character is desired.

Manga Saturation also provides Input and Output controls with ±24 dB of gain adjustment, allowing users to control how strongly the source hits the saturation stage and match the processed level against the bypassed signal. The plugin uses adaptive oversampling of up to 16x, helping reduce unwanted artifacts produced by distortion, and includes a True Peak Safety Limiter at the final output stage with a ceiling of -0.1 dBTP. The interface can display its title and speech-bubble text in either Japanese or English. Manga Saturation is available as a VST3 and AU plugin on macOS 10.13 or later, with native Intel and Apple Silicon support, and as a VST3 plugin on 64-bit Windows 10 or later.

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