Variety Of Sound has released TesslaPRO, which is a free transient aware signal saturator VST effect plug-in for Windows.

It offers:

• Transformer style signal saturation.
• Smooth transient polishing and increased RMS leveling.
• Transient aware signal saturation.
• Switchable sub-bass enhancements.
• Subtle and nice audio coloration enhancements.

Controls:

• Bass: increase or decrease the bass response.
• Drive: alters the gain amount of the signal into the processor.
• Boost: adds further 12dB gain.
• Transients: turning clockwise lets transients pass through.
• Power: plug-in on/off.
• Out: output level.

Specification:

• SSE and Assembler optimized sound engine.
• Minimum latency processing.
• Harmonic enhancements with low artifacts (aliasing).
• Plug-in integration is done with Synthmaker software - performance crucial parts are written in assembler.