Hobbyist question: difference between MPolySaturator-MMultiBandSaturator-MCharacter?

[pumafred]

I know I should just download the demos and listen, but I hardly have time to keep up with so many releases.


What are the technical differences?

[Tagirijus]

If I understand it correct: MPolySaturator can saturate the sound in the spectral domain. Compared to "just multiband" you can imagine spectral as a huge multiband, which accesses maaany bands, instead of "just 6" or similar ... if I am right.

[MeldaProduction]

Well:
MMultiBandSaturator : no latency, but exhibits the problem all saturators/distortions have - they create frequencies that are actually not there, combinations of the existing ones. That's why saturation sounds so ugly when overused.
MCharacter: Detects the pitch of monophonic instruments and then lets you alter its character, resynthesise harmonics (from the fundamental pitch only!)
MPolySaturator: Doesn't detect pitch, generates harmonics of all frequencies it finds in the audio.

So basically all of them sound very different.

[pumafred]

Thanks for the reply. However, there is something I still do not understand:

You say

MPolySaturator: Doesn't detect pitch, generates harmonics of all frequencies it finds in the audio.

However, in the MPS pdf it says
"Synthesis graph contains levels for each synthesized harmonic. The plugin first detects the pitch of the sound, say 100Hz. You can then adjust level for each harmonic to be synthesized. First harmonic is the fundamental - the 100Hz. 2nd is 200Hz, 3rd 300Hz etc. The graph contains the power-of-2 harmonics highlighted, because these correspond to octaves, hence the most natural harmonics."

What am I misunderstanding? Thanks for your patience!

[MeldaProduction]

Aaaaha, that's called a bug in documentation . Will be fixed!