Recently released saturation plugin from a new company. Do we need this?
It's basically a multiband saturator that also varies the left and right saturation, providing a bit of 'width' when used. I actually do a similar thing with a L/R splitter from time to time. Considering checking it out just as a workflow enhancement. Not cheap though, $109 intro, $200 on the reg - Yikes!
https://www.sabolhill.com/
Anyone here tested it? Thoughts?
Sabol Hill Lacuna - new saturation plugin
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- KVRian
- 886 posts since 22 Jan, 2022
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- KVRAF
- 3667 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
Tax the Rich! 
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 886 posts since 22 Jan, 2022
no soy face = bad plugin
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- KVRAF
- 3667 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
To be fair; an excellent plugin developer behind this one.
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jatin/portfolio
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You can be creative in any right place on Earth, and not only in the wealthiest cities. Bring the world feelings from everywhere, and not only feelings of capitalistic or jail environment.
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
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- KVRAF
- 37409 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Looks good but tbh the early access price is too high, let alone the 'proper' one
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 886 posts since 22 Jan, 2022
I tried this last night. It's really good. I have embedded saturators into some fairly complex chains to mimic what this does. Probably going to buy this one before the intro pricing expires.
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- KVRAF
- 3667 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
Have you made some Plugin Doctor testing before buying. 
You can be creative in any right place on Earth, and not only in the wealthiest cities. Bring the world feelings from everywhere, and not only feelings of capitalistic or jail environment.
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
― Aleksey Vaneev
https://linuxdaw.org
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 886 posts since 22 Jan, 2022
The price is high but this isn't your run of the mill saturator, or even multi-band saturator. It's also doing dual-mono processing on 4 frequency bands with some randomization between the left and right channels.
You can replicate something like this in Khz Multipass or Metaplugin, but trust me it's a lot of setup and a real pain to work with. This is just way more usable, sounds great, plus you get better metering. IMO it's more of a specialized wideness/enhancement tool for 2-buss and mastering applications than just a tape/tube/transformer clone.
You can replicate something like this in Khz Multipass or Metaplugin, but trust me it's a lot of setup and a real pain to work with. This is just way more usable, sounds great, plus you get better metering. IMO it's more of a specialized wideness/enhancement tool for 2-buss and mastering applications than just a tape/tube/transformer clone.
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- KVRAF
- 11312 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
Anyone know what the licensing type is?
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- KVRAF
- 8507 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
Moonbase...
Likely I will pick this up before the intro ends as it's pretty unique and interesting imo.
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- KVRAF
- 11312 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
I was reading on GS that it’s either 2 seats per license, but it needs to check ever 30 days like a sub, or can be tied to only one computer and if it fails, then you have buy a new license?
Not sure if that’s correct, but there’s info on the page, no FAQ, nothing in the manual and nothing shows up at the checkout page.
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- KVRAF
- 2814 posts since 26 Jul, 2015 from Philadelphia
It's three seats and you can revoke them online.elxsound wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2026 11:10 pmI was reading on GS that it’s either 2 seats per license, but it needs to check ever 30 days like a sub, or can be tied to only one computer and if it fails, then you have buy a new license?
Not sure if that’s correct, but there’s info on the page, no FAQ, nothing in the manual and nothing shows up at the checkout page.
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- KVRAF
- 11312 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
Any idea if it needs to check every 30 days?mgw38 wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2026 11:21 pmIt's three seats and you can revoke them online.elxsound wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2026 11:10 pmI was reading on GS that it’s either 2 seats per license, but it needs to check ever 30 days like a sub, or can be tied to only one computer and if it fails, then you have buy a new license?
Not sure if that’s correct, but there’s info on the page, no FAQ, nothing in the manual and nothing shows up at the checkout page.
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- KVRAF
- 11312 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
Just got a response from them.
*and sorry Pekbro, I though the Moonbase reference was a joke.
*and sorry Pekbro, I though the Moonbase reference was a joke.
Licensing is done through Moonbase. Activated right in the plugin.
3 licenses total and offline activation is available (although there have been a few situations where a link doesn’t show up which we overcome for the time being with a direct link when needed).
No iLok at all. We went with this system as it was very user friendly and doesn’t tie you to a connection. Best user experience was the goal.
Some of the info is on the download page on the site but you are right. An FAQ page is a better idea.