Phat Ketchup

The main controls of Phat Ketchup interact with a 4-band EQ that attempts to add bass without adding mud (Phat) and adding high frequency sparkle (Sweet). Phat Ketchup includes mild stereo widening of high frequencies and multiband saturation. The output signal is processed through a full-band compressor emulating FET-, Opto-, and Console-style functioning.

Phat Ketchup works well on many different types of audio signals. This includes single instrument tracks, drum buses, and master tracks. To create more dramatic sounds, increase the In gain to increase the amount of saturation and clipping. The indicator under the Thick knob shows the relative level of compression that is occurring on the output signal.