PHAT VST

PHAT

The loudness macro — drives how hard the whole processor hits. Scales multiband upward compression, saturation, overdrive color, EQ accents, and limiting so shifting, dispersion, and erosion add up to louder, not just weirder.

DRY

Parallel unprocessed blend, latency-aligned with the wet path. Counterweight to erosion and dispersion — brings transients and natural tone back when BUZZ, DISPERS, or PHAT are grinding too hard.

WIDE

Stereo spread for perceived loudness. Below center, widening disengages. Turn it up and the image opens — more size on small speakers without a separate imager.

BUZZ

Erosion — parallel harmonic wear and sizzle. Grinds transients into sustained buzz; trades sharp attack for perceived level and density. Default is light seasoning (~20%).

DISPERS

Dispersion — allpass spectral motion. Ripples energy across the spectrum; transients blur and phase-shift into sustained wash. Makes material feel louder by filling spectral gaps.

Disp. Freq.

Sets where dispersion happens (roughly 70 Hz to 18.5 kHz). Lower = body rippling; higher = top-end shimmer. Tune after DISPERS amount.

SHIFT

Shifting — bipolar frequency shift, neutral at center. Detunes sources and creates ghost harmonics so the same peak level feels less pinned and more aggressive.

Shift X-Freq.

Band split for shifting — defines what SHIFT moves. Low = bass content; high = mids and highs only.

Input Gain

Trim level before processing (−24 to +24 dB). Hit the sweet spot on quiet stems or hot loops without changing macro relationships.

Output Gain

Trim level after processing (−24 to +24 dB). Match perceived loudness when A/B testing, or compensate after pushing PHAT and BUZZ.