Vertigo VSM-3

About

The Vertigo Sound VSM-3 is a powerful tone and color box, saturator, and distortion unit with two unique circuitry options. Add warmth and richness to your mixes using the 2nd Harmonic FET Crusher, or brightness and detail with the 3rd Harmonic Zener Blender. You also have the option of mixing the Crusher and Blender output together.

The Vertigo VSM-2 hardware unit allows you to color, saturate, enhance, compress, limit, or distort sounds. Developed by Brainworx, the Vertigo VSM-3 plugin delivers the beloved characteristics of the VSM-2 within your DAW, capturing all of the coveted harmonic generation and unique settings of the original hardware.

The “MS” solo switch lets you monitor either the mid or side signal; this is useful when evaluating the coloration added by the VSM-3. You can also use the “Distortion Solo” switch to monitor the generator signal being added to the dry input signal as it runs through the Crusher, Blender, or both.

Features

• Independent virtual circuits for two different types of analog-sounding coloration, ranging from subtle saturation to hefty distortion.
• Pure 2nd Harmonic FET Crusher for warm, rich, saturation or distortion.
• Pure 3rd Harmonic Zener Blender for bright, clear, exciter-like saturation or distortion.
• parallel or serial Crusher and Blender operation.
• Stereo and M/S decoding/encoding allow you to process stereo signals as a whole, or process mid and side content separately.
• Frequency specific saturation and distortion application.
• Shape knob for gently filtering high-order harmonics.