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Vertigo Sound VSM2 Satellite

Mix bus harmonic saturator. Analogue mastering processor with two distortion generators, a FET stage adding second harmonics and a zener-diode stage adding third harmonics, each blended in parallel and usable on mid/side or left/right.

Source, read 15 Nov 2026

Records it appears on · 1

  • Hymn for the Weekend

    Coldplay · A Head Full of Dreams, 2016

    • Mix bus and stereo bus · Mix effectsVerifiedOn the stereo mix while printing, with switchable M-S and L-R inserts adding harmonics.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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Plugin Alliance Vertigo VSM-3

saturation

Brainworx modelled this plugin on the Vertigo VSM-2 hardware, with the same second- and third-harmonic generators.

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