Orchestral saturation glue
Aureate
Gild the orchestra — tape and console saturation glue for strings, brass and layers.
AU · VST3 · Standalone · macOS & Windows · AGPL-3.0
About
A tape/console saturation "glue" plugin for orchestral material — strings, brass, and layered tracks that need cohesion and analog warmth without sounding like a guitar pedal. A 4×-oversampled, character-selectable saturator meets tape-transport artefacts and a console-style tilt EQ.
Why the name?
Aureate: gilded. Gold leaf never changes what an altar is made of — it makes it glow. Aureate's tape and console saturation does the same to strings, brass and busses: the material stays, the surface warms.
Features
- Character — Tape / Console / Valve saturator transfer-function families, 4× oversampled
- Warmth — saturator asymmetry plus a gentle tape-style pre-clip HF rolloff in one knob
- Bias — independent saturator asymmetry trim on top of Warmth
- Wow & Flutter — independent slow/fast tape-transport speed instability (v0.2.0 splits these into two controls), off by default
- Hiss — shaped tape-noise floor mixed into the wet path, off by default
- Tone — console-style tilt EQ, plus independent HF/LF trim shelves (±6 dB)
- Mix — delay-compensated dry/wet; 0% is a sample-accurate passthrough
- Full latency reporting for host plugin-delay compensation
- Factory presets & preset management — browse/save/import/export via the in-plugin preset bar
Download
The latest builds are published on GitHub Releases.
The macOS binaries are Developer-ID-signed, notarized by Apple and stapled — they install and open without Gatekeeper warnings. Windows builds are not yet Authenticode-signed; SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher.
Screenshots
Coming with the next release.
The custom interface is currently in design — screenshots will appear here as soon as it ships.
Audio examples
Coming with the next release.
Before/after clips are being recorded — audio examples will appear here with an upcoming release.
Support development
Basilica Audio is free software, built at night and tuned by ear. If it earns a place in your session, you can help keep the candles lit.
Donation links are not wired up yet — they will go live soon.