SpectralAbyss Multiband-Saturation VST Plugin

October 9, 2025 · View on GitHub

SpectralAbyss is a multiband saturation audio plugin built with JUCE. It allows the distortion of three individual frequency bands using two different distortion algorithms.

Features

Three independent frequency bands
Two distortion types (tanh and tape)
Spectrum analyser
Automatic makeup gain

Installation

Download the latest release for your operating system from the Release Page
Unzip the directory

Move the unzipped directory into your VST3 Plugin Folder:

# Windows
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3

# macOS
~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 # or
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3

Note: On macOS you also need to remove the quarantine attribute that macOS adds to downloaded files:
```
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/SpectralAbyss-build-v001-macOS
```