How awesome is that? Many say it is the missing ingredient from mixes. With saturation, you can create wonders with just one plugin. Saturation in Mixing – Instant Warmth, Glue and Fullness with One Pluginĭoes either one of these situations ring a bell: Have your mixes ever sounded a bit lifeless and thin compared to the commercial pro mixes out there, even though you did exceptionally fine job with mixing? Have your individual sounds ever sounded lifeless and sort of spiky? They’re not pleasing to the ears and no matter how hard you EQ, you can’t seem to fit them in the mix? Both of these situations applied to me, before I found about saturation in mixing and in sound design.