Transformer Saturation Plugin

Mark Renker

26 Jul 2025 — 1 min read

Image of a transformer from Utmel Electronic

I had Claude Code build me an audio plugin back in March that models the transformer saturation characteristics found in analog audio equipment. It was an excellent first project to see how powerful some of these fully autonomous agents can be. I decided to make it public today for two reasons:

No one cares.
If anyone did care, well, now they will be able to download and use my buggy saturator plugin with terrible UI.

I hope to make improvements in future updates to this project. In the meantime, behold!

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