Little Radiator

About

Little Radiator is a saturation and distortion plugin by Soundtoys. It is a modeled tube preamp that drives and breaks up, producing rich harmonic distortion. It is based on the Altec 1566A, a simple preamp from the Motown era. It can add 60s warmth to a track.

What it sounds like

Flipping the Bias switch gives a slightly choppy, misaligned sound. It can recreate the noise of the original preamp.

Features

• Modeled tube preamp based on the Altec 1566A
• Bias switch for choppy, lo-fi sounds
• Option to recreate original preamp noise
• Rich harmonic distortion when driven

Good for

• bass
• guitar
• drums
• vocals
• electric piano