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Flagship · v1.1.0

VINAIXDS

Xtreme Dynamic Saturator
Multiband Distortion

Split any signal into four bands and drive each through its own distortion character, powered by our Spectral Saturation Core. It runs from tube warmth to broken fold, crowned by LDX: a uniquely engineered distortion mode built in-house and found in no other plugin. A real-time analyzer shows every harmonic you add. Parallel, oversampled, surgical.

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VINAIxds multiband distortion plugin interface
Phase Purity
Transparent · Always

VINAIxds shapes harmonics, never phase. Drive it as hard as you want. Your transients, stereo image and phase relationships come out exactly as they went in.

Ultra-Grade™
Bench-Verified · Always

We ship numbers, measured to the floor of the instrument itself.

0.08 ms latency · bit-exact bypass · anti-aliasing to −103 dBc @ 8× OS · zero self-noise · 48 kHz

The real plugin

Inside the interface.

VINAIxds full interface
4-band spectrum analyzer Per-band Tube · Tape · Diode · Fold · LDX Per-band Dynamic engine Proc / Mute / Solo / Delta Analog & Digital character Input · Mix · Output · Safe Clip
01 · Crossover

Four bands.
Four independent worlds.

Linkwitz-Riley crossovers split the spectrum into LOW, LOW-MID, HIGH-MID and HIGH. Three movable handles run on the analyzer (40 Hz–500 Hz, 180 Hz–3.2 kHz and 1 kHz–12 kHz), so you distort the low end into a wall while keeping highs glassy and clean.

  • Three adjustable crossover handles on the analyzer
  • Per-band Drive (0–10), Level (±18 dB) & Dynamic
  • Proc, Mute, Solo & Delta listen per band
02 · Character

Five ways to
break a sound.

Every band carries the same five distortion engines, each switchable between Analog and Digital character. Mix and match across the spectrum for textures a single distortion could never reach.

M01

TUBE

Warm, even-harmonic glow with gentle asymmetry. The classic, refined.

M02

TAPE

Soft saturation, tamed transients and a rounded top end. Glue.

M03

DIODE

Asymmetric clipper edge: odd-harmonic bite that cuts through a dense mix.

M04

FOLD

Wavefolding chaos. Metallic, gated, gloriously broken. For when subtle is wrong.

M05

LDX

VINAI's own, uniquely engineered distortion: aggressive, transient-aware grit with attack and presence you'll find in no other plugin.

03 · Vision

See every harmonic
you add.

A 2048-point real-time analyzer overlays input and output so you can watch distortion bloom across the spectrum. Crossover handles live right on the graph. Drive with your eyes as much as your ears.

  • Input vs. output spectral overlay
  • Per-band energy that reacts to your drive
  • Up to 16× oversampling kills aliasing before it starts
VINAIxds Dynamic engine curtains on the analyzer
04 · Dynamic

The D in XDS.

Every band carries a Dynamic engine. An envelope follower rides your audio and pushes the band deeper into its distortion the moment energy arrives, up to 12 dB of excitation beyond what Drive alone can reach. Run it negative and it works in reverse: hits slip out of the saturation and punch through clean while the tails stay thick. And it never runs out of headroom, because it drives the signal into the engine instead of turning the knob for you. Drive at 10 with Dynamic at +100 still pushes.

  • Envelope-driven excitation, ±100 per band
  • Up to 12 dB of push beyond the Drive knob
  • Analyzer curtains show the action live, in dB: lava pushes, blue contains
Tech Sheet

Specifications.

Manual & Specs →
TypeNext-gen parallel multiband distortion / saturator
Bands4: Low / Low-Mid / High-Mid / High
Crossover3 movable handles, Linkwitz-Riley: 40–500 Hz · 180 Hz–3.2 kHz · 1–12 kHz
Characters5 per band: Tube · Tape · Diode · Fold · LDX
Filter ModeAnalog / Digital, global · a proprietary crossover algorithm shaping how the bands separate & recombine
Per-bandDrive (0–10) · Level (±18 dB) · Dynamic (envelope excitation, ±100) · Proc / Mute / Solo / Delta
GlobalInput (±24 dB) · Mix · Output (±24 dB) · High Pass · Safe Clip
Oversampling1× / 2× / 4× / 8× / 16× polyphase-IIR half-band (default 4×, anti-aliased)
Analysis2048-point real-time FFT, input + output overlay
PhaseMagnitude-flat neutral path · phase-coherent wet/dry
Latency4 samples · 0.08 ms @ 48 kHz at default 4× (scales with oversampling)
FormatsVST3 · AU
SystemsmacOS 11+ (Universal) · Windows 10+ · 64-bit
EngineNative C++ · latency-compensated true bypass
Version1.1.0
Measured

Benchmark.

Benchmark / VINAIxds
Anti-aliasing sweep · 48 kHz
Alias component level, dBcOversampling factor −40−60−80−100−110 −90 dBc reference floor 1×−39 2×−59 −82 dBcdefault 4×4×default 8×−103 −108 dBc16× max16×max
Anti-aliasing · 2.3 kHz tone · hard drive · 48 kHzLower dBc = cleaner
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