Before
VoltageDSP presents
CURRENT
Signal-reactive power instability for digital audio.
CURRENT makes mixes breathe under electrical load by emulating rail sag, recovery, voltage instability, and shifting harmonic behavior in real time.
Electrical motion
The saturation breathes with the signal.
CURRENT’s harmonic response is not a fixed curve. Rail movement reacts to the incoming signal, creating a constantly shifting relationship between drive, recovery, bias, instability, and stereo rail behavior.
Dynamic headroom
Asymmetric response
Time-variant drift
Stereo rail interaction
The core idea
Not a compressor. Not another saturation box.
When signal energy rises, CURRENT simulates voltage rail drop. When energy falls, the rails recover at a user-controlled rate. That movement changes headroom, bends harmonic behavior, and creates the sense that the audio is pushing against a living electrical system.
The result is subtle movement, density, and asymmetric character without forcing the track into obvious distortion.
Before / after
Hear the rails move.
Compare the dry signal against CURRENT reacting in real time as the virtual supply sags, recovers, and shifts harmonic behavior under load.
After
CURRENT engaged
Controls
Designed for movement, tuned for restraint.
01
Drive
Stresses the virtual rails and sets how much sag the signal can pull from the supply.
02
Recovery
Controls how quickly voltage returns after the signal releases its load.
03
Bias
Shapes asymmetry so the harmonic response leans, pushes, and blooms with character.
04
Instability
Adds micro-drift modulation that keeps the behavior from feeling frozen or static.
05
Mix + Trim
Blend the system in parallel and compensate output level without breaking the feel.
06
Stereo Link
Choose shared rail behavior or independent channel movement for wider interaction.
Rail movement
A visual instrument for invisible voltage.
The central scope gives CURRENT its identity: signal energy, stereo behavior, and rail instability become visible as shifting trajectories instead of a static meter.
Who it is for
Analog behavior without analog clichés.
Mix engineers
Movement and density without flattening the performance.
Mastering engineers
Weight and cohesion while keeping openness intact.
Producers
Reactive tone shaping that feels alive under the track.
Sound designers
A harmonic system that can be pushed into unstable motion.
First release
Bring CURRENT into the chain.
Launch the VoltageDSP catalog with a plugin that gives digital audio a power supply to push against.
Format
VST3 / AU / AAX planned
Platform
macOS and Windows planned
License
Single-user license
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