JS Inflator is a capable waveshaper, and it sounds great on most materials. If you’ve been on the fence about purchasing Inflator, this is a quick and effective alternative that costs nothing. Wideband processing is the order of the day here, which is fine.
One area where the JS Inflator doesn’t quite stack up is in the multiband processing of the original. The original Inflator is perhaps more efficient on the CPU, but the differences between the two are negligible. So, how does it sound? I’ve been a long-time owner of the Oxford Inflator, and it stacks favorably. Effect is a bit more nebulous control-wise, but it seems to serve as a blend knob when applying the waveshaping to your audio material. If you’ve typically run Inflator before your mastering limiter, it functions identically here.Ĭurve manipulates the distortion curve of the waveshaper, with higher values representing more distortion or saturation applied to the incoming audio. Clip introduces soft clipping and prevents overages. The interface is easy to read, with a pair of meters denoting the input and output gain.īypass cuts the processing it’s a typical bypass.
JS Inflator has an uncluttered interface, with a handful of controls present on the interface. JS Inflator is done in a similar vein but was developed for the express purpose of replicating the functionality of Sonnox’s Inflator.