Re-amping, Saturation and Digital Damage
Excite Audio describes Expanse's core technique as re-amping, where a signal is played through amps, microphones and effects and then re-recorded. The Re-amp module offers speaker emulations ranging from small consumer devices and medium guitar cabinets to studio monitors and vintage recorders, with controls for age, drive, tone and mix.
The Dirt module covers saturation and distortion, from Tube and Tape warmth to Rectify and Fuzz. The Format module reduces bit depth and sample rate for grainy or harsh digital textures, and Flatten pairs a gate with a bitcrusher.
