Radiance
Saturation that glows.
A new approach to saturation, built from original research. Radiance Classic and Radiance Multiband in one purchase.
7-day free trial of the full version · Launch price · macOS & Windows
Our users couldn't put their finger on it.
They just couldn't stop using it.
The Adaptive Harmonic Engine
Harmonics that feel alive.
Most saturation bends every sound through the same fixed curve. The Adaptive Harmonic Engine, developed from the ground up at MTX Labs, was built to behave differently: harmonics that grow, breathe and settle with your music, while the sound underneath keeps its shape. Push it as hard as you like. It doesn't turn to mud.
It responds to what you play
Chords, transients and movement come through with life instead of being flattened into one tone.
Clean, even when pushed
Rich, dense harmonics without the harsh fold-back that makes heavy saturation sound cheap.
Six designs, not six curves
Each character is its own architecture, shaped around what producers love in classic gear, then taken further.
Hear the difference
On real material.
Pick an example, press play and switch between Before and After while it runs. Every example is level-matched, so you hear the character, not extra volume.
Radiance Classic
Radiance Multiband
Character Alloy
All source material is from Mercurial Tones sample packs.
01 · Radiance Classic
Push it. Watch it glow.
Pick a character, raise the Drive and the tube answers you. Interaction and Softening shape how it responds to your material, while Dimension, Warmth, Air Lift and Bass Protect finish the tone.
- Six characters on one front panel
- Auto Gain for honest comparisons
- Mix control for parallel colour
- Built-in EQ and CPU Saver
02 · Radiance Multiband
Every band, its own colour.
Split your signal into up to eight bands and give each one its own character and drive. Warm the lows, add bite to the mids and silk to the top, all against a live view of what you are changing.
- Up to eight bands
- Zero Latency and Linear Phase
- Mute, Solo, Bypass and Delta per band
- Band Mix that leaves a band untouched at zero
Clean when pushed
The lowest aliasing we measured.
We drove Radiance and 16 other popular saturators to exactly the same amount of saturation, then measured everything that isn't a true harmonic. The others climb as the frequency rises. Radiance stays at the floor of the measurement, across the whole spectrum.
“No visible aliasing in any shot, including extreme drive.”
Radiance Classic at its default quality; Radiance Multiband measures the same in Ultra quality, while Eco trades some of this for lower CPU. Stepped sine tones from 500 Hz to 20 kHz at 48 kHz, every plug-in driven to −20 dB THD at 1 kHz with its factory quality settings; aliasing is all non-harmonic energy from 20 Hz to 20 kHz relative to the fundamental.
From our users
They can't explain it. They love it.
Real words from producers using Radiance.
Seriously might be the cleanest distortion plugin ever… which is a weird thing to say.
I never get excited about saturation plugins… but this is just incredible!
Even at extreme Drive settings the saturation stayed incredibly clean, crisp and pleasing.
SILK on master is absolute GOLD.
It retains the target sound's character completely and then adds just the right amount of sizzle.
At this point I might need to start deleting some saturation plugins.
Bloom and Alloy were fantastic on drums. They really brought the drums to life.
It handles industrial vocals beautifully. And just on vocals in general.
The characters
Six colours. Both plugins.
The same six characters live in Classic and in every band of Multiband, so a sound you find in one carries straight over to the other.
The details
Formats & trial.
Download, activate and update both plugins through the Mercurial Tones Hub. Try everything free for seven days.
- Includes
- Radiance Classic + Radiance Multiband
- macOS
- VST3 · Audio Unit · Standalone · macOS 12 or later · Apple Silicon & Intel
- Windows
- VST3 · Standalone · Windows 10 64-bit or later · AVX2/FMA CPU
- Licence
- One purchase activates both plugins
- Membership
- Included with Mercurial Tones membership
- Trial
- 7 days, full functionality
Two ways to get Radiance
Radiance, yours to keep
One payment, every update.
Radiance
Radiance Classic and Radiance Multiband · macOS & Windows
Not sure yet? Try both plugins free for 7 days, full version.
One-time purchase · Both plugins · Download, trial and activation through the Mercurial Tones Hub
The Membership
Radiance and every other Mercurial Tones plugin in your sessions, every update, every new release — plus 100 credits every month.
or €14,99 month to month
Worth €540,80 a year bought separately