Roar can destroy a sound, but it is more useful first as a way to choose a surface. Before using volume for presence, decide what texture should remain.
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In Brief
Live 12 Suite’s multi-stage saturation device can last longer in a mix through small color changes than dramatic transformation.
Saturation is not a substitute for level
Ableton describes Roar as a dynamic saturation device with three stages of processing and multiple routing modes. Even when the goal is to make drums or bass feel larger, match input and output first and compare small changes in drive. Once you can tell whether a sound became rougher, closer, or merely louder at the same level, Roar becomes an arrangement texture tool rather than an effect.
