Antistatic saturation
meets organic
movement.
Drive – Adjust the intensity of harmonic saturation.
• Area – Choose the target frequency zone: Low, Mid, or High.
• Area Spectrum Control – Fine-tune each range with three independent saturation points.
Impedance – Adds natural, dynamic movement.
• Tone – Follows signal dynamics for organic tonal response.
• Bump – Introduces extra energy.
Developed in collaboration between Wavegrove and Tape Over, Mariform fuses analog transformer behavior with carefully tuned harmonic control for an organic, musical response.
At the heart of Mariform lies a custom transformer, engineered to deliver realistic transformer saturation. Whether you’re aiming for subtle warmth or rich, harmonically complex drive, Mariform provides an authentic sound through its movement, tonality and character.
Mariform is made for instruments, groups and the mix bus. Need a huge low end with harmonics? Done. Nasty spikes from guitars and drum cymbals? No flux given. A flat sounding stem? Not anymore. Mid range needs some sweet old character? As if baked by your grandmother.
Pin point targeted focus for high end,
huge thump for your lows.
Further features:
• MariAir – A smooth high-frequency shelf EQ for air and openness.
• Clipper (Pre/Post) – Choose to clip before or after saturation.
• Mid/Side Processing – Apply saturation to mono or side channels for controlled depth or width.
• High Cut & Low Cut – Limit the processing to your desired frequency range.
• Calibration – Control the overall depth and impedance response.
• Input & Output Gain – Adjust gain staging for optimal harmonic drive.
• Blend – Mix between dry and processed signals.
• Stereo and MS Balance – Refine stereo placement.
• Mid/Side Balance – Adjust the relationship between mid and side content.
• Delta Monitoring – Audition the difference signal to hear what Mariform adds.
Isaac John Klein
, Contributor to GRAMMY-nominated album “Basie Rocks!” by Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra.
The low end bump you get from Sub lift is palpable. If your low end could use some extra bottom, this is the ticket to bass bliss.
If your midrange can benefit from some richness and character, look no further. Mariform’s ability to open up and add spice to source material is laudable.
It’s almost poetic how this was released during the winter months. If your mix can benefit from saturation, look no further. Mariform delivers a warmth that is as gorgeous as its user interface.
Ghislain “Gee” Brind’Amour
, Trevor Guthrie, Tyler Shaw, Anjulie, and Karl Wolf, as well as international stars like Rihanna, Willy William, Lil Yachty, Icona Pop, and Shenseea,
I’ve been using Mariform on my buses and it adds a bit of magic to everything it touches. Being able to lock in the frequency range gives it a ton of flexibility.
Great job guys!
Nate Wood
,
Mariform is the least stiff transformer plugin I have heard. Usually these plugins ultimately degrade the source material, but this one seems to reframe and enhance in a very musical way. Very tonally flexible too!
Marko Zivadinovic
, md3sign.com
Wavegrove Mariform gave me a very unique experience since it fuses analog transformer behaviour with harmonic control for a very musical response. It has very unique controls and offers full flexibility for instruments, busses masters and any kind of audio material you want to use it on. It even features Mid/Side mide!
Chandana Bandara
,
Mariform is my new go-to. The low-end saturation is just huge but tight, giving me that solid transformer thump. It adds all the right harmonics and really brings a track to life. The M/S feature is a huge plus, letting me easily widen things up and get that open sound
Nil Hartman
, Beta testing for DMG Audio, Pulsar Audio, Relab Development, Tone Projects, Tokyo Dawn Labs, u-he,
Mariform sounds stunningly good despite its deceptively limited feature set. I’m still learning it : there are so many tones to coax out of it. I love how you can drop it at various points in a chain and always get something musically and sonically meaningful. Such a versatile, rewarding gem!
Klas Lindblad
, Legendary Finnish engineer "Sasse" and a producer based in Berlin,
This is sounding amazing, nearest thing of having real Xformers on the master bus. And much more.
Joe Caithness
, for vinyl soundtracks such as Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Tekken, The Legend of Zelda, Pokèmon, Halo, Alan Wake 2, FINAL FANTASY V. joecaithnessmastering.com
As someone who studied the audible effects and mastering implications of niche audio transformers for my BsC dissertation but now works entirely digitally In “The Box” I’m always keen to try out digital interpretations of such hardware. I’m happy to say the team nailed the complexity of vintage audio transformers while adding all the modern gain structure and adjustment parameters you expect from a plugin!
Niklas Silèn, bManic
, Beta testing as well as presets amongst industry leaders such as Fabfilter, Tone Projects, DMG Audio, Tokyo Dawn Labs and many more
What on earth have you guys done?? What kind of voodoo is this!? It sounds AWESOME!!
