How to Use Saturation Like a Pro

Add imperfection and character to your music.

Jake walks you through the philosophy behind saturation as a production and mixing tool.

[TachyBunker]

"When saturation is overused it ruins mixes"

_proceeds to overdo saturation_

[PharaohLawLess]

Should use oversampling when using saturation to curb or get rid of aliasing

[ChanahAngelicaKamen]

What's a good saturation plugin to use across the board for instruments and vocals? I've tried applying Butch Vig Vocals from Waves to different things for effects in the meanwhile, but it has a very specific tone quality in that plugin that's a bit limiting.

[TachyBunker]

Hmm I like how he went from an audio engineer to a neurobiologist.

[silkroad]

Call it whatever fancy name you want. That's distortion