Distortion: The Definitive Guide

[descendinguniverse]

Distortion is arguably the most revolutionary audio effect. I don`t think I would fall in love with electric guitar if it still sounded the way it was initially designed in 50s

[InnerMotionMusic]

The illustration of the sine wave folding back in on itself to add harmonics was super insightful. Your channel has evangelized me to the power of saturation and distortion!

[jacquesancillon]

Well, I missed this damn essential basic tutorial. Each piece of information given by the narrator is information to be engraved in my bird's head... haha!!! I like listening to them sing too, they remind me that when music comes into our heads, it is above all nature expressing itself, without desire or order, or perhaps "thought" controlled by our intellects.
On the other hand, when we mix the unconscious wild with more conscious knowledge, it gives magnificent technical lessons that improve the sound and ideas... Who didn't understand anything I was Certainly not the people at Sage Audio. Thank you for all the riches you bring us. You are so nice. cheers .

[danstenhouse]

Finally a great description of why some hardware and plugins sound 'musical' !

[GustavoM.D.]

This video is a masterpiece of audio engineering! Congratulations on the excellent work of demonstrating so didactically and in detail what distortion and saturation are, effects that are so important for all music lovers! You rock! 👏🏼👏🏼

[Fanafranky]

It's embarassing to admit that I've been in this field for over 15 years and yet I never fully grasped the added harmonic concept you've explained at 1:40 🤦‍♂️
Once again, your way of explaining these topics is remarkably clear! Thank you for filling all of those gaps in our collective knowledge!

[Owl-qhrh]

Now thats distorted my view of distortion in an even ordered harmonic wayy.. Thank you!!! 😎🙏🕊️

[abbadonproductioninc]

This is by far my favourite and most informative video I've seen on this channel and I've been a sub for years now. Truly exceptional 🙏🏾
Thank you so much!! How I wish I knew the face behind the voice because bro is a genius! For me, you're almost on the same calibre as Dan Worrall! Truly spectacular, concise, practical and straight to the point. No fluff

[DashNiveDNB]

Okay, finally a very distinctive explanation of how distortion works based upon music theory.
Never could really wrap my head around how distortion influences harmonics completely.
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Yes, I know how that works, but the math behind it were mostly a mist to me!

[RzR]

Awesome explanation! I don't hear my favorite rectification distortion mentioned very often.
Also, tangentially related pro tip: try automating distortion levels! A lot of people just set it at a fixed level, but it can be used very creatively.

[vjustv]

two ads in a 13 min video is diabolical. Great vid tho

[johannalvarsson]

I have to admit that I never bought into this "odd order harmonics" are unpleasant or aggressive. To me, they have a more clear cut shimmer and sound more hollow than even order distortion. And despite being a metalhead, I enjoy most signals without added distortion. Just to say there also exist different aesthetic ideals.

[joel.muñiz.armendariz]

nice video good info on distortion, useful

[gabrielglenn]

I want to use your channel. But you gotta have playlists. 1). Easier to navigate to desired topics 2). Disorder with an overwhelming number of videos and topics isn’t great for growing your channel

[Jonna-]

Can make video where u showcase free and payed plugins how to differently mix odd and even harmonics for a song, and what if u oversample ur saturation plugin should u use different feedback frequencies?

[francobuzzetti]

3:27 seems like my ear is a semitone off cause i heard "pendulous fall - kamelot" when you that played C

[tsgv]

11:30 pretty sure that's just aliasing. I don't see how one could waveshape a pure tone into generating inharmonic distortion.

think about how the higher partials wouldn't line up with the fundamental; each cycle of a sine wave on input would yield a different output waveform. Doable with some techniques (and as an artifact of aliasing) but not with a waveshaper, as their input & output have a 1:1 correspondence.

[adelsweezy]

This channel became mor scientifique than musical
after all music it's all about feelings
we don't need all this science to bring a vibe to the audience
please comback to the music i don't wanna be einstein i wanna be Mix by Ali