How To Pick the Right Distortion

Your mix determines the kind of distortion you should use on a sound! In this video I talk about the various kinds of softclipping distortion and the effect they have on tone and your mix. I also talk about some of the math behind these classic saturation curves and why they're useful.

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How to Pick the Right Distortion
► Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
0:32 - Sigmoids
4:25 - Symmetric vs Asymmetric Distortion
16:15 - Drive
16:55 - Sharpness
17:55 - Low Level Distortion

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[kentGrey]

Thank you for this series on Saturation.!

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[intranexine]

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