10 Distortion Techniques: Every Synth Needs This

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*ABOUT THIS VIDEO*

Get ready for some sonic devastation as I demonstrate some of my favorite efx pedals and techniques that deliver filthy synth sounds capable of cutting through even the thickest wall of amplified guitars! I'll show you 10 different color palates with hands-on examples ranging from tasteful overdrive, distortion, fuzz all the way to full meltdown clipping. A little of these flavors added to your synthesizer instrument will help you create more inspiring sounds and also help you require less work to bring you final mixes together. I truly believe that every synth needs a drive circuit as much as it needs filters, reverbs and delays. After watching this video I hope you'll be inspired to grab some analog distortion pedals and start discovering what I did, that I can't live without them.

00:00 Introduction
00:51 Minimoog External Input Feedback Loop
03:49 ARP 2600 Internal Preamp Distortion
07:27 Distorted LFO's
09:46 Moogerfooger MF-104M Pedal Drive Circuit
15:08 Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal Pedal
18:14 Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz Pedal
20:59 Mutron III Input Gain as Distortion Pedal
25:07 Vintage 1965 Fender Showman Amp
28:09 Joyo American Sound Pedal
32:09 Arturia Minimoog with Moogerfooger MF-104S Plug-ins

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*ABOUT ANTHONY*

Anthony's musical touch as both composer and performer is connected with some of the most influential creative minds over the last 40 years. He’s composed and conducted original orchestral scores for over 80 feature films including _*Young Guns*_ , _*Internal Affairs*_ , _*The Man From Elysian Fields*_ , _*15 Minutes*_ and _*Planes, Trains & Automobiles*_ , been commissioned by the *Los Angeles Philharmonic* for his symphonic work "In the Family Way", written over one thousand TV commercials in a myriad of musical styles, co-founded Levels Audio Post (LA's premiere post production facility) and performed and arranged on big-box-office films and influential hit records such as *Michael Jackson's* _*Thriller*_ .

His extensive work as a young arranger, orchestrator and performer for *Quincy Jones* , *Jack Nitzsche* , *Lamont Dozier* , *Arthur Rubenstein* and *Giorgio Moroder* was vital in launching his own career. His early years pioneering modular analog synthesizers along with his wide-ranging music scholarship positioned Anthony at the center of the music technology revolution. He attended the University of Southern California School of Music as a piano and composition major.

[MattPicsET]

Always grateful when Anthony posts, it’s such a privilege to have a pro like him sharing his expertise for free.

[Gerald_Daniel]

Thanks for letting us bath in distortion. I feel like cleaned by that aesthetic assertiveness.

[pieceworkstudios]

"sometimes it's just fun to turn knobs" the truth of synthesizers straight from one of the most talented masters. Could listen and watch you experiment turning knobs all day 👍👍, however, I have a couple synths that need some knob turning as well 😂. Thanks for the knowledge and ideas!!

[velosouk]

To be able to get in touch with your knowledge it's just an amazing experience.
I am a guitar player myself but I love the keyboards (play a bit), production and music history (you're part of it).

We're all watching this happening and it's a privilege, we'll see 100K subscribers soon, and more and more.
The keyboard comunity must share your channel, we must give back to you.

Thanks Anthony, thank a lot!

[BullyMaguireever]

Before the thriller series I never knew about Anthony, but I’m glad I do now!

[jabelsjabels]

Totally agree, every synth can benefit from distortion!

[allenpaley]

Hey Antony. Great to see you keep the cameras rolling and the videos coming! I get the impression you're really getting into it. Seems like you're getting more comfortable in front of the lens, and your production value keeps improving. May your snowball of Youtube success keep growing!

[sunilsolanki]

Truly epic video! Thanks so much for walking on the dark side with those of us who appreciate a bit of grit with our synths!

[WotanSkyFather]

That Mutron was pure destruction! It was absolutely JOYFUL to watch you go "wowowowow" along with the synths, man. You can tell you love it. I do the same thing.

[brandonjohnson]

Hey Anthony man i appreciate everything you doing you never know life you impacting

[MikeLindup]

Hey Anthony, this is a great tutorial reminding us what we might be missing! I have used drive from time to time on my hardware synths: there's a Level 42 instrumental on the first album called "43", and I play a Moog solo with a square waveform, and we split the output so that we got a clean sound into the desk and a driven sound into a guitar amp (I don't remember which amp, could have been a Fender Twin or maybe a Marshall) anyways - as we go through the solo and it develops, the amped sound gradually takes over until on the last note I get feedback - I think Mark (King) was dialling the gain controls on the amp.

[poweruser]

It would be really cool to see a series finding the differences in sound between analog gear and software

[tothefinlandstation]

Underrated technique: put something inside the external input feedback loop. Putting my BOSS BF-2 flanger inside my microbrute's feedback loop created sounds very different than putting it just in the normal position after the synth,

[ssommerfeld]

The plugin setup at the end was super interesting. So different than the hardware versions that are more organic for sure.

[dubmaverick]

I am addicted to this channel, also love all the sounds you made on the Synclavier Regen, hope you do a dive into that some day and make more libraries, but I would love to see what you do with the Sherman Filter, that is always in all your videos.
Super Thank you for this awesome channel. Cheers!!

[PurpleMusicProductions]

I'm mainly a bass player who moonlights a little into the world of synths, because I find them so interesting with endless sonic capabilities and absolutely love this channel. This was a wonderful demonstration. The emulators/plugin at the end is why I will NEVER leave the analog world. Not only the difference in sound but sometimes it's just fun to turn knobs.

[rodnee]

The Arp 2600 really loves some drive. And the Moog with resonance hits hard. That sound is why Analog is king of dirt. Love it! That hyper fuzz through the Moog is my favourite.

[kerzwhile]

We are honored to have a mind like Anthony's engaging with the public and sharing his knowledge! ❤

[GlassTarantulah]

Thanks as always Sir Anthony!! Going to load up that Arturia Mini Moog v3 and go in!! Peace.

[cortneyholt]

Anthony you got me into synths and music production thank you, Cortney