Saturation is one of the most important topics in music production. Saturation along with EQ and compression make up the most important tools we have for shaping sounds. Saturation adds a warmth and character to a track and can make a track professional sounding. In this video I describe the basics of saturation and harmonics and lay the groundwork for more advanced topics in distortion.
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The square wave at 8:25 is only 3 harmonics. If the sine wave was actually passed into the saturation curve it would become a wave similar to this:
You Don’t Understand Saturation: Harmonics
► Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
0:50 - Saturation Crash Course
4:10 - Why Does Saturation Add Frequencies?
5:29 - Saturation Curves and Harmonics
6:05 - Odd Harmonics
12:00 - Even Harmonics
14:54 - Asymmetric Curves
15:12 - Intermodulation Distortion
16:09 - What’s to come...
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