Distortion Isn't Always A Bad Thing...

[@oservoasafe]

the soundtoys sponsor is a crazy achievement

[@SonicScoop]

Agreed! They're the best! 🙂 -Justin

[@HemonDey]

You're such a great teacher! Thanks for the video. I come from an Electronics Engineering background and some of the memories in my signal processing classes have rematerialized in my head :D

[@AudioUniversity]

Thank you!

[@pedalboy7]

Just the best explanation on how adding/generating harmonics changes the wave shape and vice versa - well done!

[@AudioUniversity]

Thank you!

[@stillupmusic]

Dude you are a World-class teacher. Amazing video thank you!

[@AudioUniversity]

Happy to help! Thanks!

[@markbennekamper1906]

Excellent video! A great explanation and demonstration of the harmonic series and how to use saturation, distortion and dynamics processing to enhance an audio signal.

[@quanleanh6548]

Living up to the channel's name huh. Your videos are always so comprehensive in contents and good in their presentation

[@nabskiplays]

Even though I am not practicing audio engineering anymore, I still find this video informative and fun to watch. Keep it up man!

[@AudioUniversity]

I appreciate that! Thanks!

[@nabskiplays]

@@AudioUniversity hey man dont stop making these kind of videos. We'll keep on supporting these type of contents ❤️

[@picksalot1]

It's always interesting, informative, and useful to watch your videos. You're an excellent teacher who understands how to convey ideas and methods clearly and concisely. Thanks

[@AudioUniversity]

Thank you very much!

[@pokepress]

The part about adding waves to get different shapes is actually more important that you let on. It’s a fundamental part of both image and audio data compression.

[@pulyabacsi]

this is the best video that I ever saw in this topic. thank you for your efforts explaining these fundamental things! It helps a lot to make educated decisions in my mixes

[@stupidjante]

Thank you so muck for your work of art

[@AudioUniversity]

Thank you!!

[@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579]

All great stuff about saturation, Kyle. Love my Soundtoys bundle. Decapitator is being used on a send bus that I've gone a bit crazy with within Studio One Pro. Pro has a splitter tool that I've used to split mid and side to saturate mid and side differently with separate plug-ins. I can EQ it then as well. SSL X-Saturation and Fusion Vintage Drive are other great ones that I'm using. Slate Heatwave isn't bad either.

[@AudioUniversity]

Thanks for sharing! Great tip. The mix knob on a plugin limits your parallel processing in comparison to a separate track or bus.

[@estudiosTinyMat]

Muy bueno. Gracias!

[@AudioUniversity]

Gracias!

[@user-lc5uh4ic1z]

your videos are so informative and well-made, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@AudioUniversity]

Glad you like them! Thanks!

[@kevind4061]

Ty

[@roberthart8933]

You have given a very clear and easily understood picture of this. Unfortunately my iPad speaker is not up to the task. The iPad sounds good until a series of tests like these show it’s short comings up. Cleverly its sound system fools the ear. I neeed some external speakers. 🙏🏼

[@sstepoutside]

"Analog is nonlinear"... this totally demystifies the "analog warmth" for me. I always thought it was bullshit but I get it now.

[@marlborr0]

Thanks! I would love to see some of the best harmonics "adder" on your channel. I use Saturn and True Iron. Can you make a video comparing some good vst's against each other? Thanks and love your channel!

[@AudioUniversity]

Thanks for your support with the donation! This is a great idea - Have you checked out Dan Worrall’s channel?

[@marlborr0]

@@AudioUniversity of course! He's my favourite teacher! 🥰 Member to his channel for a bit quite long time. 🙂 I need a comparison between all of those saturation and transformer vst's out there to see wich to buy next in my line.

[@kuukeli]

thank you for interesting video

[@AudioUniversity]

Thanks for watching!

[@chriscollins6238]

Great video man!

[@AudioUniversity]

Thank you

[@gunjeshkashyap4019]

Great information..pls post video about gate..limiter.. threshold..

[@AudioUniversity]

I don’t have any videos on gates yet, but check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opimip2boJqSgLssi=QvuOB6UDWyMVSBzq

[@MaraldBes]

learned and heard so much, thank you! Now I know how, when and why to use saturation of any kind. PS What does the tattoo say, money .... ? or journey ... ?

[@americatunedright1211]

Gain stating is everything and if they say otherwise, well maybe you think you’re getting some “wiseadvice” but it’s more like purple juice, you’re serving or drinking it. Great video.

[@AudioUniversity]

Thanks!

[@Soundprobeats]

explain mid side eq in details please on hot to create space in mix

[@AudioUniversity]

Great suggestion! In the meantime, this video should be helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGnOgKNqn76WqJYsi=_FqtmqPMM7JDklPZ

[@Anktual]

The best sarurarion plugin I've found (i have over 2.5k plugins) is the zynaptiq intensity, saturate option.

[@jhonesreece4946]

Very nice beat bro i like Reaper thanks make again please

[@AudioUniversity]

Reaper is great. Thanks for watching!

[@jhonesreece4946]

@@AudioUniversity yes yes very great

[@musicayaudio]

2:56 Is this an app or animation graph? I would to like testing if is an app online or downlable. Thanks!

[@AudioUniversity]

All of these meters are available in the DAW called Reaper.

[@Viktorr123er]

what is the name of the FFT tool? It's a nice visualization

[@AudioUniversity]

These are the stock meters within Reaper.

[@Viktorr123er]

@@AudioUniversity ah, thank you

[@erickfajardo764]

I just loved this video

[@drophere6194]

Can you explain how to control frequency while adding harmonics depends on snr

[@AudioUniversity]

There are infinite ways! Don’t be afraid to blend compression, eq, and saturation (in different orders, too).

[@KaraDoesMusic]

How do you test a track on smartphone, small headphones, etc. without having to use them? How do you mix, keeping in mind how it will all sound on just anything?

[@analogbanger]

Or eq your master output to sound bandwidth limited, just remember to turn off when bouncing your mix

[@AudioUniversity]

Great suggestion @analogbanger! Another method is to use the software in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqXZXoSFZ7yMqpYsi=3dTl98EjmeThDQHA

[@analogbanger]

@@AudioUniversity Yes there is another plugin called ‘audified mixchecker pro’, that has the same concept.

[@alphaworshipconnectionug]

Hay greetings from Uganda would talk about one channel receiving múltiple signals. Like us using a wireless microphone of 4 mics and all are coming in through one channel.

[@Tarodenaro]

Is there any physic explanation or physiological reason why even harmonics sounds very pleasant to our ears but odd harmonics isn't?

[@ache_74x]

How is this free????

[@AudioUniversity]

You can thank Soundtoys for this one!

[@Mike_HuntizWet]

Tooobes!!!🙌

[@autumnfall5850]

😂1st cmt

[@AudioUniversity]

Thanks for watching!

[@santimaspons]

You insert too many ads! 😡

[@DanJackiewicz]

Gotta stack the cheese somehow

[@adriiaas]

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[@AudioUniversity]

Sorry you feel that way. Hope you enjoy the content!

[@JohnKuehne_SF]

@santimaspons, if you use the Brave browser you won't get any ads.