The distortion effect is one of the best known and most commonly used effects in music production.
By overdriving audio signals, it creates a distorted sound that can range from subtle to extreme. This effect can be used in almost any genre of music and can help give a song more power and presence.
This blog section will cover different types of distortion effects, how they can be used, tips on how to get the most out of them, and introduce distortion plugins.
Distortion is a pretty important tool in mixing, and wading through the best distortion plugins is equally hard! As usual, we are here to help you with a list of the best distortion plugins, both free and paid.Just a disclaimer – we will be including both distortion and saturation plugins here, since they are tightly [...]
An answer to the question “what is distortion?” would probably start with something like “a deviation from the original form”… but that sounds a bit too scientific, right? Let’s move closer to our area of interest.“Distortion happens when a signal goes past the maximum volume capacity” would be an answer summarized in words that are [...]
