 how do you controll distortion? |
Vaski 
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in one of my latest songs ive used a lot of distortion on the bassline. it sounds really phat... too phat. after listening to it all the way through a few times my ears hurt, and i wasnt really playing it too loud. ive tried some compression, but im not very familiar with how it works, i didnt get a very good result.
im thinking of the prodigy album AONO, everything is phat and distorted, but not overpowering. thats what im looking to achieve.
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24-08-2006 01:55 |
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Surya
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I guess you should EQ it a bit, lower some of the frequencies that hurt your ears...
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24-08-2006 07:46 |
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Yawn
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perhaps just reduce the mix of the distortion a bit - sometimes when I use lots of distortion it sounds really good, but then after a while you realise it gets a bit much. Perhaps just add a bit at a time and see how it goes and like Surya said use EQ to shape the sound.
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24-08-2006 11:29 |
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cynik
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using lfo on distortion mix can produce some good movement on the bass. then you might get in trouble with the levels going up and down so a limiter on top can flatten that
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24-08-2006 11:34 |
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