http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/08/distortion-and-tape-saturation-for-better-mixes/ Home recording and project studio blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:20:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/08/distortion-and-tape-saturation-for-better-mixes/comment-page-1/#comment-86644 Jonny Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:16:04 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/08/distortion-and-tape-saturation-for-better-mixes/#comment-86644 I definitely think a big problem that many all digital home recording studios have is having mixes that are actually "too clean" .. they end up sounding harsh. Subtle analog style distortion seems to make the listening experience more enjoyable. I think it may also make the recordings more... interesting to listen to repeatedly... while the more stale clean recordings may sound fine at first, they lose interest over time. I definitely think a big problem that many all digital home recording studios have is having mixes that are actually “too clean” .. they end up sounding harsh. Subtle analog style distortion seems to make the listening experience more enjoyable. I think it may also make the recordings more… interesting to listen to repeatedly… while the more stale clean recordings may sound fine at first, they lose interest over time.

]]> http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/08/distortion-and-tape-saturation-for-better-mixes/comment-page-1/#comment-85259 john Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:45:27 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/08/distortion-and-tape-saturation-for-better-mixes/#comment-85259 would you explained what parameter that used in tape saturator, like a glueing, compressor, would you explained what parameter that used in tape saturator, like a glueing, compressor,

]]> http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/08/distortion-and-tape-saturation-for-better-mixes/comment-page-1/#comment-79792 guy Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:46:50 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/08/distortion-and-tape-saturation-for-better-mixes/#comment-79792 Thanks, great article. Thanks, great article.

]]> http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/08/distortion-and-tape-saturation-for-better-mixes/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Hometracked - Mix Distortion in action Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:42:16 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/08/distortion-and-tape-saturation-for-better-mixes/#comment-172 [...] I mentioned Charles Dye in the post on using distortion for better mixes. Dye turned his Hard Disk Life series of articles into a (highly touted) video tutorial called Mix It Like A Record. Here’s a clip from the video, with Dye discussin his use of channel-strip emulators, which add distortion, to achieve a more cohesive mix. [...] [...] I mentioned Charles Dye in the post on using distortion for better mixes. Dye turned his Hard Disk Life series of articles into a (highly touted) video tutorial called Mix It Like A Record. Here’s a clip from the video, with Dye discussin his use of channel-strip emulators, which add distortion, to achieve a more cohesive mix. [...]

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