What kind of distortion is on the master here (link in thread)
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- KVRist
- 410 posts since 13 Oct, 2015
Hearing this quite a lot in hyperpop/trap songs lately, what kind of distortion is this, it sounds like tube to me or a very fast limiter/clipping? most audible from 10 sec on
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- KVRAF
- 4329 posts since 26 Jun, 2004
My wild guess is an Ovox preset
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- Banned
- 1 posts since 20 Apr, 2023
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- KVRian
- 1314 posts since 7 Apr, 2019 from Canada
Bass is complex, you are forcing the mid / punch of your bass to high and not compressing it. The rest of the track is occupying the same frequency domain threshold; and it would seem to me that you are employing a soft clipper.
People will often forget that even you are limiting to 0 dbfs, once sounds combine, they go much higher still. Maybe some bus tracks and more limiting, to then go the master might help you to better make your track clip less. In regards to vocals, rather than add too much gain, soft clipping can add a saturation that makes them audible. But you would probably want to employ some type of filter afterwards.
I personally like to use a de-esser that has a variable bandpass start and stop control (like in the old Alloy 2). I usually set the begin at about 500hz and end it at 2.5khz. These frequencies are the most audible when they are distorted.
Having a brickwall limiter that has a variable ceiling, which does not add gain by percentile becomes very important. The gain you add allows you then compress it afterwards, creating natural soft peaks which do not sound damaged at all.
People will often forget that even you are limiting to 0 dbfs, once sounds combine, they go much higher still. Maybe some bus tracks and more limiting, to then go the master might help you to better make your track clip less. In regards to vocals, rather than add too much gain, soft clipping can add a saturation that makes them audible. But you would probably want to employ some type of filter afterwards.
I personally like to use a de-esser that has a variable bandpass start and stop control (like in the old Alloy 2). I usually set the begin at about 500hz and end it at 2.5khz. These frequencies are the most audible when they are distorted.
Having a brickwall limiter that has a variable ceiling, which does not add gain by percentile becomes very important. The gain you add allows you then compress it afterwards, creating natural soft peaks which do not sound damaged at all.
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- KVRAF
- 1616 posts since 26 Jun, 2005
You can try the "broken speaker" mode on kClip3 from kazrog.