Harmonic distortion is the soul of electric music. But what is it? How do we make it? And what does it sound like on a simple source like a sine wave, and then applied to an electric guitar? Check out the Audio Masterclass Music Production and Sound Engineering Course at bit.ly/3W3tpKo
Soundtoys Decapitator www.soundtoys.com/product/decapitator/
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Bluecat FreqAnalyst Pro www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_FreqAnalystPro/
Ample Guitar F www.amplesound.net/en/index.asp
Soundtoys EchoBoy www.soundtoys.com/product/echoboy/
Waves Abbey Road Plates www.waves.com/plugins/abbey-road-reverb-plates#introducing-abbey-road-reverb-plates
Sky Carillon www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sky+carillon
Sky album en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_(Sky_album)
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0:00 Introduction
0:12 100 Hz sine wave
0:50 Visualising with an oscilloscope and spectrograph
1:17 Spectral leakage
1:29 Creating distortion with the SoundToys Decapitator
2:17 Harmonic series and harmonic distortion
3:06 More drive
4:11 Harmonic distortion and the electric guitar
5:36 'Carillon' by Sky
5:52 Summary
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