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BRIGGS wrote: ↑

22 May 2023

If you want 4x oversampling, try the shaper in complex-1.

Mataya wrote: ↑

23 May 2023

As always with such questions, you'll get all of them mentioned and recommended at some point. Try them all and decide for your self. Want tube, tape, solid, transformer...?

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Mattvank wrote: ↑

23 May 2023

BRIGGS wrote: ↑

22 May 2023

If you want 4x oversampling, try the shaper in complex-1.

Wow! That sounds really good.

dvdrtldg wrote: ↑

23 May 2023

Complex-1's Function module is also a great crazy distortion generator iirc (don't own it, trialled it a while back)

bitley wrote: ↑

28 May 2023

You guys are too modern I have a bunch of REs but I always forget about using them when in production mode lol. So my goto tool is Scream really, I use it heavily on lots of stuff. Mostly the Tape setting. But that orange module is great too, long time ago since I used it, don't remember its name right now. The one with icons you know like VHS etc. Great stuff. Also the master saturator at the top right is awesome as well. And then I take my tracks to Logic for finalizing / and then I take them to Spotify and Youtube etc. Better storing them for public views than in the digital drawer I guess

BRIGGS wrote: ↑

23 May 2023

dvdrtldg wrote: ↑

23 May 2023

Complex-1's Function module is also a great crazy distortion generator iirc (don't own it, trialled it a while back)

Thanks, I need to try that now!

selig wrote: ↑

31 May 2023

You use two identical EQs, one pre and the other post saturation. In the Combinator programmer you assign one knob to both EQ gain controls for any band (try a midrange band for starters). The 'catch' is one EQ gain is inverted from the other, such that they are applying equal boost and cut. If you bypass the saturation you won't/shouldn't hear any difference with any boost or cut because the opposite curve is applied as well. But when you add a non-linear processor such as saturation or compression between the two is where the 'magic' begins.

selig wrote: ↑

31 May 2023

Me too - I DID, and it's quite nice. I'm building a combinator with two Complex-1s for stereo saturation, and playing with a very interesting idea along the way that works with any saturator. You use two identical EQs, one pre and the other post saturation. In the Combinator programmer you assign one knob to both EQ gain controls for any band (try a midrange band for starters). The 'catch' is one EQ gain is inverted from the other, such that they are applying equal boost and cut. If you bypass the saturation you won't/shouldn't hear any difference with any boost or cut because the opposite curve is applied as well. But when you add a non-linear processor such as saturation or compression between the two is where the 'magic' begins.

It's difficult to explain exactly what happens when you do that, but I'm adding a low, mid, and high band control for this Combinator because they are all equally useful for different things. The basic idea is that if you boost pre and cut post, it's more distorted at that frequency but actually more subtle than the other way around. Conversely if you cut pre and boost post, it's more exaggerated, and the frequency being boosted is LESS distorted than the rest.

It's also cool to just boost/cut pre/post and hear what that does, but this pre/post EQ effect is inspiring me to investigate further - would be interested to hear if others have tried this or similar 'add ons' to generic saturation?

Also, the different algorithms in Complex-1's shaper have useful possibilities as saturation/distortion effects.
Final note, I needed 2 samples delay on the "dry" path for my dry/wet 'blend' control due to processing delays going through Complex-1. I'm not 100% sure that is the exact setting since it still wasn't a 100% null even bypassing the Shaper section completely inside Complex-1 and simply routing input to the Output Mixer. Will report back if I find anything else interesting about this setup…

crimsonwarlock wrote: ↑

31 May 2023

selig wrote: ↑

31 May 2023

You use two identical EQs, one pre and the other post saturation. In the Combinator programmer you assign one knob to both EQ gain controls for any band (try a midrange band for starters). The 'catch' is one EQ gain is inverted from the other, such that they are applying equal boost and cut. If you bypass the saturation you won't/shouldn't hear any difference with any boost or cut because the opposite curve is applied as well. But when you add a non-linear processor such as saturation or compression between the two is where the 'magic' begins.