On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 02:58:14PM +0100, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> On 02/21/2011 03:09 PM, linuxdsp wrote:
> > The compressor used in the linuxDSP MBC2 does have a kind of gentle tape
> > saturation style soft clipping in the final stage, so (only) if you push
> > the levels high there will be a gradual overload - the idea is that if
> > you have your gain structure correct you will run into this gentle kind
> > of overdrive without / just before hitting the kind of fierce hard
> > cipping which can happen at the output of the DAC / soundcard (and which
> > tends to happen suddenly and without any warning). The softer clipping
> > is intended to be a gradual indication that you are approaching the
> > limit and might need to back off a little if you want to keep the signal
> > clean, but it can of course be used as an effect in its own right too.
> > It's probably best thought of as part of the 'character' of the
> > compressor, in the same way that analogue equivalents (and other
> > plugins) have their own 'sound'. For the most part it should have no
> > effect - its just designed to give the compressor a more analogue
> > character when pushed.
>
> I used the MBC2 to finalize the track, for the vocals in the verse I
> used the Calf compressor from git. The Calf one is way more 'digital'
> and thus colder sounding which I preferred in this case. I really like
> the sound of the MBC2, big bonus is the GUI, it loads superfast and no
> xruns. If I start up the GUI of any Calf DSSI or LV2 plug-in I get an
> xrun and it doesn't open as swiftly as the LinuxDSP ones. This is only a
> minor drawback, other than that the Calf plug-ins are great too.
>
Nice tune. The bridge with the guitars is especially nice.
Heh. Regarding the distortion, I stumbled upon a quote from Bassnectar on his site, something to the effect of, club kids today put music in one of two categories: 1) filthy, and 2) not filthy enough. So I guess distortion is pretty much a requisite.
The combination of the choice of bass patch and distorted vocal did give me a very retro-1990s industrial flashback.
-ken
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