Let's saturate! Harmonic enhancement demoed with SSL's X-Saturator plug-in

Harmonic enhancement is an important part of the production process. It's important to understand aurally what it does. Here you can hear and see the SSL X-Saturator plug-in tested on a simple sine wave, from moderate enhancement to extreme distortion. Check out the Audio Masterclass Music Production and Sound Engineering Course at bit.ly/3W3tpKo
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Default settings
1:35 Drive control
2:50 Depth control
3:49 Harmonics control
5:47 Mix control
6:47 Shape control
8:15 Boost control (+6 dB)
11:26 Distortion
13:10 Presets
15:39 Summary and conclusion

Пікірлер: 37

  • @m.i.stapes
    @m.i.stapes2 жыл бұрын

    wow what a crisp and well lit portrait image. That is some production value right there. Thanks for the product demo!

  • @adibonts
    @adibonts2 жыл бұрын

    thanks for this. just got this plugin and your review is probably the best I've seen on youtube. I've subscribed for more! cheers!

  • @MikeSpexTV
    @MikeSpexTV2 жыл бұрын

    Thx David! Your explanation really helped my understanding, appreciate it🙏🙏🙏 I absolutely love this saturator

  • @garycummingsjr.6896
    @garycummingsjr.68962 жыл бұрын

    This plugin is great. it reacts really different to different source material. It sounds great on a wide range of instruments acoustic, samples, and synths.

  • @recmydream
    @recmydream2 жыл бұрын

    very cool demonstration! Tanks a lot!

  • @literallyfiction
    @literallyfiction2 жыл бұрын

    sound aside, you really nailed the video micro-contrast, great lighting

  • @jamisonfrench
    @jamisonfrench9 ай бұрын

    Yes! Everything about demonstrating with the wave. 💯 👏 🔥

  • @JayTheLane
    @JayTheLane2 жыл бұрын

    Useful video, great to see a fellow Brit with a KZread channel 🤠

  • @ADEREZO
    @ADEREZO2 жыл бұрын

    great knowledge in this class, big up!

  • @leirumanuel
    @leirumanuel Жыл бұрын

    What a video. Subscribed

  • @lv7blanche
    @lv7blanche Жыл бұрын

    Thanx. This is how all plugins should be walked through 👍🏻

  • @erestube
    @erestube2 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate your effort!

  • @4low395
    @4low3952 жыл бұрын

    nice overview, thanks!!

  • @AudioMasterclass

    @AudioMasterclass

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome. DM

  • @Vallguittarx3
    @Vallguittarx3 Жыл бұрын

    Muito boa sua aula, estou aprendendo usar saturação e acho esse plugin muito mais não conseguia chegar no som que eu buscava,mais sua explicação me ajudou muito obrigado,inscrição confirmada com sucesso abraço fica com Deus 🙏🎸

  • @OperaStudioMty
    @OperaStudioMty2 жыл бұрын

    Nice experiment

  • @gulagwarlord
    @gulagwarlord2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, this thing is great.

  • @Joeman7890
    @Joeman78902 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I’ve always found this plugin difficult to understand

  • @basstentacles
    @basstentacles2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! :D

  • @Harrysound
    @Harrysound Жыл бұрын

    This video reminds me of a hearing test I had in the 80s as a kid

  • @OcnarfMusic
    @OcnarfMusic Жыл бұрын

    Can you demonstrate this with an actual preamp or a channel strip hardware?

  • @tri-unetrl3966
    @tri-unetrl39662 жыл бұрын

    How would compare this to Waves NLS?

  • @adamszigeti3503
    @adamszigeti3503 Жыл бұрын

    OMG, a Sir Paul McCartney impersonator!

  • @petralustich617
    @petralustich6172 жыл бұрын

    has he oversampling/anti alaising?

  • @campar1043
    @campar10432 жыл бұрын

    So with the Harmonics knob, there is always odd order harmonics no matter what?

  • @AudioMasterclass

    @AudioMasterclass

    2 жыл бұрын

    In my tests, the odd-order harmonics are always present. DM

  • @thegroove2000
    @thegroove20002 жыл бұрын

    Is that you Paul?.

  • @carlosp.1846

    @carlosp.1846

    2 жыл бұрын

    Went straight to the comments to see who else was noticing it:)

  • @bourianboubbov9937

    @bourianboubbov9937

    9 ай бұрын

    Hahaha! I had the same thought... That summer of Love perhaps. Joking aside, thank you for your tine and sharing your knowledge! Much appreciated!

  • @Kaizoku_apex

    @Kaizoku_apex

    4 ай бұрын

    He faked his death so he could live the quiet life reviewing SSL plugins for the next generation 😂

  • @Bi6chris
    @Bi6chris2 жыл бұрын

    whtever camera you are using is badass

  • @AudioMasterclass

    @AudioMasterclass

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sony Alpha A6600 with 16-50mm lens. DM

  • @uselessoldman7964
    @uselessoldman79642 жыл бұрын

    Prefer Fabfilters Saturn2 but have to accept x-saturator is a nice clean simple GUI. Would it not be great if a modern amp had this built in to emulate tape/valve harmonics and make those awful sounding digital sources sound more analogue, natural and warm. But wait, you could add a audio interface to your signal chain and do this on your computer making your inexpensive amp sound like a really expensive one with some simple tweaking. You can even add it to JRiver media player, you dont even need to use a DAW and make all those horrible digital files come alive and sound lush and wonderful just like a vinyl record does

  • @jasonburgess9540
    @jasonburgess95402 жыл бұрын

    Ringo hated when he did this

  • @arirahimzadeh
    @arirahimzadeh2 ай бұрын

    Excellent Work Thank You very much

  • @trentkraemer7109
    @trentkraemer71092 жыл бұрын

    This is very in depth but you should have used this on a sine wave for one minute and the rest of the video on real instruments. It’s fun to look at the harmonics but this is merely a lab test, not an indication of how it will be used or sound in an actual song.

  • @AudioMasterclass

    @AudioMasterclass

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your comment but, as I said in the video, this is a sine wave test. That's the video I set out to make. There may, also as I said in the video, be a vocal and instrument version in future. DM