Herb... thanks for the added info. I'll have a hunt for that reference you mention.

Bud... While I have been using small amounts of saturation on vocals and guitars for a long time, I have never really understood what was happening other than adding some 'warmth'. I have only just recently developed a more comprehensive understanding of what 'warmth' means and how it works. I have also just recently discovered the value of using a small amount of distortion/saturation on bass and drums. My journey began when I watched the 6-minute video (below) on using Reaper's wave-shaping distortion. This video is excellent because it is very easy to hear how distortion/saturation enhance bass and drums; it's almost as if these instruments gain a kind of 3-D quality when well-judged amounts of distortion is added.



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