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Originally Posted by duckoff  no it doesnt capture the harmonics as they are due to the nonlinear response of the unit sampled, it does capture the frequency response & and how the unit 'smears' the sound ( due to slew rates etc ) so i can capture 'some' of the 'character' but not the entire behavior of a device
eg. by using an inpulse of an analog tape machine you can get a very similar frequency response to tape but none of the distortion ( ie harmonic ) or compression elements.
What plugs like colortone do is simulate the nonlinearities of a device ( saturation ) then feed it through an impulse to give it more of that units character. You can do the same in logic using soft clip on the compressor followed by a relevant impulse.
BTW. you can get loads of these sorts of impulses from noisevault - including 1db steps of manley eq, so you can choose the cut / boost / frequency you desire........ |
thanks for the clarification. i understand the concept but couldn't word it with proper terms and definitions.
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