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Old 26th November 2009   #20
Table Of Tone
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Originally Posted by Karloff70 View Post
To my ears the gentle compression I'm thinking of as hugging takes hold long before any percieved saturation. Have not heard a plug to date that can do this. Smear? Hmmm, maybe if you push it on there hard. Other than that I'd say you might actually get away with more perceived clarity because of being able to open up the top more without pain. YMMV of course.
It's all a type of distortion, saturation, compression, bending things etc

I'm not splitting hairs.

It does one of two things, depending on the actual material.

It either Rocks (works)
Or it sucks (doesn't work)

I know where you're coming from though!
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