Truefire FaderPro Jono Buchanan's Science of Sound: Saturation TUTORiAL

Everything Music Producers Need To Know About Saturation
Distortion is far more than just an effect that belongs to the realm of electric guitar amplifiers and heavy metal bands. It can be used to add harmonic content to sounds, smooth out mixes, introduce texture and grit in a sound design context and much more.

In this course, Jono Buchanan examines the world of distortion in full, bringing overdrive, fuzz, saturation, tube, bit-crushing and other styles into sharp focus.

Over the course of two hours, you'll receive a full grounding in the fundamentals of distortion; how it works and how it can be applied in the context of a mix to achieve anything from organic warmth to more extreme results. Distortion has been a product of analogue recording equipment for decades, both intentionally and unintentionally, and in The Science of Sound – Saturation you'll see how versatile it can be within a modern software environment. Whether it's parallel processing, vocal treatment, mix warming, insert and auxiliary effects – you're bound to find a new use for distortion that you never knew existed!

In today's digital world, there is no shortage of distortion and saturation plugin options to help you to warm up your waveforms and shape your signal. Some emulate classic hardware units of the past, others bring new approaches to the table, and Jono covers examples of both in this course. By the end, you'll be familiar with the parameters commonly found on these tools, and know how to put them to use in your own projects.

In total, there are twelve chapters of content in Science of Sound – Saturation, covering the full spectrum of what the effect can do in a music production context. All of the techniques that are covered in this course are explored through audio examples in a Logic Pro session, so you will hear for yourself the unique ways that distortion can be applied in a mix.

This course is part of the Science of Sound series, which goes deeper into important music production topics that you'll use again and again in your own projects. Understanding the fundamentals behind concepts like delay, reverb, equalisation, compression, and the way in which we as engineers and listeners perceive sound will allow you to approach your productions with a greater confidence, purpose and know-how.

No PhD needed, the science-y parts are explained by our awesome educators in a way that anyone can understand!

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