Beginner's Guide to Saturation
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2019
- In this tutorial, Dan Worrall uses FabFilter Saturn to teach you all the basics about saturation. Learn how subtle saturation can improve your mixes.
For more information and a free trial version of FabFilter Saturn, see www.fabfilter.com/products/sa... . - Навчання та стиль
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Audio manufacturers and software devs take note: I will pay extra for your products if you release an audio version of your manual with Dan Worrall as the narrator.
Lol - same
I can listen to this dude talk all day
and i promise not to pirate them ;)
999
RTFM!
The more audio production videos I watch, the more I realise that "sounding better" is just giving the audience what they expect. There are no "correct" ways that things should sound, there are only sounds that people expect to hear. Hence I agree with Dan's cultural preference idea.
“Digital recordings make non-linieraties optional”
this is such a beautiful way to look at it, because it explains why it explains exactly why digital is better than expensive analog gear: Digital is “perfect” fidelity by default, and gives as much control over the sound as you want. But this perspective also highlighted how there is still a considerable amount of skill involved in working with digital audio to get it to sound good.
(Btw I am not dismissing analogue as bad, I am sure that’s also great)
If you got money to burn go for it is how I feel about it. Digital all the way for me though. If somebody gave me a Juno 60 I would use the hell out of it though
The problem with digital is the sweet-spot. Pushing a digital distortion, for example, becomes very messy very quickly. On (good) analog gear the sweet-spot is much wider ie you can push it further without it starting to become wonky. Same goes for (good) analog synths and drum machines. The sound is more fat, full etc from the get go.
For producers this makes a difference as you have a limited amount of energy for every project. Once you spend that energy you only start making bad decisions and running things into the ground. Everyone who has ever made music has experienced this.
This is why going for analog whenever making music that requires more extreme things like over the top distortion, big sounds etc. saves energy and allows you room to be more creative with music, rather than spending your precious mana on creating 5 chains of saturation to achieve what you would with one turn of a knob on something analog.
Both worlds have their advantages but some things seriously take the cake in each world. I vote analog for harmonic abuse. All that said, Saturn is pretty damn good. ;)
I'm just here for the golden voice!
It's Dan Worrall, he has at least 3 channels
Maybe instead of pop up tool tips Dan's voice should explain whatever you hover your mouse over in FabFilter plugins.
yes
Control Freak 💯!!
That would be fucking amazing! So much agreed :)
How can I make my voice like yours?
Saturation?
Bags of headroom
actually it’s compressor, eq, and sidechaining. that’s how
@@kotodamamidnight412 and you'd be advised well to use volume automation instead of sidechaining.
check out "obsidianant" for another gentleman with a smooth voice well suited for voice work.
Lmao
I use saturation on all my drum busses to round off the peeks without having to compress too much. That way I can remove about 1db - 3db without losing any of the loudness characteristics I like
“Let’s break out the test tone again “ I love this so much
I like Saturn SO MUCH. Thanks team Fabfilter for making these amazing plugins and tutorials.
Thoroughly enjoyed this one! Thank you!
This is a fantastic series of videos. Please keep them coming.
As long as Dan keeps narrating these tutorials, I'll keep watching them. I don't even have Saturn lol
For those who like me were wondering what DAW he's using at the end (eg at 13:25), it's called Reaper. I literally just googled screenshots for all the DAWs listed on Wikipedia until I found it. I'd never heard of it, it's obviously a smaller and less well known one, and pretty cheap (non-commercial license is $60). But if it gets Dan's approval, I might have to check it out!
excellent content as alays, thank you fabfilter for making no nonsense plugins that sound great and are easy to grab and figure out
Thanks so much - a great tutorial - subscribed! Also very grateful for being introduced to some great songs here, bravo!!!
Thanks Dan .................. I always gain valuable production knowledge from your videos, much appreciated.
Excellent description of the actions of this plug in. Very impressed with understanding the DC offset from asymmetric wave forms and the use of the spectrum analyzer. This level of understanding and description sells it!
Thank you for the video! It really helps! What a big difference it makes on my tracks now! Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you Dan for these informative and eye opening guides. Very helpful and indeed educational for the sake of it; not in order to push people to buy a product, but to genuinely educate them.
Excellent narration, easy to understand and follow. I've recently invested in your plug ins because of the quality of everything you guys seem to do. Including this video.
As always amazing tutorial and excellent music
As always…. Clear and elegant. Thank you.
These video's are great, just like every plugin you guys make! Cheers from the Netherlands :)
simply wonderful how you perform on the videos, from the master mix to the presentation! only great praise and many thanks 🔥🍻
Again very much appreciated. Highly appreciate you going deeper into the intermodulation characteristics with analysis and real-world examples. I don't believe I have ever seen the subject of saturation explained in a way that 'clicks' until this vid. Thanks!
Beautiful Sounding Tool 🙌🏼
Gosh. Yet again. Just stellar.
excellent. Great plugin, and wonderful tutorial...
These tutorials are ridiculously high in quality. I think I'll buy this product based on this presentation.
This Demonstration is Pure Gold ! Thanks a ton!
I am your big fan......
This guy is a god!! I have never bn so into a tutorial...He demystified my 8years plus ordeal in less than 15mins.
Thanks million... thanks @Fabfilter
I dont use any fabfilter plugins (yet?), but i really enjoy how you break down how each component works in the plugins. Ive learned quite a bit about whats going on under the hood in my mixes and its given me some insite for future projects. im self taught and at a rather beginner level yet, so videos like these are an invaluable resource. Thank you!!!
thank you for the video and explanation!
great video and greater plugin , thank you
Wow!!!!
This is life changing!!
Fabfilter does it again with some great stuff thanks guys
3:20 is the money... every aspiring engineer should watch this video just for the conceptual knowledge and application. Mega thumbs up!
excellent video - thank you very much !
i could listen to this guy all day
the track at the end with all the horns is such a good tune man ^^
fab filter stuff has always been said to be top, I've been shown this saturn saturation and the EQ3, guess imma get those at some point
I’m here to enjoy listening to Dan
Dan Worrall is my hero
Great tutorial
i didn’t think it was better when the warm or clean were used bs bypassing. I was amazed when they were put together!
Interesting. I've only used distortion on Bass guitar prior to seeing this, will have to try it out. Thanks for uploading.
Dan Worrall is the God I've been waiting to worship 😁. I'm so glad it's him in this video too. 💯❤🔥
fantastic video
This is really great information. I use Saturn on almost every mix and low passed so much because of that sub bass content showing up in spectrum analyzers. Guess it was never really a problem to begin with 😮
Dan Worall needs to adopt me!His voice is very dad like and I can soak up all the knowledge from my new Dad.
Dan changed my life.
thank you so much for this!!! GOdbless
To (my) ears, I enjoyed the horn ensemble without saturation more, mainly because I dig the 'bite' of the horns in the upper part of the spectrum. I used to play trumpet. A good live horn section sends chills down the spine.
I liked it more too
hmm... I have a feeling that Saturn 2 is around the corner.. Would be interesting if they add some kind of static and dynamic 'eq' for harmonics instead of plain, phase distorting crossovers
you were right bro
Dan is 'the man'!
Awesome tutorial as always!
This man could say anything and I'd agree with him
Love the wide screen.
Dan, you would make a ton of money if you started a Patreon and put up weekly videos. There’s so much beginner content out there....your stuff is actually interesting.
DAN WORRAL IS THE MAN!~
This is just EPIC!!!
I love this video
Quite funny, we add more harmonic dirt but it sounds cleaner!
Thanks Dan for the great presentation with the greatest DAW ever.
Which DAW is this? I can't seem to recognize it. Thought it was Logic at first.
@@BrianAndersonTT it's reaper
I use it on my vocals its so nice
Thank you!
greatest plugin ever made.. nuff said.
seven You’re the only other person that has said that besides me. I’ve used plugins for 20 years and feel Saturn is the greatest.
@@LAMARVANSCIVER And you know that it is absolutely true, I'm not sure I could and never would ever produce, mix or master without it. 👊😎
seven Those three stages exactly!
Dan has Saturn 2 fitted in his throat. Warm and gritty voice.
Excellent
This answers a question I just had tonight, working on a mix. "Would adding a touch of saturation to my 2-bus to tame transients help or hinder the mix?" I have my answer, but now I'm creeped out that UA-cam's reading my mind.
very informative
i dont know man, i cant hear what the saturation is adding to the vocal part, or the mix with the instrumental+vocal.
Best tutorials around! I just came here for Dan :P If fabfilter ever fires him i'm out :P
They can't fire him dude! You mean if he fires them
Thank You
received pronunciation is a subtle addition to the sound.
love the music
So, I guess there won‘t be a Pro-S (Saturation) or Saturn 2 Version coming soon?
There is now!
The narrator sounds like Gordon Ramsay in a very relax day :d
Lmao epic
Lol true
Hahahaha
Lmaooo
Please add updates or release version 2. Fabfilter plugins are great, but why only focus on a few of them? Update ALL of them please. Thank you.
@@HiveMind-qv1iy probably a saturation assistant button like izotope
@@HiveMind-qv1iy Always room for improvement. Don't be a bum like most of the people in life. Good enough shouldn't be good enough.
I'd like to see additional effects, new band characteristics/abilities, more user presets, GUI overhaul (color change options), and more creative ideas as well. If you're happy with the same old same then good for you.
yes, an update for Saturn would be amazing!
In the universe of audio tutorials, there are only two names to remember: Kenny Gioia and Dan Worrall.
The Reaper Gods!
I'd add MixBus TV
And the newest golden genius of Gregory Scott from the House of Kush... thank me later....
Is that Reaper? Reaper Gang😎💯
I love this singing! Whose is it?
When he says "it sounds good to me" actually it sounds good even to penguin
lol i bursted out laughing reading this
I would love to see a Saturn 2 with some transformer distortion!
there you get it
Good Stuff
and just like that it's much simpler to understand why some have the false impression that expensive hifi tube (pre)amps sound cleaner.. it's just the addition of some nicely refined 2nd harmonics on top of the already mastered songs.
Damn I need this vst
The quizzical nature of the history of recording: For fifty years, it's all about removing distortion and noise. Now we add distortion and noise.
yeah
It's not quizzical, it's just that the right amount is generally is less than analog can generally deliver, but still more than zero.
Awesome
What is the name of the song that sounds at the very beginning?
hi , in logic would you put this at the end of the chain [after eq and compressor ] or at the beginning ,thanks
Can you imagine if Dan and David Attenborough (dude from Blue Planet) did a video together? Such iconic voices.
Please make a Danfilter so we can all sound like Dan Worrall 👍
I want this big band brass section
MASSSSSIVE!!!
Dan is the Bob Ross of audio engineering
i love that song at the end, anyone know the name?
Dan, what Reaper skin is this? Or does anyone else know? Thank you! :)
Lo que es tenerla clara.
Please how can I can get the song CUCKOO by LittleRobotsbBand?
What are the artist/song in the beginning here? cooi vibe
Dope!