Ableton Saturation Tutorial What is It For And When Should You Use It (Covers All Genres)

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[@carloslecocq]

Awesome video! Thank you so much for posting!!

[@Lolc4k3]

Thanks a lot. Easy to understand, and now I get a new technique to try. Thanks again, this was great

[@suited_ralph99]

I applied this to a sound i had, wow it sounds million times better.
incredible how sounds works. explained very simply, i love that, subbed

[@jacksonwestaway3376]

Love ur work mate ty

[@paulpennington1669]

Mate that explained it perfectly for me thanks!

[@liam3813]

what an awesome tutorial, thanks!

[@kadeone3287]

this channel is mental. true hidden gem. thank you so much

[@TheSteelDialga]

Super helpful tutorial! You would make a great teacher

[@user-im4gz5lm7v]

Great video, just what i was looking for as a lunch break informative video on saturation, i will definitely be using this technique from now on 👍🏽👍🏽

[@3TheALife3]

Clear and too the point, great tut.

[@lukeschubert5534]

Super helpful, thanks!

[@howlinberry1645]

Great tutorial.

[@rollclubmusic]

fantastic! thanks!

[@thefragbeast245]

Thanks for the explanation

[@miain557]

Thanks!thats helps a lot!

[@mayfield_sound]

Super super helpful!

[@MrDougtash]

Great tip thanks!!

[@dbusso4820]

Yo man a very great video, thanks too much

[@michelambi5663]

Good video. Very helpfull. Thank you .

[@mice4890]

very clear 👍

[@Krung0401]

Great. Thank you.

[@muscularclouds]

The limiter tip was useful, Big Up!

[@MagicTracksProduction]

Despite the fact that I knew all these things it's a pleasure to watch this video! Thanks.

[@kylegellner]

great video very well explained

[@KimbasAcademy]

Glad you liked it!

[@djkon10th26]

best demonstration video hands down on how to use a saturator on UA-cam!!!

[@KimbasAcademy]

Thanks mate! Glad that you enjoyed it!

[@intoperspective142]

Nice really helpful.. Any chance you could make a video about "Warp"? Thanks 🙌🏽

[@DaBeatsFreak]

This is beyond Gold. 🙌🏾🙌🏾 instead of counting sheeps b4 my sleep, I’ll keep repearing; Saturation Limiter, saturation limiter………😊

[@amg5656]

The limiter is only there for demonstration purposes. You want to simply use the output knob in the Saturator to match the gain at the input, instead of using up a limiter to do it for you. The limiter can mess you up later. There is a totally different reason why you may put a limiter or a clipper at the end, but that's another story.

[@FernandoQuevedo]

Thank you. I get a better understanding now and using the limiter after the saturation was something I wasn’t considering before.

[@googlekopfkind]

I think he did the limiting just for demonstration purpose, i dont think its a good idea to limit a bass sound like this

[@FernandoQuevedo]

@@googlekopfkind Interesting. Why is that?

[@googlekopfkind]

​@@FernandoQuevedo The limiter was used to prevent clipping and push the saturation beyond its regular limits. However, it's not entirely clear for me why the limiter was employed in this case. It would have been more straightforward to adjust the output gain to demonstrate the saturation effect only without introducing additional distortion caused by limiting.
If the goal was to enhance the sound, add color, and prevent clipping, a soft/hard clipper would have been a more appropriate choice. Limiters are generally better suited for use on buses and during the mastering process. In this situation, he applied the limiter to a pure sine wave, which inherently lacks dynamic range. Limiters are most effective when dealing with sounds that possess a wide dynamic range, as they help to reduce that dynamic range. However, in this specific case, the limiter proved entirely useless, leading to undesirable distortion without serving any practical purpose due to the sine wave's absence of dynamics.
Avoid using limiters as a beginner, except for mastering. If you want to push the saturation just adjust the output gain!

[@ramirowalter4184]

great tutorial

[@KimbasAcademy]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@maxgarcia4796]

If you use a limiter to keep the volume static, aren't you inadvertently compressing the signal, therefore applying more to the sound than just saturation?

[@goodcolour3552]

U r right - so strong compression changes the signal fundamentally. Instead of limiting its just better to make gain lower in amount of driving...

[@lillehammerexperimental]

Thanks for the great video. I mean even though my minds technical rule book says no to using limiters like that I gotta admit you had a cool punchy sound - so is this a producer trick?

[@MarVal1220]

THANK UUUU

[@SHFTR.]

yes now

[@danielstoicamusic]

How do you know/decide on which sounds/samples to apply saturation?

[@benjaminsaraviatoledo6643]

hi man that great, but just a question, it would be the same regulate the volume directly with the out gain of the saturator, in order to mantain the same volume??? or should I do this with a limiter?

[@SorenaAmini]

Wonder the same thing

[@KimbasAcademy]

In theory yes, however it would be much harder to hear what the saturation is doing for demonstration purposes mate

[@carltonbanks194]

Your theme is darker than the "dark" one I chose. How do I get this one?

[@zouxification]

Why don't you use the output gain of the saturator instead of the limiter ?

[@wwlittlejOfficial]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@needleinmyback]

wow

[@madmanscomment]

I listen that video throught small speakers of my asus notebook and i've heard nothing from yours operator's track LOL so that amount of saturation won't work...

[@Zuckre]

It’s ok to use a limiter on the kick?

[@KimbasAcademy]

I wouldn't recommend it, I was using the limiter more to demonstrate mate

[@BowlcutSquadBowlcutsLab]

@@KimbasAcademy what about bassline?

[@wandajames143]

It’s ok to use anything.

[@szelest3779]

finly sth efficent about saturator

[@martywitzberg]

I'm 3yrs late to this video but saturation was suggested to me from another producer. This video helped me make my drums sound exactly how I needed them and have been lacking. Thank you for the easy explanation! Not knowing about using the limiter is why I could never get this to work proper.
Is it "ok" to use saturation on any/all instruments? What about the final mix?
Thanks again.