i think youre getting the wrong idea bro.eggnchips wrote:Hey guys,
I am just curious to know why the overdrive capabilities of a mixer are so important to you?
Of course I understand that every mixer has its own character when overdriven, but to someone such as me who is inexperienced with mixers,
buying a mixer solely for its character in overdrive mode can appear extreme.
Does it not make sense to buy a good over drive effect, or even design your own somehow and use it on a mixer send?
This would for sure make the whole concept more controllable, instead of hunting for that sweet spot.
Surely it would be better to use something that is designed to give you that sound.
Ok, I am a bit naive on the subject, but when I think of it, Í think of the guitar guys in the 50's and 60's overdring their amps purposely
to get that distorted sound.
These days guitarists don't buy an amps with overdriving it in mind. They buy instead the effect made to do that, as they don't want to destroy their precious new amps.
Shouldn't the same apply to us?
overdriving is and always has been a legitimate and favourite technique of production, it doesnt do any damage to your gear as long as you dont overdo it.
the sweet spot is just the point in the channel gain where there's just enough thickening and mild distortion to make the sounds bigger. it takes two seconds to find it, its one of the things which make analogue mixing so desirable, you cant get the same effect digitally.
why would you want to buy an overdrive effect for every channel you use it on when you can do it in two seconds on your mixer.
i think you're wrong about guitarists too. guitarists crave overdrive from their tube amps, if you watch any band these days every single guitarist has an old tube amp or modern equivalent, its been that way since the 1950's, theres no substitute, believe me i'm a guitarist.
edit ; if i'm wrong about that, then its probably because i'm looking for it, i dont know what goes on at underground level because i'm not involved, maybe its just indie posers who use those tube amps now ???