The importance of harmonics

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The importance of harmonics

Mar 19, 2024 · 22m 47s

Description

Join award-winning recording engineer, mixer, and producer Rachel Alina, who shares her techniques for using analog harmonic saturation to enhance her mixes. “Winding up the line amps” or pushing equipment to the brink of saturation, this technique can infuse your audio with a rich, vibrant tone or outright chaos, embodying the warmth and character synonymous with analog. Join Rachel Alina as she distills years of experience and invaluable mentorship into actionable insights on harnessing harmonic saturation to elevate your mixes.

See how Rachel Alina:

Helps to train your ears to discern the subtle nuances of harmonic saturation resulting from driving a line amplifier.
Demonstrates the transformative effects of adding harmonic saturation to the drum bus, using the King Garbage single “Piper”.
Navigates the delicate balance between harmonic content and clarity by skillfully gain staging both the stepped line amplifiers of the Helios console and the output of Pro Tools.
Unravels the unique sonic characteristics of the Helios console and empowers you to recreate its iconic sound using the gear and plugins at your disposal.

01:04 • The Helios console
02:55 • Session setup
05:08 • Hearing the harmonics
15:53 • Analyze the harmonics
17:04 • Using plugins to create harmonics

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