You Don't Understand Saturation

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Saturation is one of the most important topics in music production. Saturation along with EQ and compression make up the most important tools we have for shaping sounds. Saturation adds a warmth and character to a track and can make a track professional sounding. In this video I describe the basics of saturation and harmonics and lay the groundwork for more advanced topics in distortion.
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The square wave at 8:25 is only 3 harmonics. If the sine wave was actually passed into the saturation curve it would become a wave similar to this: qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg...
You Don't Understand Saturation: Harmonics
► Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
0:50 - Saturation Crash Course
4:10 - Why Does Saturation Add Frequencies?
5:29 - Saturation Curves and Harmonics
6:05 - Odd Harmonics
12:00 - Even Harmonics
14:54 - Asymmetric Curves
15:12 - Intermodulation Distortion
16:09 - What's to come...

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@creddills7965 3 жыл бұрын

i need more of this channel i‘m tired of tutorials being like:“iF yoU tUrn Up ThE deCay tiMe on The ReVerB, thE revErb taKeS lOngEr tO decAy“

@sseb_music 3 жыл бұрын

more content is on it's way sir

@johndunn7733 3 жыл бұрын

I am on the path to production enlightenment and sseb is my maharishi

@lazyabeats 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I thoght I know everything I heard in this video, but it was collected collected bit by bit in years. Quallity stuff

@wastepreserve Жыл бұрын

this made me laugh so hard hahah

@CensoredByYouTube. Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, that just gave me a Kamala flashback.

@xyzct Жыл бұрын

I hope viewers can appreciate that this information is incredibly relevant _well_ beyond just music. Signal process is fundamental to so much of physics and engineer. Well done, sir!

@mycosys Жыл бұрын

Just about every piece of electronics can be described as a signal transfer function like that - it was honestly a better explanation than my lecturers

@jb-ki9xf Жыл бұрын

Ahead of the curve 😄

@444Inlakesh Жыл бұрын

his kno kno is thick and long

@patski4 Жыл бұрын

When he got to Rectification, I was like: “Ah, AC to DC conversion. Electrolytics not included.”

@noahrathje8976 Жыл бұрын

just thought the same thing its basically analysis

@ramitimahashol5833 3 жыл бұрын

Please never stop doing these videos. I fucking love them.

@sseb_music 3 жыл бұрын

Just for you, I won't stop 😉

@Luwiszz 2 жыл бұрын

@@sseb_music ye, you did it 😞

@ckcheuk7921 Жыл бұрын

@@sseb_music where are you now

@karo2090 Жыл бұрын

@@sseb_music Where are you?

@criticaldamage8951 Жыл бұрын

@@karo2090 Hollywood abducted him because he was about to expose their secrets. >.

@commandercortez 2 жыл бұрын

Super surprised to see such accurate mathmatical signal processing ideas in a music production video, excellent job!

@easynightly 3 жыл бұрын

It’s very difficult to get me to comment on vids, but this is dope af.

@sseb_music 3 жыл бұрын

glad you liked it enough to leave a comment 😀

@MOONRiiSENN 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly though I wasn’t expecting it to actually be jam packed with awesome knowledge.... huge props

@boomyx_ytk3546 2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@billbradleymusic 2 жыл бұрын

Getting comments is more important than views and likes? Head scratcher 🤔

@timmacdonald8141 2 жыл бұрын

I just missed 20 seconds reading this comment and laughing. Rewind

@gerben880 2 жыл бұрын

wow, the part about quarter-wave symmetry and odd harmonics was definitely a mind-blown moment. Also perfect level of difficulty. Thanks for the university-level education!

@odealianaffairs9001 3 жыл бұрын

your tutorials have substance man. I watch a lot of tutorials online and this was the one first one that actually told me what exactly those fancy graphs on waveshapers are. Thanks!

@odealianaffairs9001 3 жыл бұрын

@@sseb_music really looking forward to the next video.

@808drumz9 Жыл бұрын

I'm an electrical engineer that started doing audio stuff and I've been surprised by how much engineering stuff applies to audio. This video introduces you to the concept of Fourier Series in a waay more interesting way than a college lecture.

@Nevir202 Жыл бұрын

If you go down far enough, everything can be described with math. So, it's not that surprising that the more technical you get in any field, the more you start top see the overlaps. I mean, mechanical engineering and marathon running at first seem to have nothing to do with one another, but if you want to develop an ideal gait to optimize speed over time, you're going to start running into all the same issues that you do when designing an optimized machine.

@dox1755 3 жыл бұрын

Man your knowledge, delivery style, humor... Everything I want from a chanel

@Sketchwald 3 жыл бұрын

Agree 100% - and not an annoying typical super surprised-open-mouthed "you shit in my cereal" click bate-y thumbnail in sight!

@stevenschelling8452 Жыл бұрын

I have a degree in electrical engineering and I was very impressed with the mathematical accuracy you used to describe all this. Subbed, would love to see other music production techniques described in this way

@clydehawkins123 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, where did you learn all of this stuff lol. These are some of the best videos I've ever seen. I have a hard time understanding the complicated stuff, and I'm still not sure EXACTLY what's going on, but you do an extremely good job of explaining things, and I'm learning things in your videos that I've never seen in other tutorials. Thank you

@pigsweat7763 Жыл бұрын

its easy you just look up the information online and then give a synopsis of it in a video.

@lex4478 Жыл бұрын

@@pigsweat7763 but the question was where…not how…silly goose

@samylemzaoui2298 Жыл бұрын

@@lex4478 well then the answer is probably on google. not that complicated. the tricky part is to search in physics terms because its complicated to find in depth information on audio effects, but signal processing is exactly the same so no big deal

@lex4478 Жыл бұрын

@@samylemzaoui2298 go to bed

@Hexspa Жыл бұрын

He’s probably into math

@qu765 Жыл бұрын

that play on words at 11:25 is worthy of a subscription. I really like seeing the cross between math and music that these videos cover, keep up the strong work!

@Patrick-ryan-collins 5 ай бұрын

😂 thanks I missed the ... convoluted

@kylemccombmusic Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making a video covering this topic that does not dwell in half-truths and oversimplifications! This is easily one of the most misunderstood topics in audio engineering and most gear/plugin makers are not helping one bit

@hexionas 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos bring back so much of my university memories back. I learned all this theory in the past and mathematics but it was before I started producing music. It was just another formula I needed to learn off for an exam back then. Thanks for putting so much depth into these videos they are really good for getting into the weeds of that is actually going on.

@izaacthebeatchef 3 жыл бұрын

man, the amount of depth in your breakdowns is amazing. i'm just starting to grasp at the technicalities of music and you've fed me so much more information in such a well put together format. thanks so much dude

@player042 3 жыл бұрын

Yo this is honestly some of the best in depth explanations of audio processing! Great videos, keep it up :)

@u_ok 2 жыл бұрын

I am literally rewatching the video I watched half a year ago, because this is huge!! Especially, when having the new videos on saturation. Love you, man❤️

@tristanwh9466 3 жыл бұрын

Very refreshing to get more info than I thought I needed, typically with these type of videos you get less but I love how in depth you go

@frederikclosius1707 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good quality, I am excited for more!

@welcomemcnall 2 жыл бұрын

This is how a video is done, not just the what, but also the why. Breaking it down from the fundamentals. Way better than any other video i've seen on the subject Thank you! Keep it up! I will keep watching for sure.

@88benz 3 жыл бұрын

dude this is finally a serious tutorial that makes me want to delve deeper. can’t wait for next video

@dharshandm7488 3 жыл бұрын

You have no idea how long I've been expecting videos like this.... Props man🤞🤞

@Digitt6 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the most advanced and detailed vids I've ever seen. Absolutely phenomenal! I've subscribed. You're amazing man

@potrishead Жыл бұрын

After youtubeing for a long long time and coming across countless semi-useful and plain useless production videos, I ended up getting to know this channel, and let me say, you are by far the best one. Clear, well done, technical explanations, graphics to understand better, and especially USEFUL tips on key aspects of production. Awesome!

@joecm Жыл бұрын

This video was freaking awesome, thanks so much for making. Looking forward to diving into the others. Please make more!!

@AntonMochalin Жыл бұрын

I like how solid and clear the concepts are in your videos. These are indeed the basics anyone doing sound/music production should understand.

@PMEExperts Жыл бұрын

This is the most comprehensive and clear video ever! Can't imagine how hard was to make all the images and animations to make ir clearer. Thank you!

@user-ji5oe3wb5c Жыл бұрын

Love this. Been studying sound design for a year independently and this is one of the most informative videos I've ever seen. I've come back to this over and over again at varying levels of experience and find a deeper understanding each time! Bravo!

@Rubingah 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this series. I'm subbed to many channels but this might be the first time I've ever hit the notifications bell. This channel is going to get huge, and deservedly so.

@Rubingah 3 жыл бұрын

"The best-sounding distortion comes from properly processing the sound before you even send it into your distortion" is eye-opening, as was your previous video's tip about (paraphrasing) "The more frequencies you remove from a signal, the more headroom you gain to drive the remaining signal into your saturator". You're clarifying these ideas in a way that fills in the missing links between theory and application. Psyched for the next video.

@macguyver3810 Жыл бұрын

I like the way how you produce your video --> no fancy cuts, the focus is on the content and everything is smooth! great!

@ianalmeidapinheiro8007 Жыл бұрын

This is actually the best production video I've seen in months. Learned a lot!

@xs10tl1 Жыл бұрын

One of the best presentations I've seen on YT.

@SomethingImpromptu 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely clear & rigorous breakdown. This helped me a lot! Thanks much for phenomenal work. 🙏

@100chuckjones 2 жыл бұрын

dude, been waiting for more videos. These are GREAT.

@briefcasemanx Жыл бұрын

This is much better than most KZfaq videos, like Paul Third's, where they dont fully understand what they're talking about and either give information that's incorrect, or information that is strangely myopic and missing a lot of relevant information.

@ryanoboyle1772 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video. I just found your channel after producing as a hobbyist for 3 years. Now that I’m getting comfortable with the basics, I’m glad to have a resource for more technical ideas that I feel ready to engage with.

@bunny.bunbob Жыл бұрын

this is so insanely good. my brain feels so understood.every craving for possible explanations or examples is satisfied before it can come to conciousness. 4 mins in and i learned so much that i havent learned in 13 years of dealing with music and watching production videos from time to time. i cant even express this properly right now. gonna go watch other videos on your channe afterwards.

@bunny.bunbob Жыл бұрын

its almost like an advanced AI sampled the way my brain understands those concepts or modelled them and then gave it to my brain that lives in the past with a 30 minute delay.

@outlanderart7273 Жыл бұрын

So I randomly clicked on this video to fill some time while I was busy and couldn’t actually search for anything specific. But instead of mindlessly listening for a minute and switching to something else. I was enjoying and thought I should leave a like and finish the full video. By the end of the next minute I was fully distracted by the video, not finishing what I was doing or looking for anything else to watch. By the end of it, I had decided it would be a crime to not subscribe and leave a comment for engagement of the KZfaq algorithms. Awesome video, you made a ton of concepts I have tried to learn and never fully understood, super intuitive and engaging. How you explained and visually showed the information was the perfect tools I needed to actually have it click in my brain. Please continue more of these. They are great. Thanks for reading my Ted Talk about the inner workings of my adhd brain, moment to moment. ❤

@ianyapxw 5 ай бұрын

I'm still really excited for the compression video! Even though it's been 2 years I'm still faithfully subscribed and checking back!

@menelaoeltrebol 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, you are filling the gap in music making and mixing, that I’ve ever waited for. Great work.

@basho5493 Жыл бұрын

wow this is the best tutorial ive seen on youtube about this topic, amazing - pls dont stop uploading

@hunterrobbins7590 3 жыл бұрын

This was fantastic thank you!

@jarenpachl8429 2 жыл бұрын

The channel is loaded, love it

@TheUnderscore_ Жыл бұрын

Having watched a video from this channel earlier, I was unsurprised by the fact that this was incredibly informative and concise whilst still containing some occasional humour. Awesome stuff.

@brianaltman9062 Жыл бұрын

Exactly the channel and content I was looking for. You’re a G for making all of these vids.

@MixMeMcGee 2 жыл бұрын

This is GREAT work. I don’t think that’s ever been laid out so clearly. Enough so, that even after 20 years of using this knowledge, I feel much clearer. Thanks man :)

@georgevarghese383 2 жыл бұрын

This is hands down the best video I've ever watched on any topic related to mixing and mastering. I love the physics and math involved in music

@saturna8225 Жыл бұрын

Honestly one of the best tutorials Ive ever found on this platform. Thanks for sharing

@kristoferpersson6751 3 жыл бұрын

Love these videos, knowledge served on a plate! keep it up!

@LPFan4 Жыл бұрын

I''ll have to rewatch this 5 times before I can make future suggestions. This is so transformative! Thanks!

@lantipode1617 2 жыл бұрын

yo you don't post enough, your content is unique and people are clearly loving it, keep it up !

@MishkaBier 3 жыл бұрын

I loved every second of this. Instant sub

@joshhowson 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible explanation and quality visuals. I'll definitely be watching again.

@Dthebeatsmith Жыл бұрын

Wow, I wish I had been given an explanation like this in college. This is probably the most intuitive video on the topic of saturation that I’ve seen!

@I_Davey 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video, this is exactly what I needed! Can't wait for the next one. 😊

@djvoid1 3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the upcoming vid!

@FlemmeDetout-qd6fn Жыл бұрын

hey man thank you. Have been trying to produce for years and this is one of the most useful guides i've ever seen.

@kasai1575 Жыл бұрын

4:59 this was really an eye-opener for me. I always imagined that less "sine-like" waves had more frequencies because more dramatic deviations from sine meant higher frequencies. This is a much more elegant way to think about it. A lot of the information you've presented in this video was stuff I had to spend a long time finding, largely because most production discourse revolves around "buy this plugin" and "use these samples." It's amazing to have all this information distilled into one source. Thank you!

@andregois7926 Жыл бұрын

Don't stop doing videos, this is gold!

@screw_the_world 2 жыл бұрын

THIS IS THE MOST DETAILED TUTORIAL I'VE EVER WATCHED. YOU DESERVE MORE SUBS AND VIEWS

@massimo-bnd 3 жыл бұрын

WOW! I always wanted to discover what’s under those tool we normally use, like saturation, equalisation and compression, and finally I found someone who explain that in a deeper way than basically all the KZfaq tutorial. Thank you so much for these videos, please continue to bring these tipe of format, I’m learning A LOT. 🙏🏻 In addition, I would suggest you to make some videos where you implements those theoretical concepts in a mix, for example, because yes, now I know way more than before on what saturation does, but I wouldn’t know where applying the right type of saturation. Thank you, again, for the attention (ye it’s a pretty long message I’m sorry😅) and have a good day!

@radicant7283 Жыл бұрын

This is so rad, actually providing in depth info instead of babby's first synth tutorial like 99% of YT. Excellent 👌

@Dashmaster305 Жыл бұрын

You are basically the Aarthificial of music production. Instant sub for the in-depth explanation + clean, helpful visuals!

@martinjacobd 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent overview. Thank you so much!

@figmentariumanimation7598 10 ай бұрын

Been binging your channel and feel like I’m finally leveling up after a long period of production plateauing. Thank you!

@RyTheUnDefined Жыл бұрын

DUDE.... I've been using graphic distortion and saturators for years, and had a pretty decent intuitive understanding, but I honestly learned SO MUCH from this video!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!! Can't wait to dive into more of your content!

@douglasdavis60 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic lesson.

@distillednoise Жыл бұрын

Never seen such an in depth and accurate video!! Congrats!

@mc2engineeringprof 3 жыл бұрын

"convoluted"! I love it!!!

@rzutyjenkin398 2 жыл бұрын

Nerd talk is always welcome. On the subject of saturation, it might be worth mentioning the differences between simple plugins based solely on waveshaping and the physical phenomena actually taking place with tape or transformer. The nonlinearity of inductance based components is more complex and more difficult to simulate than active components like tubes or transistors.

@vkay121 Жыл бұрын

please keep making more videos, i have learned more in last 5 videos than most content out there

@veikster1165 3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the next video, subbed!

@sikdrumz5752 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. One of the best I’ve seen. Well done, and thank you!!

@MattRid 7 ай бұрын

Bloody Brilliant! Thanks for this mate!

@metalzizar Жыл бұрын

Wish I found this gold mine ages ago, but I'm glad I did now. This was awesome dude, thank you.

@aeko Жыл бұрын

This is sooooo well explained. Thank you!

@kennedystudios4900 3 жыл бұрын

what an amazing video, every audio engineer needs to watch this

@tumpperi3891 11 ай бұрын

This opened the sauce ive been looking for my music for a long time. Thanks 👌

@magichusky Жыл бұрын

You sir, are blowing my mind! 🤯 Well done!

@Raest_999 Жыл бұрын

Man... I love how detailed and deep this video is. Going into the science of how things work is awesome, and including maths gives a deeper level of understanding. I know that's not a popular opinion but maths is vital for breaking real world phenomena into easy to manage thought experiments. I am loving your channel and content, and find that in a sea of beginner oriented channels that have very little left to teach me, I am learning a hell of a lot from yours. Please keep this up .

@franlarsen80 2 жыл бұрын

Love the techie element - we have enough vids that gloss over the details of how and why, we need more like this.

@bechari1709 2 жыл бұрын

some people pay lots of money to get this but here u are giving us for free. My thanks and appreciation.

@stankyleggifications 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely pacing mate, this is real quality.

@capnzilog Жыл бұрын

Spoken like a DSP engineer. You have my attention, sir - golden technical content!

@ektopia Жыл бұрын

Learning lots. Thanks.

@cassiomendes13 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Excellent class!

@slyparranini7639 3 жыл бұрын

mate that’s awesome. I was looking for someone to explain this as clearly. Cheers!

@user-ht9bo5zt4g 8 ай бұрын

One of the best explanations on that topic - big up many times!

@DanielTartarottiSobrosa Жыл бұрын

Man kepping making these kind of video, its awesome!

@paulmertens5522 10 ай бұрын

This deserves a medal. So good.

@BenjaminCarlson90 2 жыл бұрын

Mad respect for letting the technical exist and not dumbing it down. This is my kind of video.

@gregcarlino7906 Жыл бұрын

Best saturation video I found so far

@extralifedisco 3 жыл бұрын

Thoroughly and cogently explained. Well done!

@josephfarina9743 Жыл бұрын

This video is great. I've been making music with guitars and synths for 50 years, always thought about this stuff but never put the time into studying it. And here you hand it to me in 17 minutes. Thank you! A more basic discussion would probably make sense to a lot more people - even my eyes started to glaze over after 13 minutes or so. Consider doing something similar about flanging and comb filters. The big thing for me was at the end when you mention intermodulation distortion. Finally someone said it! I've never heard a single person bring it up, and it's SOOOO important. Intermodulation distortion is where all the magic is. You play a guitar note through a cranked amp and you hear a clean note. Play two notes and all these other overtones happen. I thought I was the only one who noticed. Thanks!

@mundelator 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant explanation of the subject, thx !!!

@thelongplaylp 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@OperculumAudio Жыл бұрын

Great Tutorial! The visualizations of your videos really help understand instead of the typical videos where one has to figure out what they mean with no visual reference

@odins_claw Жыл бұрын

Wow! Was not expecting that. Amazing content dude, subscribed

@MrJennes Жыл бұрын

Please make more vids. These are incredible. There are few out there, with this level of depth. You are answering all of my questions, but as I'm sure I have unanswered questions I didn't ask, I would like to see more content, please.