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TUBE saturation via The Echo [video]

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Marco Raaphorst

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The Echo is one of my favourite effect devices in Reason. Both the OVDR (overdrive) and TUBE settings are super useful for adding some analog grit to your sound. The TUBE setting creates a nice and strong EVEN 1st harmonic even when the Drive is at 0.

Check out my video below. You can see how I am not using any Drive on The Echo. I am feeding it a very hot input signal, using two Selig Gain devices. Notice how the peak level stays the same at -9 dB but the overall loudness perception increases when using The Echo. The OVDR setting is more transparent sounding than the TUBE setting which sounds a little more compressed.

UPDATE: You can now download the Combinator patch I have created for this example:

Input Drive (v1) (127.2 KiB, 2,158 hits)

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6 responses to “TUBE saturation via The Echo [video]”

  1. Mikael Avatar
    Mikael

    thank you. it’s one of my most overlooked devices – I’m a creature of habit with the 7k – so this was really helpful.

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    1. Marco Raaphorst Avatar
      Marco Raaphorst

      glad to hear! btw 7k, what is that?

      Reply
      1. Mikael Avatar
        Mikael

        oh, sorry. I was too lazy to write RV7000. 🙂

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        1. Marco Raaphorst Avatar
          Marco Raaphorst

          aha, yup cool device too 🙂

          Reply
  2. michael Avatar
    michael

    Errm tube demo on drums = meh . Can i bravely suggest if you want to show how great a tube effect is try guitar. I’ve yet to hear anything that gets close to a real fed back sustained and distorted via tube sound but id pay well for it.

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    1. Marco Raaphorst Avatar
      Marco Raaphorst

      I have many examples available on my blog which focus on guitar. For example: http://melodiefabriek.com/blog/oh-my-tubeness-amp-in-reason-8-sounds-amazing/ And I have even made my own tube amp simulator: http://melodiefabriek.com/shop/rockmen/

      What sounds better is very subjective.

      I love using saturation on everything really. Not only on drums, guitars or bass. A trick I’ve learned from Tchad Blake.

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