Re: distortion, overdrive,fuzz,crunch,special sauce, secret goo

[kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com]

Quoting Toby Graves <carpet8@mac.com>:
>
> The evidence:  hit a C7 flat nine chord with distortion on.  It clashes
> with itself.  Hit the chord on a clean channel.  How does it sound now?
>  What is causing the interference?
>
This would be Intermodulation Distortion (IM).

If you are tuned to beatless intervals then the resulting sound will  
not be as complex (mangeled??) then tempered.

If you were to play each string on its own channel through seperate  
distortion units, you would get a "cleaner" sound -- more like a synth  
-- because you would clip each note seperately and avoid the IM.

Basically, if the frequencies of the strings are integral ratios (1:1,  
2:1, 2:3, etc...) then you will get a pretty "straight tone".  A ratio  
such as 2.3:1 will give you complex IM compared to a simple, integral  
ratio.

-- Kevin