Use EQ before saturation
Tame low-end before saturation to get smoother saturation.
The amplitude of low-frequency content is often higher than that of high frequency content. This is apparent because of the overtone series.
It can also be explained because the energy of a sine wave depends on its amplitude and its frequency.1
E ~ Af
To keep a constant energy, for frequency to increase, amplitude must decrease.1
This can be used for other overpowering frequencies too.
Boosting before saturation can be used to exploit the Missing fundamental phenomenon.1 I can also do this with Saturn, SlickEQ, Spectre, or any saturation that allows me to use it on a specific band.
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