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Lemon Fast Distortion

Lemon Fast Distortion is a light, quick distortion. Use it to add grit to a bass, bite to a drum loop or a bit of edge to a vocal, without a lot of setup.

It’s built into Lemon Studio, and also comes as a VST3 and CLAP plugin for other DAWs.

The Lemon Fast Distortion window: knobs for pre amp, threshold, type, mix and post gain, and the distortion curve

Add some grit

Section titled “Add some grit”
  1. Put Lemon Fast Distortion in an effect slot on a mixer track.
  2. Raise PRE AMP to push the sound harder into the distortion.
  3. Turn THRESHOLD to set how much of the sound gets distorted. The curve on the right shows the result.
  4. Try the two TYPE curves, A and B, and keep the one you like.
  5. Pull MIX back to blend some of the clean sound in, and use POST GAIN to even out the level.

The controls

Section titled “The controls”
Control What it does
PRE AMP Level into the distortion
THRESHOLD The level where the distortion bites
TYPE A or B: two different curves
MIX The balance of the clean and distorted sound
POST GAIN Output level

Tips

Section titled “Tips”
  • Distortion makes sounds louder. Lower POST GAIN to compare fairly with the clean sound.
  • For a gentler effect, try Lemon Soft Clipper.
Section titled “Related”