Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/28 Pedal
- Pedal is a guitar distortion. With Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/39 Tuner, Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/01 Amp and Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/06 Cabinet it covers guitar processing, and it also works on vocals, synths and drums.
- Gain — distortion amount; 0% still distorts. Start at 0% and raise it. Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/40 Utility before Pedal can lower the input further.
- Output — output gain
- Pedal Type:
- Overdrive — warm and smooth
- Distortion — tight and aggressive
- Fuzz — unstable, like a broken amp
- A three-band adaptive EQ after the distortion; Q rises with boost.
- Bass — peak at 100 Hz, for punch in bass and drums or to thin out guitars
- Mid — boost with a three-position Mid Frequency switch: 500 Hz (narrow), 1 kHz, 2 kHz (wide), as on guitar pedals
- Treble — shelf at 3.3 kHz, to remove or add harshness
- For finer EQ, leave these neutral and add Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/15 EQ Eight after.
- Sub — low shelf boosting below 250 Hz. Pair it with Bass: Sub on with Bass −100%, or Sub off with Bass 100%.
- Dry/Wet — balance of processed and dry signal
- Hi-Quality in the title bar's context menu reduces aliasing, for slightly more CPU.
- What comes before Pedal changes how it distorts. A Compressor first gives a more even result; a resonant, high-gain EQ or filter first gives a screaming distortion.
- Pick a kick with a long decay (such as Kit-Core 909 with decay raised), choose the Distortion type, turn on Sub and set Gain to taste.
- More whack: Mid Frequency fully right and Mid up. More thump: Bass up. Less air: Treble down.
- Fuzz, Gain 50%, Sub off; Bass and Mid at −100%, Mid Frequency to taste, Treble 100%; Output −20 dB. Then raise Dry/Wet from 0% until the drums fizz enough.
- Fuzz, Sub off, Bass all the way down, Treble 25%, Mid 100% with Mid Frequency fully right, Gain 100%.
- To warm a plain sub bass: Overdrive type, Sub on, Bass up, then raise Gain slowly; shape the mids with Mid.