Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/41 Vinyl Distortion
- Vinyl Distortion imitates the distortions of vinyl playback, which come from the geometry of needle and groove, and adds crackle.
- Tracing Model — even harmonic distortion. Drive or vertical drag in its X-Y display sets the amount; horizontal drag or the Freq field sets its frequency ("color");
Option-drag (Mac) / Alt-drag (Windows) vertically sets Q. - Pinch Effect — odd harmonics, typically 180° out of phase for a wider stereo image; same controls, different sound.
- Drive (global) — overall distortion from both sections
- Soft imitates a dub plate; Hard a standard record.
- Stereo/mono switch — whether the Pinch distortion is stereo (more realistic) or mono
- Crackle — noise with Density and Volume