1.0Sonarworks Bloghttps://www.sonarworks.com/blogKatrina Cabulehttps://www.sonarworks.com/blog/author/katrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="EO97Nk8dmW"><a href="https://www.sonarworks.com/blog/glossary/distortion">Distortion<span class="dashicons " data-icon="" style="color:#000;display:inline;vertical-align:baseline;"></span></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sonarworks.com/blog/glossary/distortion/embed#?secret=EO97Nk8dmW" width="600" height="338" title="“Distortion<span class="dashicons " data-icon="" style="color:#000;display:inline;vertical-align:baseline;"></span>” — Sonarworks Blog" data-secret="EO97Nk8dmW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Distortion simply means “altering.” In audio, distortion implies a change that adds unwanted harmonics or noise to a signal. Guitar amp distortion is desirable while mic preamp distortion is usually undesirable. Common types of distortion include clipping, frequency distortion, intermodulation distortion, transient intermodulation distortion, and phase distortion. All these types of distortion are usually combined…https://blog-uploads.imgix.net/2024/04/Frame-3531.png?auto=compress%2Cformat19201080