04-03-2014, 05:08 PM
do you have senior's mix secrets book? that's actually where I got the idea to use it as an effects return. never would have thought of it on my own, but it's a lot more subtle so it works really well for vocals and acoustic instruments where you can't really get away with much distortion. I think the mix knob works the same way but this approach just seems a little more flexible since you can apply additional filtering/processing to the return and get the distortion right where you want it. obviously electronic music like this doesn't require that subtle a touch, though!
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!