Distortion vs. Overdrive

Dear community!


after using both, Logic's Distortion and Overdrive plugins, on a simple sine wave, it seems as if the Overdrive plugin adds merely odd harmonics, whereas the Distortion plugin creates both, even and odd harmonics.


I wonder, why is the Overdrive plugin said to be "warmer" sounding, if we associate even harmonics with "warm sounding"?


-> Overdrive in Logic Pro - Apple Support


Thanks for your responses!


Kind regards


Luca / pwnfl4sh



MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Oct 6, 2022 1:06 AM

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