Heres what i understand from wikipedia and stuff
Type I distortion: The subtle warmth(from minute pitch bend) you get from analogue tape equipment
Type II distortion: driving the signal so it clips and folds adding new harmonics
The big one im confused about is waveshaping distortion, what is this doing to the signal? it seems like it does more than clip and fold
Also, why do huge basses sound better when there are small amounts of distortion applied alot? (rather than Alot once) Like is there some sideband thing going on or something
Theres just so many distortions out there, you got amp, tube, saturation, triode, tape. Not to mention all the ones that come with a plugin like ohmnicide.
Can these all be seperated into type I and II?
Distortion has always been the most mysterious effect, yet at the same time the most important!