Processing blues harp (harmonica)

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Processing blues harp (harmonica)

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[mention]Alison[/mention] and others might find this interesting:

http://blog.presonus.com/index.php/2019 ... -fx-chain/

It suggests one way of processing a thinner sound into a big, fat blues harp sound:
- limiter
- EQ - trim off highs (> ~7.5kHz) and lows (< ~200Hz)
- distortion plug-in
- guitar cab sim
- EQ - boost midrange "honk"
- reverb (delay is another good one here)

The article's example plugins are specific to Studio One, but the concepts could be translated to other DAWs.
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