Experimenting with Mid-Side Distortion through Guitar Pedals

One of my favorite things to do in mix is run tracks through my guitar pedals for textured distortion and other effects. When processing stereo sources, I often switch to M/S to get around not having matched pedals for left and right. To get the audio out of reaper and back in I use the ReaInsert plugin.
It takes a bit of setup time but I find it worth doing for the more interesting sounds that can be achieved with hands on controls. At the very least it’s a fun thing to do to break up a long mix session.

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More mid-side, ReaInsert, and hardware fx tutorials

https://reaperblog.net/2016/04/mid-side-compression-using-reacomp/

https://reaperblog.net/2018/02/hardware-fx/

https://reaperblog.net/2016/09/re-amping-bass-distortion/

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