Where would one post such an article? In the Blog Section?
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I did too. I havenāt used it yet either. My main issue with it is that there are so many options, itās hard to know where to even start. This is more of an issue of me not knowing the software well enough to be able to actually use it.
This will sound dumb and self preachy, but now I just use Imperial Delay for distortion. If I want distortion, I just mute the wet channel and turn up the drive. Itās probably not the most simple way for most people to use distortion, but I kind of taylored that distortion channel specifically for my needs, and I obviously know it really well.
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I love the Oxford Inflator, although I donāt think of it as a distortion plug, but it sure inflates nicely! 
(The Limiter is also great BTW). I often use a combination of UAD Studer 800 + Slate VCC, sometimes Kush Omega N or A, and then the Cubase Saturation build-in plug in the channel strip.
Iād gladly set you up for posting it in the blog if youāre interested 
Hereās an article I found - a bit of an overview: http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/distortion-studio
Then there are these videos I posted here featuring āThe Tchadā who pretty much uses distortion all over his mixes:
I use Guitar Rig for distortionā¦ there are some way cool fx in thereā¦
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GR is awesome for so many things - the āTransampā module is there version of Sansamp - great for parallel distortion on drums!
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ahh cool ideaā¦ thanksā¦
Never really used GR. I find it too bloated, so itās definitely not the kind of thing I reach for when Iām looking into mangling sounds, perhaps Iām wrong?
No oneās ārightā or āwrongā when it comes to personal preference and workflow - whatever works for you, Pat!
That said, I found GR a monster for mangling sounds. I got hooked on the āSpecial Effectsā presets which provide me with much amusement. They are outrageous and nothing to do with guitars per se.
Once I started reverse engineering their often convoluted signal paths, it opened up a pretty much unlimited palette of sound mangling possibilitiesā¦ Basically, if I can imagine an effect that I want to create, or an emotion I want to convey, I can get exactly what I imagine with GR.
A good example in practise is the huge distorted cavernous echo that happens on the word ādevourā in this latest song I posted on BTR: http://indierecordingdepot.com/uploads/default/original/1X/a799b01a6ab6d05555520bddc7e28e309b9add3e.mp3
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Yeah, it does sound great!
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Yes please
Ahhā¦ thatās what you used for ādevourāā¦ that bit was particularly BIGā¦
I love Saturn from fab filter and also just starting to dig on Infected mushroom pusher from waves for subtle pushing of levels and harmonic content
Just did an article on distortion here http://wp.indierecordingdepot.com/how-i-use-distortion-when-mixing-and-tracking/
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Very nice writeup Paul! Some very good food for thought, I certainly hadnāt considered much of what you wrote about. Thanks for doing it!
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Your welcome. I find writing blogs helps me solidify my intentions on a given topic. It is an entirely self serving exercise 
Enlightened self-interest. 
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Soundtoys decapitator
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I find that I use that one quite a bit also
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