[sdiy] diode war

[ben]

i guess component choice here is very subjective, but i found some el cheapo
green LEDs sounded the good.

but on the topic of diodes in the feedback loop of an opamp, how much would
the opamp itself characterise the sound. im guessing that because in
general, lowering the gain of an opamp increases bandwidth, the high gain at
low voltages and low gain at high voltages caused by the diodes in the
feedback loop, would make the gain/bandwidth characteristics of the opamp a
major consideration in this sort of distortion circuit. but i have no idea
how this affects the sound.

any thoughs and ideas?


ben
on 8/10/02 4:22 AM, Dave Krooshof at synthos at xs4all.nl wrote:

> [blue] I now have blue LEDs in them (open @ 1.5 volt), they sound fairly
> clean.
> That is: this is just clipping, not a distortion. Cool as in not warm.
> 
> [red] I'll make a switch to hook the semi-transperant light-red LEDs in again,
> as those sound crazy in the midrange. Wow!
> 
> So the QUESTION is:
> What's _your_ favourite clipping component?