[sdiy] diode war

[Tony Clark]

> I second that, kind of  anyway.
> 4148 antiparallel + resistor.
> However I favor a different topology.
> 
> For the guitar version of my wave folder I needed a rather soft distortion
> with a fixed maximum signal level ("hard ceiling").
> Diodes in a feedback loop don't do that, their minimum gain is one.
> Ended up with a 100k resistor feeding a non inverting opamp and two 4148
> from opamp to ground.
> Works very smooth :)

   Heh, although I left that part out, this is similar to how I use 
it!  I have this on the master outputs on my modular to prevent too high 
levels from reaching the mixer (and to also give me the option of 
overdriving the outputs for that nice fuzzy sound).  :)

   Cheers,

   Tony

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