[sdiy] VC distortion?

[John Mahoney]

At 12:07 AM 11/30/2006, harry bissell wrote:
>A method of VC distortion I have used is to take the CV and invert 
>it... so there
>is a positive and a negative CV.  I use the CV's to set the level of 
>a pair of active
>clamps... giving symmetrical clipping. OK it need ~not~ be 
>symmetrical if you make
>the CVs unequal.
>
>Downside was the amplitude decreased as clipping increased. A VCA following
>this could compensate for that if you wanted...
>[snip]
>H^) harry

If one is willing to use a VCA, then I still think that using the VCA 
*before* a clipper (or other distortion device) is a great way to 
have voltage-controlled distortion. This can provide a range of 
sounds from clean to dirty, all at the maximum output level.
--
john