[sdiy] VC distortion?

[Harry Bissell Jr]

My point was that you can have variable clipping
(ergo distortion) under direct voltage control...
instead of a fixed level (diode etc).

In my case I wanted variable amplitude (dynamic
fuzz) so it was a feature, not a bug...

Just another way to do it, food for thought... :^P

H^) harry

--- John Mahoney <jmahoney at gate.net> wrote:

> 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
> 
>