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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>Paul Perry wrote</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>>look at the Dr Q, there isn't anything precise
<BR>there. So I think there is some 'design by ear', but by people who
know<BR>what they are doing....I find the hardest thing in designing fx, is to
stop looking at the<BR>CRO and trust my (or preferably somebody elses)
ears.<<<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Couldn't agree more Paul and it's a universal hangup.
Most recording engineers will tell you a Chameleon amp sounds better than an H+H
but they always make sure they know which one they're listening to before they
pass judgement! Distortion FX were invented by accident after all. I can imagine
a lot of tech types, on hearing distortion created for the very first time,
would have said 'fix that terrible noise!'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>My favourite envelope FX is the the Mutron 111 BTW. I
built mine from scratch and added a threshold control for
variation.</FONT></DIV>
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