Soft clipping is a way of suppressing the signal so that the rounded peaks and valleys of the signals are preserved. ![]() The way this is done is called clipping, and the method of clipping determines the type of distortion. This means the tops and bottoms of the waves are pushed down into the threshold zone of the device. ![]() These naturally forming waves and troughs exceed the threshold of the device that is broadcasting them into the air, so the first step in distortion is called clipping. Picture each pluck of a guitar string producing an up and down wave with rounded shapes that crest and bottom out at the same ratio. “Significant” is a subjective measure, of course, but for guitar pedals, the variation is not so much a bending of the tone itself as a crunching of the audio waves. Distortion is an audio phenomenon that means any significant variation on the direct signal of note to noise that comes through the vibrations an instrument makes. ![]() There is a lot of variation that goes beyond the two pedals we’ll be reviewing today, so if you want to learn more, look around on here or any other guitar playing forum and you’ll get all the answers you need.įirst of all, we’ve got to get into a little bit of science – physics, to be exact. ![]() To know what you want in a pedal, you have to know how they work, so we’re going to give you a primer.
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