Learn About Diodes In Distortion Effects - Clipping Circuit Explained (With Sound Samples)

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[@Jem7sk]

Adrian, glad I found your channel. I've been trying to teach myself to build pedals for a little while now and all the info I find on forums is old, outdated and confusing because the links no longer work. Then a few minutes after finding your channel and everything is much clearer for me. I've watched most of your videos already today and look forward to watching more. If you are still taking requests I'd love to see a video where you trace the signal through the schematic and explain what the components are doing to the signal. Thank you!

[@angusorvid8840]

Great, very helpful, informative video. I've been a fan of distortion pedals as long as I've been playing. I've owned many pedals since the 80s. They all serve their purpose. I prefer the approach of using a slightly dirty amp boosted by a pedal. I've tried a number of Germanium diode pedals, too many to list here, and I'm a big fan. The reason I don't like high gain amps is not that they don't sound good. There are plenty of great ones. But I get tired of the tone of one amp no matter how good it sounds and like to mix things up, and pedals are a great way to do it. Every pedal is, in its own way, an amp, or at least preamp.

[@mr.marvidelfx]

What an excellent video, very cool to be able to see the functionality of each diode and its peculiarities Thank you for passing on your knowledge, success!

[@ToneCharmAudio]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@ahchv]

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[@u.s.a.198]

Thank you

[@michaelgovers8036]

Thank you Adrian, for swinging education my way, it is very much appreciated :)

[@deleted_user_5555]

Can you make a DIY wah pedal?

[@nedstar7378]

Nice video thanks for sharing, do you have a schematic of this design.

[@miguelrichartmellado2834]

Hola! Me gusta mucho tu canal. Algún video de un pedal high gain distorsion? Gracias.

[@MadMarcWinnipeg]

Sick, thank you.

[@HennyKenny-l2b]

Please I want to make this for my final year project, the electrolytic capacitor use what is the voltage on them, and the white capacitor what is the number on it. I would be glad if you can reply me thanks for your video.

[@ToneCharmAudio]

Circuit uses 9V power supply so you need capacitors rated higher than this. 16V or higher will be fine. Higher rated are bigger so they need more space on board.

[@ToneCharmAudio]

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[@JefeInquisidorGOW]

LEDs for the win!

[@chickenbiscuit4525]

Long live fuzz/distortion and Kings of Tone

[@Farvadude]

is there any particular reason to use LEDs that light up versus those that don't?

[@ToneCharmAudio]

Yes, they clip the signal at different levels.

[@MAP448]

I have a theory that the least amount of forward voltage results in a much cleaner softer signal in a hard clipping circuit.

[@explosionmonty]

higher forward voltage results in a cleaner signal because it cuts less from the original signal with the same Gain Setting on the OpAmp. More interesting would be the sound difference by matching the Gain to the forward voltages of the Diodes so that they all cut the same relative amount from the signal.

[@vivekmehta5172]

Have the outputs from each set of diodes been normalised to same perceived final volume ?

[@ToneCharmAudio]

Yes, I was turning down volume a bit after changing diodes for ones with higher forward voltage. You can see right knob it's in diferent positions - it's volume :) Cheers! Thanks for watching.

[@Andreas_Straub]

If you adjust the gain setting proportionally to the diode forward voltage, all the diodes will sound VERY similar. Even changing the topology (like using asymmetrical diode setups) will only change sound to a relatively small degree. This is the reason why the REAL difference in overdrive and distortion circuits lies nearly nearly exclusively in the pre- and post-filtering of the distortion block.

[@paradiselost9946]

true... except for certain little aspects... forward and reverse recovery times. everyone concentrates on the clip, and generally only how fast it clips, or if its clipped on one, or either side of the zero line... they rarely consider how fast it "un-clips". reverse recovery is often far faster, gives a much harder "knee", and its the edge of the knee that gives the harmonic content, the closer it can approximate a square wave. true diodes, ie, vacuum tubes, give different curves on both knees again... as the manner in which they conduct is so utterly different to solid state. fun fact, you can get a tube to produce a sharper knee than any solid state device by adding NFB, as contradictory as that sounds... one must simply ask themselves... what happens when one hits cut-off and suddenly theres no NFB fighting the input signal that was large enough to cause cutoff despite the NFB? im a tube guy, through and through. gimme supercharged lightbulbs! that being said, there are so many variables, from string gauge to scale length to the speaker and the eardrum perceiving various sounds, that the whole argument is pretty well much pointless... what you like isnt necessarily what i like, and that guy over there hates anyone making any noise at all... lol.

[@Beelzybud]

Pink led.

[@DerpRulesAll]

The IN4148 gets a harsh no. 🤣 It's harsh with the Gain at _medium._

[@spasticjackson9578]

IN4148 BEUNO ! Smashing Pumpkins

[@kadenshoemaker6669]

Wait so you can use a led as a diode

[@ToneCharmAudio]

led is light emitting diode :)

[@jsdhesmith2011]

I think the bats sounded best. I did the same experiment with germanium, bat, 1n4148. These were all pulled out of an old organ from the 70’s that I scavenged for parts. The germanium diodes were best followed by the bat41.

[@mrBDeye]

The circuit is clipping at max without any diodes.

[@ToneCharmAudio]

Yup, clean gain it's limited by power rails, with higher supply voltage we can amplify it more without distortion.

[@HennyKenny-l2b]

Please I want to make this for my final year project, the electrolytic capacitor use what is the voltage on them, and the white capacitor what is the number on it. I would be glad if you can reply me thanks for your video.

[@paradiselost9946]

@@HennyKenny-l2b the purpose of a "final year", the education system altogether, was to get EDUCATED. stop COPYING. i guess you want to be an EE yet cant grasp the voltage ratings or basic principle of a capacitor?