I decided that I wanted to have some FX processors for my synth so I started looking at simple modules to build and I come across the distortion+. The distortion+ is a soft clipper, however as you can see it turns the pretty sine into a hard square so the circuit may need some tweaking. The clipping comes from a diode network at the output of the circuit, different diode materials and placement will determine how much the signal is clipped, this is how you get the ‘fuzz’, ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ clipping sound. I have posted a video to show it working with my Roland synth.
Heres a link to the video!
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