Chrisq206
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I do know a few things about diodes and have experimented for years, but the is a lot I don’t know.
I do know that forward voltage is probably the key spec in indicating how much clipping a circuit will have. I’ve used diodes with very low Fwd voltage that clipped a lot, but we’re very quite. I’ve also gone the other way and had such high forward voltage that it was pretty much like having no clipping diodes at all
I’d like to know more about how different diodes might sound beyond their forward Voltage. Do diode types with the same fwd voltage sound different? How? How do different circuits change diode behavior?
The Suhr Riot has resistors in the clipping to keep the volume even across all the diode selections. How does that work while still keeping the clipping time the same? If I wanted a Distortion + to be louder but clip the same could I add a resistor to ground?
I have a bunch of builds with socketed diode sections and would like to go past what I already know.
Any information or thread recommendations would be appreciated.
I do know that forward voltage is probably the key spec in indicating how much clipping a circuit will have. I’ve used diodes with very low Fwd voltage that clipped a lot, but we’re very quite. I’ve also gone the other way and had such high forward voltage that it was pretty much like having no clipping diodes at all
I’d like to know more about how different diodes might sound beyond their forward Voltage. Do diode types with the same fwd voltage sound different? How? How do different circuits change diode behavior?
The Suhr Riot has resistors in the clipping to keep the volume even across all the diode selections. How does that work while still keeping the clipping time the same? If I wanted a Distortion + to be louder but clip the same could I add a resistor to ground?
I have a bunch of builds with socketed diode sections and would like to go past what I already know.
Any information or thread recommendations would be appreciated.