Scott DeVarenne wrote:Master volume is post phase inverter/splitter. Very cool. Ask me why.
Christian LeBlanc wrote:Is it so you can feed a preamped signal out into some effects/whatevers so you can induce power amp distortion on the amplifier and not worry about clipping/frying what you're feeding?
Scott DeVarenne wrote:Why did I suggest anyone ask me why? Why? I have mostly theories and hunches. Very little which I would consider knowledge, that being information gained through first-hand experience. I have really only spent a significant amout of time with two amps (I'm not counting solid state amps, does that make me seem snooty?). I have read some stuff, but it's hard to know who to trust (I don't beleive that being full of s**t is necessarily a conscious decision).
Anyone who knows they know better than me can feel free to point out my mistakes.Christian LeBlanc wrote:Is it so you can feed a preamped signal out into some effects/whatevers so you can induce power amp distortion on the amplifier and not worry about clipping/frying what you're feeding?
Let's take the long way home. Are clipping and distortion the same thing? Is it a difference in degree of the same process/activity? I think of clipping as dynamic compression and distortion as the creation/addition of new harmonic content. They are related, though, right? Somebody?
The answer to your question is mostly "no". If you are creating distortion by working over the power amp, then you are going to be clipping the signal that is hitting the power amp. If amp fx send> effects unit> amp fx return, then it's a straighforward, single signal chain. But, if amp fx send> effects unit> elsewhere (nothing plugged into amp fx return), then what's happening in the power amp will not have any bearing on the signal that's feeding the effects.
Now, post phase inverter master volume on the Vintage Modern...
Alain Benoit wrote:If you guys can wait until next week when I have more time I will delve into clipping, distortion and other artifacts for yas.
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Mathieu Benoit wrote:Alain Benoit wrote:If you guys can wait until next week when I have more time I will delve into clipping, distortion and other artifacts for yas.
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I've been waiting for a full-on distortion thread to develop. I'd like to register for this class. Let's start it over in "sounds good" and make a fresh thread for it.
Scott DeVarenne wrote:in the situation you last mentioned, neither the phase inverter nor anything after (master volume/power amp) will change how the FX sound.
Phase inverter is after the FX return so, in the situation you last mentioned, neither the phase inverter nor anything after (master volume/power amp) will change how the FX sound.
Alain Benoit wrote:If you guys can wait until next week when I have more time I will delve into clipping, distortion and other artifacts for yas.
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