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Re: Sweetest pedal.. thickness/dynamics

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9/28/1999 9:42 AM

Re: Sweetest pedal.. thickness/dynamics

I think that dist pedals sound thin because there is
too much clipping. The higher harmonics are too dominant.
You could try EQ after dist and boost bass, but the
sound will be muddy as there are lots of 2nd and 3rd
harmonics at lower frequencies. I think that you should
have an HP filter before clipping stage (2nd order,
12 dB/oct), then the clipping stage and a LP
stage followed by that. This way the lower notes
don't distort as much as higher tones. You could
possible get a really nice distortion by adjusting
the HP to a frequency ABOVE the fundamental of
all notes on guitar's scale, then distorting
just the harmonics and filtering the output.

9/27/1999 8:50 PM
Bjorn	Re: Sweetest pedal.. I give my vote on the Tone Pump from David Barber. Bjorn

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