Audio Disto Diode Clipper

Diode clipper distortion with four clipping modes. Emulates the nonlinear behavior of diode-based clipping circuits found in classic guitar pedals.

Diode clippers are among the most common distortion circuits in guitar effects. Depending on the diode arrangement (symmetric or asymmetric, silicon or germanium), the clipping character ranges from smooth overdrive to aggressive hard clipping.

Settings

bypass

Bypasses the module processing when activated (ON).

  • OFF (0): Module processes normally
  • ON (1): Input passes directly to output without processing

in

Audio input flow(s).

out

Audio output flow(s).

drive

Input gain before the clipping stage. Higher values push the signal further into the nonlinear clipping region, producing more distortion.

type

Selects the clipping mode:

  • symmetric soft — smooth, rounded clipping applied equally to positive and negative signal. Similar to back-to-back silicon diodes.
  • symmetric hard — flat hard clipping at +/-1. Produces strong odd harmonics.
  • asymmetric soft — positive half is softly clipped (tanh), negative half is clipped more gently. Produces a mix of even and odd harmonics.
  • asymmetric hard — positive half clips at 0.8, negative half clips at -0.5. Produces strong even harmonics due to the asymmetry.

tone

Low-pass filter after the clipping stage. Controls the brightness of the distorted signal. Lower values produce a darker, smoother tone.

Common Settings

info

show manual

Opens the web browser to display information or help about the selected object, if it exists.

For more details about information/help creation, see create-help-file.

description

Description of the module for internal help purposes only. The description is not displayed in the interface.

ID's

visible only in god mode, see setup-panel-tab-expert.

unique ID

Current private ID for this control used to identify the object.

preset ID

Current private preset ID for this control used for presets.

recreate ID

If you experience difficulties in Polyphonic mode, try to recreate new id(s) with this button.

repair ID s

Each Patch shared on the local network uses its own ID (identification number). If you experience issues of Patches that don't send information to the good target, this button will rebuild all these id's.

Object Remote Address

absolute

Absolute remote address. see objects-address.

local

Local to the current patch remote address. see objects-address.

user addr

User defined remote address. see objects-address.

See also

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