[PD] analogue clipping

[Claude Heiland-Allen]

hard off wrote:
> what's the best and most cpu efficient way to clip a signal in an
> analogue fashion, rather than getting nasty digital distortion?

I quite like [expr~ tanh($v1)] - but it isn't especially cpu efficient. 
    To hear it in action, just about every sound in this has been 
through several [expr~ tanh($v1)] ::

http://www.archive.org/details/ClaudiusMaximus_-_Incidents_At_Sea

Otherwise, I think there are some theorems about waveshaping and the 
amount of oversampling necessary to avoid aliased frequencies and that 
nasty digital sound...


Claude
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