Stereo Feedback Delayed Distortion Built From Scratch

What it does

An elaboration of the "Stereo Distortion Built From Scratch" DrawingBoard to include a feedback delay element.

The distortion is achieved by first overdriving the signal with the "Large Gain" block, then clipping this overdriven signal (via the "Audio Clipper" block) to produce an amplitude smaller than one.

The limiter is used to prevent digital clipping caused by constructive interfere between the signals entering the Delay block.

Try experimenting with all settings of all effects to explore the bahaviour of this versatile combination.

Effects used

Clipper Large Gain Linear Mixer (2-in)Limiter Delay + Gain

7 blocks 7 connections

In WaveWarp, 1998

How the original documented it

Stereo Feedback Delayed Distortion Built From Scratch An elaboration of the "Stereo Distortion Built From Scratch" DrawingBoard to include a feedback delay element. The distortion is achieved by first overdriving the signal with the "Large Gain" block, then clipping this overdriven signal (via the "Audio Clipper" block) to produce an amplitude smaller than one. The limiter is used to prevent digital clipping caused by constructive interfere between the signals entering the Delay block. Try experimenting with all settings of all effects to explore the bahaviour of this versatile combination.

Components used (1998)

Audio ClipperOutput Stereo WAVE DriverLarge gainInput WAV fileLinear MixerAudio LimiterSimple delay with mix