For the given circuit, if the sine wave you’re putting into the diode clipping circuit is loud enough to distort, which of these will the output signal look like
A. It will be symmetrical on both ends of the signal.
For the circuit given, if the sine wave you’re putting into the diode clipping circuit is loud enough to distort, which of these will the output signal look like
B. It will be asymmetrical clipping on the signal.
Assume the speaker symbol is any pair of headphones or a small speaker, and you test both of these circuits with the same headphones or speaker. Is it safe to assume that the output of these two circuits will sound the same and be the same volume?
No, the two circuits will sound different.
With this circuit, if you turn the crossfader all the way to one side you’ll hear a distorted signal. If you turn the crossfader all the way to the other side you’ll hear a clean signal.
If you turn the potentiometer to its halfway point, you’ll hear the exact average of the voltages.
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