Hi there,
I am trying to reasonably emulate a bitcrushing/downsampling/waveshaping guitar pedal. After having put together those three functions, I realised (looking at videos on the net - I don't actually owe the pedal) that when bit depth/samplerate are set to maximum (best sound 'quality') and a 'unitary' wavetable is used (doesn't modify anything in the sound), the actual pedal still provides a broad "distortion/fuzz" sound. (of course the video provides clean and effected sound, ensuring comprehension)
As the sound I actually get with my patch is deceiving yet logical, I came to the conclusion that the clipping stage has to be 'upgraded'. I replaced the previous [clip~ -1 1] with a [tanh~], and I found it interesting but still far from satisfactory.
Googling about analog fuzz/distortion/overdrive gave some hints, but I'm still far from being able to put together a 'simplified physical model' of such a fuzz/distortion.
So I will try to start with a good transistor electronics book, to see what is the difference between germanium and silicium devices, and see if I could use some caracteristic curves to build a [diode~] and a [transitor_amplifier~] objects.
Any help appreciated !
Thanks,
Nau