Creative Mixing

Question 1

What type of clipping does a transistor produce when the input limit is driven?

Answer 1

hard-clipping

Question 2

What type of clipping does a valve produce when the input limit is driven?

Answer 2

soft-clipping

Question 3

Which produces a linear response near to it’s maximium input gain - a valve or a transistor?

Answer 3

transistor

Question 4

When will a valve begin to apply compression to a signal ?

Answer 4

when itis approaching the input limit level

Question 5

What are the characteristics added to the sound by a valve being driven near to it’s input limit?

Answer 5

Overall compression of the signal, emphasising the lower-order harmonics to warm and thicken-up the sound, soft-clipping, adding even-order harmonics

Question 6

What are the characteristics added to the sound by a transistor being driven near to it’s input limit?

Answer 6

Hard-clipping, emphasising the higer-frequencies, adding distortion