ANALOG LAB WEEK 9 ASSIGNMENT

By: Charlie Reynolds

1) For this circuit…

…if the sine wave you’re putting into the diode clipping circuit is loud enough to distort, the output signal will look like:

a)

2) For this circuit…

…if the sine wave you’re putting into the diode clipping circuit is loud enough to distort, the output signal look like:

b)

3) 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?

The two circuits will sound the same and be the same volume because the buffer does not apply gain, but just matches the Vin to the Vout.

Circuit #1:

Circuit #2:

4) Below is the schematic for the circuit I made in the video. I’d refer the potentiometer at the end, right before the output circuit, as  the “crossfader”.  With this circuit, if you turn the crossfader all the way to one side you’ll hear the clean signal.  If you turn the crossfader all the way to the other side you’ll hear the distorted signal.

5) If you turn the potentiometer to its halfway point, you’ll hear a 50/50 blend of the clean and distorted signal.