drive block curves

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DonPetersen

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white noise -> drive block (all default)

here are the results:

the white lines from left to right are 50Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 5kHz, 10kHz

(the spikes at appr. 1.1kHz, 3,1kHz & 6.1kHz are generated by the white noise block)

BB
bbpre.jpg


Bender
bender.jpg


Blues
bluesod.jpg


Face
facefuzz.jpg


Fat Rat
fatrat.jpg
 
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(the white lines from left to right are 50Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 5kHz, 10kHz)

FET
fet.jpg



Full OD
fullod.jpg



Hard
hardfuzz.jpg



Master
masterfuzz.jpg



Mid Boost
midboost.jpg
 
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(the white lines from left to right are 50Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 5kHz, 10kHz)

M-Zone
m-zone.jpg



Oct Dist
octdist.jpg



Pi
pifuzz.jpg



Plus
plusdist.jpg



Rat
rat.jpg
 
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(the white lines from left to right are 50Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 5kHz, 10kHz)

Shred
shred.jpg



Super OD
superod.jpg



T808 Mod
t808mod.jpg



T808
t808.jpg



Tape
tapedist.jpg
 
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(the white lines from left to right are 50Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 5kHz, 10kHz)

Treble Boost
trebleboost.jpg



Tube
tubedrive.jpg
 
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Cool! Even though I don't have a clue about frequency matching etc - that's quite a handy visual representation to have. Thanks!
 
Don,
can you put these on the wiki for future reference ?
This post will end up pages down (and buried) at some point in the future...
 
"white noise -> drive block"
huh? I dont understand what you are saying. What does all this mean?
 
Don,
Could you put up the SPL(sound pressure level) of the white noise driver with everything bypassed like you have done for the drive blocks as a reference? I want to see the irregular frequencies in the source more clearly.

Thx....
Your friendly local neighborhood vibroacoustics expert
 
???? I think Funeral is asking is what is the significance doe these curves represent to ones final drive sound?
 
symphx said:
???? I think Funeral is asking is what is the significance doe these curves represent to ones final drive sound?
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they are a representation of the drives 'eq'

a fairly linear boost, like the FET, has a almost flat response
fet.jpg


while a 'bright' sounding distortion like the Bender has a bump in the high end (on the right)
trebleboost.jpg


a dark sounding distortion like the Pi fuzz has little high end
pifuzz.jpg


and the TS808 has the characteristic mid hump
t808.jpg


while the TS808 mod has even less low end
t808mod.jpg


keep in mind that all the drive blocks had their tone controls on 5
 
Dancing Frog said:
Don,
Could you put up the SPL(sound pressure level) of the white noise driver with everything bypassed like you have done for the drive blocks as a reference? I want to see the irregular frequencies in the source more clearly.

Thx....
Your friendly local neighborhood vibroacoustics expert
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good idea!

here it is:

AxeWhiteNoise.jpg
 
I guess the default drive blocks could be grouped as follows (while completely disregarding their type of distortion)

fairly linear

  • FET
  • Hard Fuzz
  • Tape
  • Tube
fairly linear with high end roll-off

  • Blues OD
  • Face Fuzz
  • Octave
darker
  • BB Pre
  • Pi Fuzz
The Mid Humps

  • T808
  • T808Mod
  • Super OD
  • Rat
  • Fat Rat
  • Full OD
brighter
  • Bender
  • Plus
  • Treble Boost (duh!)
  • Mid Boost
  • Master (little bass)
the odd ones

  • M-Zone
  • Shred
 
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That is very useful. Thanks for doing it. As a new user and also someone who is learning all this sonic mumbo jumbo I have been hit or miss with some drive blocks. Now I can see how it will play into the sound I am looking for.
 
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