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Topic 1.12

Learn: Distortion

Past papers ask about distortion briefly — a type, a parameter, a purpose. This covers exactly that.

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Topic 1.12 — Component 4

Drive, Clipping & Colour

The distortion family from gentle saturation to extreme fuzz, the drive/tone/level/mix parameters that shape it, why clipping creates odd or even harmonics, and how analogue circuit colour differs from digital waveshaping and bitcrushing.

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