User Manual

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Owner’s Manual

A large signal entering an effect with limited headroom will often cause hard-clipping where the tops

of the signal are simply chopped off. Generally, this doesn’t sound good. To prevent this, the limiter

soft-clips the signal to reduce the audible artifacts caused by clipping, and for small overloads the

effect can be inaudible.

The nominal signal level at which the limiter clips is set using the dBu parameter. The symmetry of

clipping can be adjusted using the SyM parameter.

The difference between hard clipping and soft limiting is shown below, along with the effect of

changing the symmetry of the limiting.

The harmonic distortion (overdrive) achieved with symmetric limiting introduces odd harmonics into

the output signal. However, by using the SyM parameter to set-up asymmetric limiting, the output

sound can be changed because this introduces even harmonics into the output signal. This effect

can be subtle, but we know that it matters to some of you and the SyM parameter gives you the

flexibility to achieve it. Don’t worry too much about the details of the harmonics—just set-up the

SEn no −30·0–30·0

Envelope sensitivity in dB. Only available if envelope

control is enabled.

CtL no 0–127

MIDI

controller for the limiter. Only available if

MIDI

control

is enabled.

Parameter Controllable Range Description

hard clipping

soft clipping

asymmetric soft clipping