Difference between Waveshaping and Distortion: Distortion works with signal overload, shaping is controlled change of parameters.
Waveshapers and distorters add overtones. It's therefore sensible to use material w/o a lot of overtones, e.g. no square wave but sinus.
Waveshapers and distorters react to the amplitude of the signal. The louder the signal, the higher the distortion. Below three ways to control a WaveWrapper.
Multiple wavewrapper multiply the effect.
The effect of waveshaping is best used with modulation.
Last Updated ( Monday, 19 June 2006 )
Controlling shapers
Three common ways to control the sound of two oscillators with a waveshaper modul are a) just by the amplitude of the sound b) an envelope c) let one oscillator control the modulation.
This is an idea from a module on Grant Richter Synth DIY pages. It is a wave shaper that addresses tone in a musical way. There are two controls that determine the harmonic content. The first fades from even only to odd only harmonics, with a saw like tone in the middle. The second control fades between the source sine and the shaper output to vary the amount of harmonics.
