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Old 01-07-2020, 12:31 PM   #6
ErBird
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Originally Posted by danerius View Post
The "character" changes the slope of the waveshaper. Turning it up reduces the overall loudness but its not really a gain slider as such.
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PS. The waveshaper in Desmos. "b" changes the shape ie. the "character" slider.
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/8xixpgfklc
It may appear that way, but it's misleading. The reality is multiplying the argument of sin(x) by a constant is equivalent to changing the input gain, it's not really changing the waveshaper shape or the overall loudness. If you split the equation into parts this becomes apparent.

Input x
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ymfxlpr83o

Input sin(x)
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/fzpmwdcnrw

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