[sdiy] Automatic gain correction for Overdrive

[Dave Magnuson]

At 11:53 AM 5/16/02 +0200, Fortner Florian wrote:
>Hello everybody,
>
>I wonder if this has ever been discussed (then please recap it for me :-P ):
>How can I cope with the strong loudness change in an overdrive circuit? If
>you turn up an analog Overdrive it gets far louder, so you have to play with
>the volume knob all the time. Is there any common approach? One can perhaps
>do it with an additional VCA, but I'd like a method where the gain reduction
>can be integrated with the overdrive. If anyone ever has done this I would
>be happy to hear from him!
>
>regards,
>
>flo     (at the moment still learning and only asking nasty questions, but a
>VERY BIG FAN OF THIS GREAT LIST!!!)
>

Use a dual (stereo) pot.  When you turn up the overdrive it turns down the
output level.

Dave

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