yup...


since the discussions of limiters
come on strong..
i have a minor question:

i assume most limiters..(inc. L2) use squares
in peak limit..

most of ex: NAD amp`s.. have a peak limiter circut
onboard.. this do peaks with circles. (?)

anyone have something about this..

reyup..

if I understand your question right, you are asking if limiters just cut off the signal above a certain level (you call this "square", the correct word is "clipping"), or if they perform soft clipping (you call this "rounds"). Is this right?

NAD amplifiers have a soft clipping circuit, not a peak limiter! On an oscilloscope soft clipping looks a bit like analogue tape driven into saturation. This means, only the peaks of the waveform are being compressed.

A limiter reduces the overall signal gain when clipping is about to appear and then increases gain slowly up to the original value if no further signal peaks will clip. It is like turning the volume button down when you hear a clipped signal and the turning it slowly up again, waiting for the next clipped peak.

hrmmm, this post seems not more understandable to me than the question

yup...


maybe i wrote gebirish..


by square.. i meant straight line cutoff.
with circle. i meant "oval shape" cutoff.



by the book.. "play along with me.."

there is a de - clipping circuit.. and in practise
the circuit is limiting the peak level.. of the innput.

and if you measure the circuit in nad..
the cutoff`s is "oval shaped"