Members skuller Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 ive been stumbling upon the phrase 'defeatable limiter' here and there. a quick google site search of the HC forum pulled a few threads that mentioned them, but ended up just listing them as a feature of various bass amps. can anyone explain what makes a limiter 'defeatable'? thank you.# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gruvjack Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 ive been stumbling upon the phrase 'defeatable limiter' here and there. a quick google site search of the HC forum pulled a few threads that mentioned them, but ended up just listing them as a feature of various bass amps.can anyone explain what makes a limiter 'defeatable'?thank you.# Most often, a switch. Many a wise man will say: LEAVE IT ON. V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 The reason for being defeatable, is that the time constants that are often used for full range signal will cause pumping (modulation effect) on a sub signal and some clipping of a sub signal will cause no harm (assumingthe sub is "reasonably" powered. That said, I generally do not find this to be a big problem now, but on some earlier power amps, it was. On a bass amp, it is sometimes desireable to drive an amp into clipping and the limiter is also a desireable sound but depending on the playing style, they may be mutually exclusive. On my bass amplifier products, the limiters are defeatable for this reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gearmike Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I consider any limitter with an adjustable gain stage after the fact to be defeatable... but that's just semantics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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