Germanium > LED series diode connection??????

[GrantsV]

I love the crunch of LED's but the compression of Germanium Diodes in the distortion section of my pedals.

If I were to run a Germanium Diode in series with a LED would this give me the compression of the GE into the crunch of the LED???  Or would one cancel the other out?

Thanks for your advice,
GrantsV

[petemoore]

I can't answer that exactly...
 Depending on what voltages the diodes see...
 If any because the LED is high threshold and a Ge adds to that,
 ...hard clipper like DIST+ would be a decent testbed, possiblly boost the front end too, to raise the SP voltage to the clip section so the high threshold clipping section becomes more apparent for testing the question
 let me know if you can hear 'ge' clipping tones with an LED seriesed...Guesseppe estimates % ages are 60/40 that ge diode influence will be heard, but he's never 'tried it either.

[GrantsV]

Hi,
Its for my SD-1 mod in D4,5,6.
I have got the SD-1 to sound like a Marshall by using LED's but there is a little unnatural fizz when the note drops off, germanium diodes sound smooth all the way down to when the note dies down to clean and there is that nice valve like compression.  I am trying to merge the compression of Germaniums with the crunch of LED's!

Hope this makes sense.

Perhaps a cap in parallel with the LED's might help the unnatural fizz (eg. Keeley)?  But then the compression is still missing...

Thanks for your reply,
GrantsV

[petemoore]

resistance between one side of diode connection
 Try a small pot at the end of the clipping diode
       ---l<---
in... --->l---       pot...
 In and pot connect to both diodes [or only one side?]
 This'll give you some choices anyway, max comp effect would probably be just two Ge's.

[GrantsV]

Sorry miss post.