amp clipping is a function of...?

[JohnnyChuttz 10+ year member]

Well, I'll just whip mine out and try!

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

But you don't say "Man, that waveform sounds like it's flat, you must be clipping" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
Your ear doesn't detect that the waveform is flat, it detects the added distortion (of which upper harmonics are).

Bingo , I hear distortion. Not a flat wave //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

1kHz tone
Not clipping:

http://www.resnet.trinity.edu/areynol1/hosting/1000sine.mp3

Clipping:

http://www.resnet.trinity.edu/areynol1/hosting/1000square.mp3

Sounds like distortion to me , I still don't here the flat part //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[GrnEydDvl 10+ year member]

Bingo , I hear distortion. Not a flat wave //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Ok, I was wrong. I downloaded a free tone generator and it appears you and Squeak are correct.

The only change seems to be distortion, which is heard as higher freq harmonics. The base tone stays the same.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Ok, I was wrong. I downloaded a free tone generator and it appears you and Squeak are correct.
The only change seems to be distortion, which is heard as higher freq harmonics. The base tone stays the same.

No biggy , I'm just being picky about wording . I understand what he meant. Just bored //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Ok, I was wrong. I downloaded a free tone generator and it appears you and Squeak are correct.
The only change seems to be distortion, which is heard as higher freq harmonics. The base tone stays the same.

Because a square wave is essentially a sine wave combined with all of the upper odd order harmonics of that tone.

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

lol GrnEydDvl, dont try to outsmart squeak, its useless.