soft clipping

[h3]

does anybody has a nice schema for a soft clipper divice
help is very aprieciated

 

[lineup]

does anybody has a nice schema for a soft clipper divice
help is very aprieciated

I have never used any soft clip circuit.
If it is for Class A I would prefer a LED that lights
to warn BEFORE clipping.

 

[lumanauw]

I'm not sure if this is what you look for. This one prevents overloading in the differential pair, by putting 2 diodes back to back from base to base

 

[lumanauw]

This one works in the VAS. Q107 in conjunction with R110 limits the VAS current.

 

[lumanauw]

One power amp that has "soft clipping" switch is NAD3020i (suffix i).
This power amp is singleton input stage Q402. In the base of this transistor, there is a cct connected to it via C410. Below C410 is what is called "soft clipping" cct, with switch S801-2 is the "enable/disable" of soft clipping.

R462, D802, D804 etc is soft clipping cct. I don't understand how this works as "soft clipping".

Anyone knows how does it work as "soft clipping"