Interactive labs
Try. Observe. Understand.
Move the controls and see what changes. These labs are mathematical teaching models; the charts are not measurements of your pedal or interface.
Visual experiment
Amplitude and Trim
What changes with Trim at −6 dB?
Visual experiment
Phase and parallel summing
Why can a merge get louder or disappear?
Visual experiment
Gain and nonlinear shapes
How do soft and hard clipping differ?
Visual experiment
Threshold, Ratio, Makeup
Does 4:1 mean that every level is divided by four?
Visual experiment
Attack and Release
Why does compressor attack serve a different purpose from Auto Swell?
Visual experiment
EQ curve and spectrum
Why can an EQ boost raise Peak?
Visual experiment
Buffer and signal-path calculator
How long is one buffer, and what is missing?
Visual experiment
Peak versus RMS
Why can a high transient have a low RMS?
Visual experiment
Tempo and subdivisions
How many milliseconds is a dotted eighth?
Visual experiment
Linear or Audio taper
Why is halfway on the pedal not always half the gain?
Visual experiment
Gate versus denoise
Why does a gate not remove hiss while a note is playing?
Visual experiment
Capture contents and routing
How does Amp + Cabinet differ from an IR?