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amount of soft clipping is occurring. When the LED is bright, the signal is really
strongly overdriven. Judicious use of overdrive can really fatten up a sound.
The external audio input can accept a signal from instrument level to line level.
MIX-OUT LOOP
: The jack on the back labeled “mix out/filter in” is an insert point
between the Mixer output and the filter input. Using a standard insert cable an
effect such as a moogerfooger MF-102 Ring Modulator can be inserted to add
effects to the oscillator, noise source, and external audio in prior to the filter stage.
The Mixer output signal send appears at the tip of the jack. The return signal
appears at the ring of the jack. A cable plugged into the jack breaks the
connection between the mixer and the filter, Unless the Return signal is sent to the
ring of the jack, no signal will pass through to the filter. The level settings in the mixer
affect the output level, so keep this in mind as you try different devices in this loop.
This insert point is a great spot to insert a distortion or waveshaping device, a phaser,
ring modulator, or delay effects (figure 17).
