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''Distortion'' is technically any change to the waveform of a signal. The specific type of distortion we are most familiar with is ''clipping'' - where the peak amplitude of a signal exceeds the ability of an amplifier to reproduce it accurately. The peaks are compressed - visually, this gives the appearance that they have been clipped off.

Clipping can be desirable for certain instruments or for a whole song. Many devices and pieces of software have been created to provide such "musical" distortion. Guitar is a primary instrument that makes use of distortion, often preferring the ''soft-clipping'' of vacuum tubes over the ''hard-clipping'' of silicon-based amplifiers.

However, not all clipping is desirable, often the result of poor gain staging. This may result in crackles, static sound in the signal, reduced clarity, and decreased signal-to-noise ratio.

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	''Distortion'' is technically any change to the waveform of a signal. The specific type of distortion we are most familiar with is ''clipping'' - where the peak amplitude of a signal exceeds the ability of an amplifier to reproduce it accurately. The peaks are compressed - visually, this gives the appearance that they have been clipped off.		''Distortion'' is technically any change to the waveform of a signal. The specific type of distortion we are most familiar with is ''clipping'' - where the peak amplitude of a signal exceeds the ability of an amplifier to reproduce it accurately. The peaks are compressed - visually, this gives the appearance that they have been clipped off.

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-''Distortion'' is technically any change to the waveform of a signal.  The specific type of distortion we are most familiar with is ''clipping'' - where the peak amplitude of a signal exceeds the ability of an amplifier to reproduce it accurately.  The peaks are compressed - visually, this gives the appearance that they have been clipped off.
+'''Distortion''' is technically any change to the waveform of a signal.  The specific type of distortion we are most familiar with is '''clipping''' - where the peak amplitude of a signal exceeds the ability of an amplifier to reproduce it accurately.  The peaks are compressed - visually, this gives the appearance that they have been clipped off.
-Clipping can be desirable for certain instruments or for a whole song.  Many devices and pieces of software have been created to provide such "musical" distortion.  Guitar is a primary instrument that makes use of distortion, often preferring the ''soft-clipping'' of vacuum tubes over the ''hard-clipping'' of silicon-based amplifiers.
+Clipping can be desirable for certain instruments or for a whole song.  Many devices and pieces of software have been created to provide such "musical" distortion.  Guitar is a primary instrument that makes use of distortion, often preferring the ''soft''-clipping of vacuum tubes over the ''hard''-clipping of silicon-based amplifiers.
-However, not all clipping is desirable, often the result of poor gain staging.  This may result in crackles, static sound in the signal, reduced clarity, and decreased signal-to-noise ratio.
+However, not all clipping is desirable, often the result of poor [[Tone#Gain Staging|gain staging]].  This may result in crackles, static sound in the signal, reduced clarity, and decreased signal-to-noise ratio.
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