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→Sensitive EQ Effects
Many EQ effects will clip on even a barely hot signal going into them. As mentioned above, I like to keep the VOLUME knob (Ch. Vol.) low to prevent this after my amp block. But it can even occur if they are the first effect in your chain. The Mid-Focus EQ is the worst offender, followed by the Parametric EQ. The Studio EQ is the best.
To prevent clipping, I'll often put a Volume effect in front of such EQ's, attenuating the signal strength. The Volume effect uses barely any DSP. Just be sure to disable the default expression pedal control and manually set it to the exact setting to preven prevent the EQ from clipping. If you're using the Mid-Focus EQ, you can boost the signal strength back up using its Gain parameter. Or if you have a Compressor, boost the signal level with that. Otherwise, just use more Drive from either a downstream distortion effect or amp block.
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