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  • Diodes Hate It! – Clipping With DSPs

    Diodes Hate It! – Clipping With DSPs

    EDIT (12-Dec-22) Teensy DSP Series – Part II This is the second installment of a series of posts that will revolve around Teensy as a DSP. In this post, we’ll implement the classic effect of distortion! Introduction Now that we can see what our signal looks like as it passes through the DSP let’s see…


  • Entering the World of DSPs

    Entering the World of DSPs

    Teensy DSP Series – Part I This is the first installment of a series of posts that will revolve around Teensy and use it to get more comfortable with DSPs to create unique effects to play around with. Introduction When we say “Digital Signal Processing,” it can be a bit of a loaded topic. Not…