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They say, &#8220;Understanding what the tanh[3] does to a signal, both mathematically and sonically can be hard to explain, but it essentially adds curves to signals.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got tanh[3] for use in delay feedback loops, where it acts as an expander\/limiter to keep the feedback under control.  It also turns out to be great for adding distortion to a sine or triangle wave oscillator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand it, I had to look at it on a &#8216;scope.  I made a video to help explain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bfeuC5QVP14?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanh[3] is a nifty little module from Instru\u014d. 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