stefherbuel
Inspired
Thanks, great firmware !
Loving 7beta.
Is there a list of all the non MV amps that I could checkout so I can jump through and try them out?
if you crank the MV on, say, the SLO100 you'll get some bias shift.
i wanted to post this but felt like it wouldve been over everyones head lmao
You're doing all the right things.
So virtually any amp can be a NMV?You can tell if an amp is non-MV by the value of the MV when the model is selected. If it is 10.0 then it is a non-MV amp. Amps with Master Volumes will also be affected but the amount of the effect is dependent upon the MV. I.e. if you crank the MV on, say, the SLO100 you'll get some bias shift.
Not really. MV amps are designed to get most of their distortion from the preamp. When you dime the MV on those amps, the power amp gets driven crazy hard, and it starts to contribute a ton of distortion. When you combine that distortion with the preamp distortion, you take a one-way ride into muddy, flubby, farty sound.So virtually any amp can be a NMV?
I went back and looked at the Liverpool model and I realized one of the PI Bias Shift values is wrong. I stupidly copied the values from the Express forgetting that the Liverpool uses a Vox-style phase inverter. I'm going back over all the models in detail before the final release so things will change.
Well....fwiw it depends on how hard you hit the power amp. In my world is rather run a high gainer low in the front and have the master up to where the output starts compressing.Not really. MV amps are designed to get most of their distortion from the preamp. When you dime the MV on those amps, the power amp gets driven crazy hard, and it starts to contribute a ton of distortion. When you combine that distortion with the preamp distortion, you take a one-way ride into muddy, flubby, farty sound.
You could make up for that by backing the preamp gain way down, but the results will be different from what you would get by dialing up a non-MV amp. Try it, though; you never know what discoveries you might make.
And that depends on your definition of "it" when you say "It depends."Well....fwiw it depends on how hard you hit the power amp. In my world is rather run a high gainer low in the front and have the master up to where the output starts compressing.
Plus you have designs like old 2203s where the MV is pretty useless IMO.
Thanks a lot for this in depth explanation.Not really. MV amps are designed to get most of their distortion from the preamp. When you dime the MV on those amps, the power amp gets driven crazy hard, and it starts to contribute a ton of distortion. When you combine that distortion with the preamp distortion, you take a one-way ride into muddy, flubby, farty sound.
You could make up for that by backing the preamp gain way down, but the results will be different from what you would get by dialing up a non-MV amp. Try it, though; you never know what discoveries you might make.
You could make up for that by backing the preamp gain way down, but the results will be different from what you would get by dialing up a non-MV amp. Try it, though; you never know what discoveries you might make.
You can tell if an amp is non-MV by the value of the MV when the model is selected. If it is 10.0 then it is a non-MV amp. Amps with Master Volumes will also be affected but the amount of the effect is dependent upon the MV. I.e. if you crank the MV on, say, the SLO100 you'll get some bias shift.