OTR-jkl wrote on Mon, 11 July 2005 09:04 |
Ronny wrote on Sat, 09 July 2005 01:10 | not sure what you mean by Sat knobs. If you mean Sat = saturation, that's done with the ceiling.
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On the "back panel" of the VW, there are more controls and fine adjustment parameters including Saturation adjustments for each of the 3 bands when using the VW in Multiband mode. These Sat. adj. knobs are used to adjust the Saturation characteristics of each band. I find them more useful than the Ceiling knob. (At least I understand them more than I do the Ceiling knob.)
I'd still like to know more about the Ceiling knob and how to use it...
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You obviously use it more than I do, Jeff and are more experienced with it. I had to pull out the manual to even find the sat knobs.
Maybe I'm not getting as good of results as you are by putting the drive low and the ceiling higher. Everything that I've related is keeping all controls on the back panel at default. When I try to use the drive up and the ceiling low, I get to a point where the overs bark, really bad clipping. I'll work with it some when I get the time.
This is what the manual says about the ceiling knob:
The Ceiling knob allows Vintage Warmer to operate at a maximum level other than 0dBFS. This control prevents 0dBFS signals exceeding 0dBFS even if the Ceiling is set at more than 0dBFS. The Ceiling control interacts with the low, mid and high saturation level adjustments in the back panel. The default value is 0dB.
A clear case of me NRTFM (not remembering the fu*king manual) and mastering using the Dave Collins method of using my ears and not wearing my eyeglasses to see these little numbers and switches.
No wonder why I get less clipping and more saturation when I turn the drive down and the ceiling up, though.