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Re: Polyvolver KB vs. A6

2005-03-29 by Miles Bader

"Richard Scott" <richardscott@...> writes:
> "Pretty much every patch I listened to on the A6 had a kind of buzzy 
> nasal character (not necessarily _bad_, but who knows it might be  very 
> annoying after a while). "
...
> Especially, do not judge the A6 from factory presets, the mixer levels on 
> most of them are very wrong, leading it to sound overdriven, harsh and 
> pinched.

Can you recommend simple tweaking methods that would allow me to try
removing this effect while I'm listening in the store?

E.g.: reduce pre-mix levels to 25%, increase final gain to compensate...
That sort of thing.

Thanks,

-Miles
-- 
I'm beginning to think that life is just one long Yoko Ono album; no rhyme
or reason, just a lot of incoherent shrieks and then it's over.  --Ian Wolff

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