I had the 1176 Rev G in use at the weekend. I am using it in a live concert situation inserted into a vocal channel on a Midas XL4 console.
With a 4:1 ratio I have to keep the input pot very low (less than the 48 mark) in order to control the threshold. I expected to be able drive the input a bit harder say around 36 to 30 and use less output.
I have seen a few posts from others with the same observation and the suggestion of putting a 100 to 250k resistor in the GR circuit to reduce overall threshold.
The input to the 1176 from the console insert should be pretty standard the console head amp is not running hot . It works ok with other compressors inserted DBX160x, DBX160vu etc
Could I have a problem with the gain of the input amp on the 1176 ? or maybe an incorrect resistor value in the ratio ladder ?
David
With a 4:1 ratio I have to keep the input pot very low (less than the 48 mark) in order to control the threshold. I expected to be able drive the input a bit harder say around 36 to 30 and use less output.
I have seen a few posts from others with the same observation and the suggestion of putting a 100 to 250k resistor in the GR circuit to reduce overall threshold.
The input to the 1176 from the console insert should be pretty standard the console head amp is not running hot . It works ok with other compressors inserted DBX160x, DBX160vu etc
Could I have a problem with the gain of the input amp on the 1176 ? or maybe an incorrect resistor value in the ratio ladder ?
David
