Johnathan,
Thanks for asking. I checked the -10V/+30V and the numbers were darn close, closer than ever before but I didn't stop to see if there was a "-" next to the 10V places. Oh well, on my way to a gig so I don't have time to check again but i guess they were negative. THe point is the read outs were very close to what they are supposed to be. Ok next thing, the intermittent noise. Its all gone! I don't know what it was but its not back. :? :roll: Lets hope it stays that way. By the way I am on the look out for an ascilloscope, thanks for the rec.
Now, for the attack situation, I recorded myself reciting a tongue twister into Logic Audio (emagic) and looked at the wave file overview to inspect the differences between a full ccw setting and a full cw setting. The difference was that full cw limited the peaks and full ccw position allows the peaks to be a lot higher. For this test, I set the compression to 1:20. I guess the results are normal and expected; a fast attack doesn't let a lot of volume out the gate and vice versa for slow attack. I guess I expected a different result out of a 1176 style compressor where a slow attack really meant slow attack. Here it's really hard for ME to tell that it's slower. Overall it just sounds lower volumed and "compressed". (To all you people rolling your eyes right about now, remember I have never twisted the knobs of a real 1176 before, so I wouldn't know what they do).I also noticed a slight attenuation of the high frequencies aswell when the attack was set full cw. So, does this sound like its working to you?
Below are questions I posted but no one addressed.
Instructions on calibrating the G1176 from Gyraf web site:
"4: "GR meter Trck" (tracking). Set ratio to 1:20, set Meter to bypass. Input a 1kHz, 50mV signal. Set input level to ~12'oclock. Set output level so you get 50mV at the output also (now you have unity gain)." -
When I do this, I can't get anything higher than 20.9 mV at my output. Also, I am checking voltages using the AC voltage setting on my multimeter. Is that the correct setting or is DC?
When I turn the Output knob on the G1176 I get no difference in mV's.
Thanks for the patience and continued help. :thumb: