riggler
Well-known member
Well I found that ANOTHER XLR patch cable that I had bought from Markertek about 5 years ago has pins 1 and 2 swapped. It was used between my converter output and the input of my LA3A.
It's the first time this cable has been used with this compressor. I knew it, I should have checked every one of them...
So, I hook it up today, and I start compressing a snare with it, and for a while everything is working fine. About after 2 minutes of messing around all of a sudden the snare track starts blaring through and there is no compression happening. INSTEAD, the VU meter lamp is sagging when compression should be happening!
I turned it off after determining I can no longer get it to compress. I find the offending patch cable, check the rest I have to be sure they are good, and I put a new one in its place. Still won't compress.
I just got the schematic from the Waltzing Bear site. I tried to post it to the Technical Documents page, but it says the uploads folder is full.
So here it is from Waltzing Bear:
Where should I start in looking for the problem? Something in the compression circuit must be causing the voltage to sag at the power transformer secondary.
Is it possible the cable caused this, or was it circumstance? It is an all-original unit and has not been re-capped.
It's the first time this cable has been used with this compressor. I knew it, I should have checked every one of them...
So, I hook it up today, and I start compressing a snare with it, and for a while everything is working fine. About after 2 minutes of messing around all of a sudden the snare track starts blaring through and there is no compression happening. INSTEAD, the VU meter lamp is sagging when compression should be happening!
I turned it off after determining I can no longer get it to compress. I find the offending patch cable, check the rest I have to be sure they are good, and I put a new one in its place. Still won't compress.
I just got the schematic from the Waltzing Bear site. I tried to post it to the Technical Documents page, but it says the uploads folder is full.
So here it is from Waltzing Bear:
Where should I start in looking for the problem? Something in the compression circuit must be causing the voltage to sag at the power transformer secondary.
Is it possible the cable caused this, or was it circumstance? It is an all-original unit and has not been re-capped.