Hey Guys,
Thanks for all the replies in this thread...although most of this conversation was 6th months ago, I FINALLY have my G1176 up and running...sort of. I have sound getting from input to output..and it sounds pretty decent...and I've been learning like crazy. Here are the probs:
The meter will show the signal as expected when set to what I presume is the "VU" setting (no input, meter is far left..with signal moves to the right) but with it in "GR" setting, I can zero it..and I've played with Q-bias etc...but when the meter does move, instead of moving to the left, it moves to the right....as if its somehow set backwards....is this something that would be fixed if adjusted correctly or is there a connection wrong?
The meter does nothing when set to bypass (on meter switch)...it doesn't even show the signal coming through...is this normal? Also, what is "VU", is it showing me the unaffected input signal level...or the (hopefully) compressed output signal level?
The switches listed on this list here is this thread are not number compatible with the board (that I bought from Gustav)...any probs with that?..they fit fine.
I really can't tell if the sound i hear coming from the compressor (after playing with q-bias) is the sound of compression, or just distorting the input and/or output transformers (which seems to sound good anyway :grin: ). My only experience is with the 1176 plugin from Universal Audio...but I really think something just isn't right if I have my doubts as to whether its compressing or not.
One more thing: why does the ratio have 6 positions??? My software version has the 4 ratios (4:1, 8:1, 12:1, and 20:1).
Please help me cause I am dying to get this thing rocking!!
Thanks!
-Chris
oh yea..I have tried calibrate the unit because I dont know if its working at all...and I have yet to buy a signal generator. I read past advice on this....but any more specific advice would be nice.
Tubejay, while I would suspect that the resistor you sourced from Digikey would work for the G1176, I used a 1 watt 1.1k (5%) metal film from Mouser (mouser part number 594-5073NW1K100J) .