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--- Will Brake <wbrake@comcast.net> wrote: > I might suggest you be careful > about suggesting tweaks without including a > disclaimer as to the results. (Note to Michael Lameyer: better make some more popcorn!) Did you read the link that was posted in the message you replied to? Here it is again: <http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/timemachine/timemachine_mod.html> What is there in Leander's description that isn't specific enough? There are descriptions of the results including mention of reduced frequency response, there are warnings to mark the position of the trims so it's reversible if you don't like the results... > I personally prefer my digital delay > without distortion... I think the point is to change the bias just to the point of audible distortion, and then back it off enough that the distortion becomes inaudible. And that's that's a maximum adjustment; he does imply pretty clearly that most people will be happy with something less extreme. (He says "you have to experiment a little bit to find out what's okay for you.") If the tweak is done correctly, the audible result is not really 'distortion' per se in the sense of clipping, as much as it is a poorer frequency response. Still a type of distortion as it is indeed a degradation from the original, but it's not always undesirable given the intentions of the tweak. Personally, I think it would be cool to install a multiposition rotary switch on the 7.6 that would allow the user to choose between several bias resistor value 'resolutions' all the way from the pristine (for its day) factory spec down to 'long mangled delay', with several stops in between... > Maybe next time I won't try to help or maybe I'll > write some convoluted reply that misses the point >completely. I guess the "piss in my cornflakes" was that kind of sarcasm. I may be wrong, and I don't still have the original message you were responding to, but wasn't the suggestion to check the trimpots also an attempt to help? I read it as "Check the trimpots to see if they're properly adjusted, because a lot of people do this well-known tweak", not "Go in and fool around with the settings." Ordinarily I wouldn't be a candidate for "Crankiest Looper", but today's my birthday... :^P I just drove all the way to a music store (not even remotely my favorite, but they do have the largest selection around here) because there was a used stompbox I wanted to buy; when I tried it out, it was moribund. Maybe someone had been playing around with the trimpots. :-) -t- np: Jeff Beck - 'Who Else?' while I await the delayed new one... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com