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Rene Brosseau


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Post  Posted 2 May 2015 1:57 pm    
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What's the best way to hook up a Profex to a Nashville 112 so it's quiet?
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Lane Gray


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Post  Posted 2 May 2015 2:43 pm    
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They're a little bit hissy by nature, if that's your complaint. If it's really hissy, keep it before your volume pedal.
If hiss isn't your issue, what is?

PS: just because I hate them sumbitches doesn't mean others can't make them work or that I can't try to help. And I don't hate them for the hiss....
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Lane Gray


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Post  Posted 2 May 2015 5:58 pm    
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One other thought:
Those two boxes have 4 volume/gain controls. Keep the master volume wide open. Play with the other three values and see which setting combination sounds best (depending on where the hiss comes from).
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David Nugent

 

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Post  Posted 2 May 2015 6:29 pm    
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If you are running it through the front or the effects loop, you might try the 'power amp in' jack in the rear. The Profex acts also as a preamp, so the front EQ controls are redundant.
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Bob Moss

 

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Redford, Michigan
Post  Posted 2 May 2015 7:25 pm     profex mod
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I had the same problem and I added an input jack on the back panel of the Profex II and tied it to the second stage input with a small resistor. you can put any preamp you like in front of it or just use the from/to jacks on a Nashville amp, the jack must be a shorting jack for the Profex II. and I also added a mini switch to the front panel for bypass or input select however you see it. It gets rid of two high gain stages in series and that is where all the noise is being generated, It also works in the post EQ effects loop.
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Jerry Roller


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Van Buren, Arkansas USA
Post  Posted 3 May 2015 10:00 am    
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I have recently been playing a Profex II output plugged into the power amp in on back of the Nashville 112 and it is super quiet and sounds very good to me.
Jerry
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Rene Brosseau


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Post  Posted 3 May 2015 6:19 pm     Thanks
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Thanks for all the replies !
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Dale Rottacker


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Walla Walla Washington, USA
Post  Posted 17 May 2015 8:23 am    
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Jerry Roller wrote:
I have recently been playing a Profex II output plugged into the power amp in on back of the Nashville 112 and it is super quiet and sounds very good to me.
Jerry


Jerry just tried that into my Session 500... I seem to get less noise as I push on the VP, but seems maybe a little noisier without any VP then when it’s plugged in the front... It also sounds like it has a little less “Pop” than when plugged in the front, maybe a little warmer sound... Does that sound correct to you?
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Jerry Roller


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Post  Posted 17 May 2015 10:12 am    
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Dale, I find that when using the Profex II into the front of the amp I like to use it as an effects unit with the pre-amp removed from the Profex II chain. I delete the 3B, 4B or whatever EQ is in the chain and reverse the mix and output levels on the effects. It sounds really good to me then you can use the EQ in the amp without the EQ in the Profex II.
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Dale Rottacker


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Post  Posted 17 May 2015 1:18 pm    
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Jerry Roller wrote:
Dale, I find that when using the Profex II into the front of the amp I like to use it as an effects unit with the pre-amp removed from the Profex II chain. I delete the 3B, 4B or whatever EQ is in the chain and reverse the mix and output levels on the effects. It sounds really good to me then you can use the EQ in the amp without the EQ in the Profex II.
Jerry


Jerry I read you saying something to that effect... may I shoot you an email with a Profex ll setting that I use, perimeters and all, so you could tell what/how to do that?
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Jerry Roller


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Post  Posted 17 May 2015 1:55 pm    
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Sure Dale, my email address is rollermusic@cox.net
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