Hi there Gary /Guys..

HOLD EVERYTHING...I THINK I'VE GOT IT....VH PROBLEM SOLVED...at least for me...

BACKGROUND: On Thurs. I was on visit to the Pipeliners Site when I happened to stumble on his suggested EQ sets 'To make 9K Sizzle'

I was gob-smacked when I saw the EQ sets, but at same time remembered Yamaha's note re extraneous noise effect on VH,especially BASS as cause of distortion ..Manual Page 47..small print.

I set off upstairs to do some tweekin'& check out Pipeliners EQ sets. 4 hrs later I emerge with what I believe is a cure for VH distortion...without turning off Revb, or taming the Vocals...and it's all to do with Master EQ settings..see Chart...

.................EQ1 EQ2 EQ3 EQ4 EQ5
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T-PA Preset 0 -3 -1 -2 +1
Pipeliner Sizzle 0 +8 +12 +12 +12
LeoD-Crisp +2 +3 +6 +9 +12
LeoD-Medium +2 +2 +5 +7 +10
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Note all T Preset EQs very similar..& quite dull..compared to 8k-9k, but Pipeliner are a little too sizzly for me...so using Crisp & Medium above...have waited until today for my buddy Vocalist to Test same....WOW !

Using SM58 & Ano (name rubbed off)..T was connected to 2-150w Active spks. Mics..2 via Y con direct into T ...no ext mix desk
dont laugh ' cause once you use only 1 Mic at a time on VH..it works. We tried various VHs..& songs incl Masset....es, which really extends my friend especially when he goes falseto at the end...but try as we did we couldn't get the thing to distort....I swear..I swear..so I do!!!

This post may seem a little garbled to you, but I'm not Drunk...I just lost the first half above & had to re start....I just may go out now & get drunk 'cause I've suffered with this problem (no not drink) for far too long...& I'm at last in TYROS ECSTACY !!

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I tell no lie...it works...it just needs confirmation from your good selves. The reason I think this works is because increasing the EQ sets...removes Boom & unecessary bass freq. across the whole Frequency range...I'm not technical so can't explain it any other way.

And especially for Gary..I made up a cable per your notes i.e.XLR pin3hot to Jack-Tip,
and it works (I never doubted it would) but guess what...so does my old connector which has Pin*2 to Jack-tip.....nly slight drop off in responsiveness/vol...but 'IT' DOESN'T DISTORT EITHER. What on earth were Yam thinkin about with that Mic Wiring Diagram...I switched from a mono Jack which I used on 9k ...because of this Diag...thinking that it must needed .


I don't think there is any need to give details of other sets..Mic EQ,Comp, Gain, Vols...but will do if anyone wants.

The important thing now is for you guys to try this out and see if you get similar results....Your T will be a hell of a lot Brighter, but low end remains distinct in fact everything is much more distinct & clear.

What I dont understand is why Yamaha havn't
come up with a similar solution.

Lets have the feedback now...am I right or am I right...If I am and Steve..is Lurking
I guess he & mr Yamaha owe me....maybe a T2
or 3 or 4....We'll see. Are you there Steve

So lets have the Feedback guys ASAP ...I just can't wait.

LeoD..Nov 12th.2004
Q.E.D
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