Variac Voltage

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FL6
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Re: Variac Voltage

Post by FL6 » Fri May 29, 2015 5:37 pm

dirtycooter wrote:I am wondering if Ed wasn't dicken with the variac voltage for some particular parts. Up higher for cleaner parts and lower for more sag and sizzle on the gainier things. Totally possible in the studio. There are colors on the variac dial to be had.
Maybe along with tube switcharoo as well. 3dB can be considerable.
That's an excellent point. So obvious too but I didn't think of it. I thought maybe volume roll offs but this would make more sense.

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Re: Variac Voltage

Post by dirtycooter » Fri May 29, 2015 8:37 pm

It would explain some oddities in such slight tonal changes that seem relatively inperceptable.

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