Patchbay signal loss

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Yes, it looks like everything is good. I just bought one bay to see if that was the problem so all I have are my pre's-->converters set-up with one compressor to test everything. I am goingto get two more today(hopefully) and get everything set-up.

:D :D :D

Thanks again for all the help.
 
I do strongly believe that patchbays are one of those items it is good to buy new, so spending the money on this is a great idea in my opinion. It's good to have something you know is new and working 100%, not only for the signal passing through them but for your own own confidence in your studio as well.

It does sound like your Furman's are configured incorrectly though, at least as far as from what you were expecting. Now that the emergency has passed it might be worth your time to experiment with the card configurations in the Furman's and see if you can get them to work properly.
 
One last update -

Got the second one installed - all outboard hooked up, went to run a mix thru the Vari-Mu, and only got 1 channel! Ugghhhhh! - the second bay had a bad card, moved it to a different card, and -- - - - - - NIRVANA!

(gotta love the V-Mu)

:D :D :D :D :D
 
One thing I *will* buy used is a patchbay or two to cannibalize for spare cards. You can sometimes grab a compatible patchbay really cheap and even if it has some bad card it will most likely have more good ones, which you can use to replace any that are bad in your other patchbays.

I bught a Manley Vari-Mu a while back but it didn't really do it for me, on my music at least. I could see it being absolutely great for some things though. So I sold it.

However, would *highly* recommend you have the T-bar mod done, it makes it sound even better, richer and smoother.
 
SonicAlbert said:
I bught a Manley Vari-Mu a while back but it didn't really do it for me, on my music at least. I could see it being absolutely great for some things though. So I sold it.
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A lot of people love the Vari-Mu, many don't. I like it on the two buss with just a couple db reduction. It really gels things together and adds just a hint of "warmth" and "fatness". It was fun last night watching my wife try and hear it when I'd switch it from bypass to in. I had it set to where there was almost no volume gain, so the effect was subtle, but definetly there.

Anyway, thanks again for the help! :D
 
You seriously might want to look into the T-bar mod, I thought it improved the unit greatly. If you like what it has to offer now, you'll love it with the t-bar. one thing the t-bar does is allow the Vari-Mu to compress pretty much right up to the 10 dB's very smoothly, without any squishiness at all. Before the t-bar I could hear the squishing start around 6db, but afterwords it could go much further and stay absolutely smooth.

I guess I should amend my previous post by saying that I loved the vari-mu, but I didn't feel I would use it enough to justify having it in my rack. That's actually a more accurate statement. I had an Empricial Labs FATSO for a while that I felt the same way about that (I returned it).
 
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