Re: V3 Noise

["Daniel D. Haden" <hadendan@esuvm.emporia.edu>]

To get rid of your noise problem, just connect a Leslie 302.

The noise is the spin circuitry inside your V3.  You could return it for a
V5 because the V5 does not have the noise creating spin circuit.  In any
case, doing without the spin circuit means you have to substitute something
to give you Sound In Motion.  Or, you could return the V3 for an XM-1.  

Many would recommend a Pro-3.  When you combine the price of a Pro-3 and a
good bass amp, you would have a Leslie 302 paid for!  And the Leslie is
more authentic, and weighs less.

My prescription?  Get a speaker zipping around in circles!  A real Leslie
can cover quite a bit of noise.

While you're at it, make sure you have the rest of the recipe.  You'll want
slight reverb, vacuum tube filter, and a high quality expression pedal (no
potentiometer).

The reviewed V3 either had the effects loop mod, or did not have the spin
circuit turned on.  The reviewers that got a V3 that sounded great did not
have a baseline to compare to, and the XB2 beat it anyway. . .

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: From: Michael Carr <Mike4443@ix.netcom.com>
: To: hammond@zk3.dec.com
: Subject: V3 Noise
: Date: Monday, March 03, 1997 10:48 PM
: 
: I just read the review of the Hammond XM-1 module in the new April issue
: of Keyboard.
: 
: In it they discuss the competition, including the V3. The reviewers had
: two V3s, one that was "well traveled," and a brand new one from Voce.
: 
: They say that the used one was quite noisey, while the new one sounded
: great.
: 
: I bought a new V3 in December, and am frustrated by the noise.  The Voce
: factory said the noise was in the Spin circuitry, and there was no way
: to avoid it except to bypass the Spin through the effects out or through
: the Leslie out.  Other than that, my only choice was to use EQ to get
: out the noise.
: 
: How come the reviewers got a new V3 that "sounded great" (no noise)?? I
: want a no-noise model too.
: 
: Any ideas on this?
: 
: --Michael Carr