From anchor@boxofws.com Tue Oct 28 19:50:10 2003
Subject:RE: VK-8M vs V-5

Thanks, but it isn't the switch, but I did learn to check that switch the
hard way, as a couple of embarrassing sound checks will confirm. The hum is
never so loud that it doesn't get drowned out once you start playing at a
decent volume. It is just a little bit annoying that you need to turn the
effect off during quiet parts of a show, or when you leave the unit for a
little while.
I took my unit to a local repairman who put the latching switch in the
middle. That is a nice feature, and although the purists of this group
might be repulsed, it also makes electric piano sound pretty good through
it.
Mike

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From: Thomas Adamson [mailto:tande.adamson@btinternet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 5:23 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] VK-8M vs V-5

Hi,
You probably know this already, but just in case you've missed it or
forgotten about it, the Rotosphere has a switch at the back of the
unit for guitar and/or keyboard.
Check that it's set right or it will be over-sensitive for a keyboard
which will lead to noise and distortion.

Apologies if you have this covered, but once I accidentally caught
the switch and I couldn't figure out why suddenly there was all this
noise and distortion.

There is some noise from the unit anyhow but with a decent signal
being fed into it, I didn't find it unduly noisy, and it was only
really noticeable during pauses, and this was so using headphones too.

The Mark 2 is no different in this respect, but has been altered
cosmetically and it now allows for tweaking the fast rotor speeds and
also its middle button is now latching for a stopped leslie effect.

Regards, Thomas.

P.S. My Leslie makes much more noise from its mechanics alone.

--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, MMK&K Williams wrote:
> The Rotosphere is a great unit, I use one with my V5's the only big