From dwowen@cox.net Mon Dec 05 17:59:11 2005
Subject:Re: confused


Jay,

Sorry I didn't respond to your earlier post. I started a reply but had to run and forgot to pick it up again. I'm running my tail off right now, but here's a bit that may help.

My 2101 kicks butt. It must be one of the newer ones with the 100 watt driver, though I don't know for sure. It really cranks.

I've run it through a variety of "bottom" half amps. It puts a very hot lead out through every amp I've tried it with, including self-powered Mackie SM350s. I even ran a cord from the 2101's rotary sim out-jack to the PA board one casual gig. It was dialed in just enough to fill the gaps and sounded very good.

Some things to check. May help you troubleshoot--

Are you taking the Rotary Channel out to your keyboard amp, and are you using the proper "mono" output from the 2101? I run a lead from the Rotary "mono" channel out and also one from the Stationary "mono" jack. However, if you took ONLY the stationary channel out it would just deliver tones below 150 Hz from the rotary -- great for a subwoofer only.

OK, if you are running the rotary Mono channel out to your keyboard amp, are you running the volume of the rotary channel high enough? The Rotary volume control on the back of the 2101 affects the output to the rotary out jacks as well as to the horn. If you were running the Nord really hot and the Leslie too low maybe that would be a problem.

Are you running the output from the 2101 into a regular channel -- not a "line in" input on the keyboard amp? It seems to be padded down for that purpose.

I wrote a post to the XK3 list about my stationary channel use quest..... I will post it here with apologies to those on both lists so that you can get an idea of what I've tried so far.

David Owen