From jake92028@yahoo.com Tue Sep 18 13:26:12 2007
Subject:Re: How to incorporate a Speakeasy AMA into my rig


> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "njkeysman88" wrote:
> >
> > I'm interested in getting a Speakeasy AMA incorporated into my
rig.
> > I've located one for sale slighly used at a good price. However,
> > conceptually, I'm facing some challenges on figuring out my
> options.
> > Here's my rig.
> >
> > Roland 300sx stage piano. Roland V Combo (VR-760) for my
> clonewheel
> > sound with Ultimate Keys card and EP card. I also use it for EPs
> and
> > some synth sounds. I run both in mono through a SpeakEasy Vintage
> > Clone preamp into a Barbetta 41C. I use on-board leslie and
> overdrive.
> > I'm hoping to use the AMA for my overdrive and warm things up
more.
> >
> > Right now I have both keyboards going through the preamp into my
> > Barbetta. If I use an AMA in the chain, what are my options for
> doing
> > so? Do I need another preamp or buy a stereo preamp? Do I have
any
> > other options?

The 'AMA' as it's being called in general really refers to only the
10w mono tube power amp and line out that's ideally used after a
Speakeasy preamp. If you already have a Speakeasy preamp, you connect
it in the chain first, just before the AMA. If you don't have a
Speakeasy preamp, for organ you want to get the 122/AMA which
incorporates the Speakeasy preamp and AMA power amp in the same size
2U rackmount as an AMA alone.

But if you don't want the 122/AMA to also affect your piano/synth
sounds, you'd probably be best off with a stereo Speakeasy preamp,
one side for your piano/synth sounds and the other to the AMA unit
for your organ. You could use a simple A/B floor switch to change
from one configuration to the other - they're really very simple to
use. In the 'A' position the VR760's output is going via one side of
the SE preamp to your 41c, in the 'B' position the VR760's organ
output is being routed via the other side of the SE preamp to the AMA
then Leslie. It may sound complicated but it's not hard to do.

Hope this helps ~ Walter j