Topic: V2>Minime ?

[airbladder]

I have a minime now and a V2 on the way.  Anything I need to know about running this combo?  My guess is to run the v2 high and the minime low.  I have only run the minime a few times so any help would be great,
Ed  

[jpschust]

go buy yourself a tiny ass screwdriver for your calpots on the mme now.

[Jason B]

do a basic calibration on the MMe to the V2 once you get it before you head out to tape. Like Jonny smart-assedly said   get a small screwdriver to adjust levels running line-in. This combo produces excellent results.

[Charlies]

If you had a V2, after calibration (presumably at home), why would you need a little screwdriver for the mini cal pots? Wouldn't you just eq l/r levels using the V2?  

-Curious m148->minime users want to know

**ps, I may have caused a couple drops in the beginning of my patcher's moe. tape from Sat b/c I dropped the friggin screwdriver into the gear bag...shuffling around I think I jolted the patched m1...finally found the screwdriver thanks to a fellow taper with a nice big ass light...a while before that, I was taping Ratdog at the Beacon and dropped the damn thing in the bag....couldn't find it...red overs going berszerk on the mini...finally I say oh well....taught me that the mini (at least line in) can take more blinking red lights that you would imagine...taped came back clean w/no overs.  A moral of the story: use the V2 if at all possible over the screwdriver...ballpark it at home and then go with the V2 live...and run the mini relatively low (to answer your question).....

[BC]

If you calibrate the V2 to the minime beforehand there should be no need to mess with the calpots, all level adjustment can be done on the V2.
Happy taping, nice gear!!!

Ben

[marc0789]

easy cal at home or hell, wherever. Turn the screwpots down to nothing, run the v2 hot. You'll get the nominal 11 dbu out of the mme, and the other 20 or however much you need from the v2. You will never need the screwdriver again. Unlike me and Charlie. Kinda gotten the knack, though, and like DC sez, the mme can take reds. I actually shoot for mostly green, some -2 yellows, and a few reds, no problem ever. Should sound just fabulous, a lot like v2>ad1k did, nice clean, in your face....and yes, much nicer than v3, imo.  

[Tim]

sweet combo!

check the sonic sense site for good calibration instructions.

[Jason B]

If you calibrate the V2 to the minime beforehand there should be no need to mess with the calpots, all level adjustment can be done on the V2.
Happy taping, nice gear!!!

Ben

There is always room for fine tunning no matter the pre-show calibration.

[dmonterisi]

i haven't run the combo, but i was under the impression that once it's calibrated from a non-dynamic source (ie white noise), you could do all your tweaking off the v2 trim pots, rather than dealing with the screwdrivers...no?

[Mic D]

There is always room for fine tunning no matter the pre-show calibration.

Yea, with the trim knobs on the V2. You should'nt have to touch the MMe if it is calibrated to the V2 correctly.

[Mic D]

i haven't run the combo, but i was under the impression that once it's calibrated from a non-dynamic source (ie white noise), you could do all your tweaking off the v2 trim pots, rather than dealing with the screwdrivers...no?

You are correct.

[dmonterisi]

word.

[Jason B]

i haven't run the combo, but i was under the impression that once it's calibrated from a non-dynamic source (ie white noise), you could do all your tweaking off the v2 trim pots, rather than dealing with the screwdrivers...no?

Yes, but to me the trim pots on the V2 add noise while the MMe pots do not. Hence, I never touch the trim pots on the V2 and will always adjust on the MMe.

[Mic D]

I just noticed your signature, Jason.  

[Jason B]

I just noticed your signature, Jason.  

Hey, the props go to you. +T