I’m trying to reach tech support for tc electronic and was directed here. Basically tone print doesn’t work except once in a while. As far as I can tell I’m doing everything correctly. Phone speaker is on, tone print setting switch is selected etc. but it just doesn’t work. Very frustrated. Any ideas? Thanks Mark

Hello,

Reading the product manual for the KT-2A leveling amplifier, found this written:

"The controls on the 2A-KT consist of a Pre-Emphasis trimmer which adjusts the compressor / sidechain interaction. When set fully clockwise, the sidechain responds to the full frequency bandwidth of the incoming audio. As the trimmer is turned counterclockwise, the compressor responds less to the signal's high frequency transients."

Shoudnt be the opposite for counterclockwise rotation? Meaning the compressor reacts more to high frequency acting like sort of a de-esser?

Why to react more on the lows and ignore highs?

I ask this because this is the functionality I know the older LA2A units have...

Many thanks for reply and clarification.

BR,
Cristian

Hi,

I own a pair of KT-2As (and 76-KTs) and wanted to ask two questions.

1) Upon using stereo link and calibrating the two units with a 1khz test tone, using the Stereo Link trimmer at the back to get the same amount of gain reduction, I get different amounts of gain reduction between the two units when I move the Peak Reduction. The test tone is a mono signal sent to two outputs of my soundcard. No faders hhave been touched in my soundcard's mixer, the stereo output pair I am using on my soundcard, shows the same signal between the two outputs I am using for Left and Right that are the inputs to the KT-2As.

So I am using them unlinked which is fine, but the bottom unit in the photo, needs to have the Peak Reduction pot much more CW than then top unit to show the same amount of gain reduction. How do I go about calibrating the unit so that it behaves like the top one?

2) My units are running hot. I can put my hand on them, but they are very hot.

Do other KT-2A owners experience these two behaviiours I am?

Cheers!

I have a KT-2A which I use for recording and compression of bass guitar or electric guitar, and for singing ofcourse. The way I do this is:

- for the bass and guitar via a mic in front of the cabinet, and singing via a voice mic

- input that into a voice preamp, in this case a Tascam TA-1VP

- output that to the KT-2A

and in that case the KT-2A works fine, the meter responds as an indication that the signal is processed.

HOWEVER, what I also want is to add the KT-2A to the effects loop of my guitar amp, and this is what does not work:

- send the preamp signal of my guitar amp (Marshall JVM or Fender tube amp) to a DI box input

- connect the XLR output of the passive DI box to the microphone input of the TACAM TA-1VP

- output that to the KT-2A and connect the KT-2A output to the return of the effects loop of the guitar amp

In that case the meter of the KT-2A does not respond no matter how I set the peak reduction knob: the meter stays on zero.

I suspect the output of the SEND of the guitar amp is too different from the microphone output, even it I have a DI box in between. So how can I get the KT-2A to work in an effects loop of a guitar amp?

Last year I bought a Shark FBQ100 from my local vendor. Estimated delivery time were January this year. When January came, the delivery date got moved to April. The month came and went without and update.

I contacted the vendor this month, and the response was that it isn't on stock in China. Other vendors abroad have either removed it from their sites or has delivery dates many months into the future. No specifics were available regarding production status.

So, I try to seek an answer, hopefully from a more direct source.

Has this become a discontinued product? Any status regarding production?

Some clarification would be appreciated.

I apologize, had trouble finding an e-mail to contact, or an appropriate channel to direct this question.

Hello ..

So somehow today, I manged to trash my Finalizer 96K (V 3.5). I think it was by accidentily removing the SRAM Card while it was live .. Boo!!!

Can someone please tell me if the appropriate software is available to download, so I can restore it to normal - I have an old laptop with PCMCIA and a 512K SRAM card.

Thank-you, thank-you - Any help would be appreciated!

Carolina :-)