Hi,

The ON/OFF switch on my Nova Delay stopped working out of the blue. When the unit is powered up, the switch does not do anything. The only way to turn it on is to press the PRESET button, and somehow it turns on. The ON/OFF switch does not turn the unit off after this, so the only way to do it is to unplug the power supply.

Has anyone experienced such a thing before? The unit is more than a year old, so it is out of warranty (in the U.S.). tc is asking for $130 to fix it. Most probably, it is a switch issue, but I do not know the particular switch that tc electronic uses on its Nova pedals.

Do you think it is worth trying to fix it, or should I go for something else?

Cheers,

Alper

Yesterday I ordered the RH amp. I tried the Classic amp in a store, I think it is the same amp as the RH 450.

Have you guys some suggestions on settings that will fit my Berg AE410. Do you think I have to alter the standard amp settings to have a "wider" sound. I have been playing with a EBS TD 650 for a while, basses are Sandberg Umbo, Fodera Emperor and Wal MKII all 5-stringers.
Thanks
Ursus

I am working on really learning the ins and outs of the volume and expression pedals on the G so I can fill in the 4th chapter of the white paper. In working on things, I have managed to get things working pretty well with my rig. I am using and FV-500H and an FV-500L.

I tried a couple of things and got very different results. Here is the deal thus far.

Volume Pedal Config #1
Wiring: FV-500H Out --> TS-TS Cable --> G-System Vol Jack
GFX Vol Type: Vol
Calibration range: Bass-ackwards

Calibration did not work at all. In fact, it calibrated "backwards" - with the MAX at 0 and the min at something like 12. STRANGE-ola. Clearly did not work. Tried with a couple of different cables to be sure it was not cable-related.

Volume Pedal Config #2
Wiring: FV-500H Expr--> TRS-TRS Cable --> G-System Vol Jack
GFX Vol Type: Expr (Since I am using the linear pot on the FV)
Calibration range: 0-50

Not bad - but a lot of the pedal motion is wasted. Useable though.

Volume Pedal Config #3
Wiring: FV-500H In --> Y-Cable Ring
FV-500H Out --> Y-Cable Tip
Y-Cable TRS --> G-System Vol Jack
GFX Vol Type: Vol
Calibration range: 0-99

Used a 1/4" Insert cable (TRS-to-dual TS Y-cable). Works great. Motion is smooth and most of the pedal range is useful. Volume swells and diminuendos are quite smooth sounding. I am really happy with this one. IMO, this is THE way to use this pedal for volume - period.


Expr Pedal Config #1
Wiring: FV-500L Expr--> TRS-TRS Cable --> G-System Expr Jack
GFX Expr Type: Expr
Calibration range: 0-50

This seems to work fine - but the wah felt a little odd to me...but check this out...


Expression Pedal Config #2
Wiring: FV-500L In --> Y-Cable Ring
FV-500L Out --> Y-Cable Tip
Y-Cable TRS --> G-System ExprJack
GFX Expr Type: Vol (Since I am using the Logarithmic pot on the pedal)
Calibration range: 0-68

Wider detection range - and actually much better feel on the pedal. I may be weird, but I think I like this one better.


Expression Pedal Config #3
Wiring: FV-500H In --> Y-Cable Ring
FV-500H Out --> Y-Cable Tip
Y-Cable TRS --> G-System ExprJack
GFX Expr Type: Vol (Since I am using the Logarithmic pot on the pedal)
Calibration range: 0-98

I tried the FV-500H for expression duties, and it worked great with the Y cable.


I need to play with controlling some of the other expression parameters besides the wah before I make any recommendations - but using a Y-cable with the FV-500H appears to work best for BOTH pedals - although things work pretty well with the FV-500L as well.


I DO think that TELLING the G-System what kind of pedal is connected to the jack is REALLY important. You can use a volume pedal for expression, and you can use an expression pedal for volume...but you HAVE to tell the G that you are doing this. It probably makes some kind of internal adjustment for the logarithmic pot in the volume pedal. Smart.

Hey all!

I've finally taken delivery of my rig.

As you may have read in the Combo - to buy or not to buy thread I ended up opting for the seperates.

And thanks to the advice of BASSically I bought a cheap (£8.99) folding luggage trolley that the RS210 fits onto nicely

The RH450 came almost a week later than the rest of the gear as there was a delay at TC Electronic - guessing that these amps are getting more popular by the day

I have the case for the cab to protect it thankfully - I had a flightcased amp on top of it for one gig and it left some marks - but there's soon to be a new cab coating apparently.

I'm still playing with settings but I'm certain I'm going to enjoy gigging this little rig and, as I've also bought the amp/pedal carry bag, getting this set-up to the shows shouldn't be a problem.

Have TC will travel!!









J

I have purchased a new helicon VoiceLive and am having problems getting the hamonies to sound right. Some of them work on midi but I cannot work out how to use the machine properly from the manual. I tried to return the machine back to factory presets and have now lost all sound out. I have turned the output volume right up with no results. I have tried the email address on the box (there is none in the manual) and get the message that they don'r exist. How do I get in touch with support for Voice Live. I would appreciate some contact to help solve these problems. Alan Tyson.

Hey guys

I have returned my GB Shuttle 9.0 for various reasons, and I am upgrading to the TC Elec RH450, the RC4 and the RH450 gig bag.

I have watched all the videos and I am very excited.

Does anyone have any tips they want to share with me?

What are peoples views of the RS cabinets so far?

Thanks

Hiya everybody,

i'm new here but it's a couple of months i'm reading this board.
Reading all your posts allowed me to set up my G really smoothly.
Basically, my set up is tube preamp (with FX loop), tube power amp, G, 2 2x12 cabs, Nova Drive, AnalogMan Fuzz, Radial Tonebone Classic.
G is wired with the 4 cables system, using the preamp FX loop. Stompboxes on G loops.

Since i've always been a pre distortion eq fan, i'm scouting for an EQ to insert on G LOOP1. I'm cosidering the MXR-108 ten bands EQ, but i'm very intrigued by rack EQ systems as well.
Rack EQ's usually have better S/N ratio than guitar stompboxes, more sliders to fine tune guitar tone shaping, and usually they're stereo (2 channels). Obviusly they are.. eh.. rack mounted?? :-p And..cheaper.. considering that basically it's like having two EQ pedals.
So, having checked out both G loop's I/O impedences, EQ (Behringer fbq1502, or BDX analog EQ, for example) I/O impedences, it seems that electrically speaking the marriage might work fine.
Then, i could get rid of one stompbox (Fuzz, or Tonebone), and have two different pre distortion (or 1 pre and 1 post distortion EQ, using one EQ channel after the stompboxes) EQ settings to select.

What do you guys think? Any suggestion? Anybody's using a similar setup?

Cheers!!

I have searched all over and can't find anyone who has posted their experience with pedals. So what is a good pedal to use? And should i be looking for a low impedance or high? Also, where should it be in the chain? This is how I will be running it:
Guitar>G-Natural>P.A. Should it be before or after the G-Natural? THanks

I´ve had the Nova System for some time and I really like it!

Sometimes I´m in need of the huge arena-reverb (Jeff Beck kind of sound). I have only found those reverbs in Space Designer (Logic plugin) and Lexicon + Eventide rackunits. Also my Cyber Twin has a very good arena-reverb. I´ve tried to mix delay + reverb to extend the reverb sound, but I´m not satisfied. When pushing the hall-reverb to much, the tone get´s a bad taste...

Would it be possible to add a new algoritm into the Nova System in order to get the huge reverb? Or is there any other ways of doing it?

...thx for helping out, or thx TC for updating the software, the way I want...