"Keith G" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message


Also, see: 'Excellent as a Tube DI XLR and 1/4" Inputs'
- does this mean I would/could run a keyboard or (dare I
suggest it) a digital piano through one of these with
some expectations of success?

Yes. There's no need to worry about the phantom voltage
setting because the user manual states that the phantom
power is only available on the XLR input.



Which is good, but that's the 'Also, see' - what about
this bit:
"Which you will see have a 'third knob' for 'ART's new V3
(Variable Valve Voicing) Technology'...???

I've always ignored it and used it 'Flat' but what does
it do?

It does a number of things.

In the first generation of this device, there was a knob like this that
varied the ratio between signal that went through the tube, and the signal
that bypassed the tube. In short, it controlled the amount of nonlinear
distortion.

In this generation, they've added other functions that appear to be layered
on top of the control over added nonlinear distoriton that was always there.
One of the added functions is no added function at all. IOW it duplicates
what earlier generations of the device did.

What's actually happening/being done to the signal
when it is turned through the various 'instruments'?
(I'll have to have a fiddle with it sometime!)"

Here's the key Keith. It is obviously a device that has an audible effect.
As the operator of the device, it is up to you by experimental means, to see
how it effects the sounds of the various instruments that you process with
this box.

I would hook this thing up in a normal signal path for playback, and play
back various recordings and find out what the audible effects are, in
accordance with your perceptions and preferences. Treat it like a tone
control or some such.

That's what an intelligent person does with any audio signal processor,
especially one with a number of knobs to turn.