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Old 1st November 2012   #1
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DIY 1176 Repair (Rev D)
Hey guys,

I had an 1176 (Rev D, for what it's worth) compressor built for me by a guy I met in a forum. It doesn't quite work. I'm a newbie at working with electronics (can do basic soldering)...not sure if fixing it will be possible or if I'll need to find someone to help.

The problems are:
- a few simple ones: the VU meter is not attached to the face plate correctly; the VU isn't calibrated correctly; a knob came off; the board the ratio buttons are attached to is slightly loose
- the main one: it doesn't work. I get some of the input signal through output, but with a massive amount of noise, dwarfing the input signal. Turning the attack knob seems to affect the noise. For a while it seemed like the GR meter was working correctly (i.e., bouncing up and down in response to signal peaks), but even then the compressed sound wasn't going through the output. Now I'm not even getting that behavior. So something is seriously wrong.

The guy who built it claims it was working when he sent it out, and I believe him, so hopefully it's something simple that got jostled during shipping. Any of ideas things to test to fix it?

Alternately, anyone in NYC who could fix this? Happy to pay you for your time, of course. Thanks for your help.
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Sounds like the guy f@k3d you over to me, but you can call it how you want. How much did you pay? I have 2 that I want to sell myself, but there built to last.

Check over at the lab, look at wiring or better yet send it back.
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Would it be offensive to mention who built it? I imagine there are some on this forum that are on the market for a good 1176 clone and would very much like to think twice before ordering from who ever built yours.

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If both the VU meter and the envelope detection circuit aren't working and there's no bangs on the case, I'd smell a rat.

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Why are you not talking to the person who built it?
If you (they) are ripping off someone else's design (UA) they should at least have the decency to learn how it works and be able to fix it.
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