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31st December 2004
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Germany
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Thread Starter | Valley People 440 questions...
Hi folks, I got hold of a valley people 440 compressor for a low price (?) roughly 350$. I fired it up and ran some vocal from a recent project (ABBA Mamma Mia musical stuff) through it. Sounds quite amazing... But as the company no longer exists and I haven't got any documentation can anybody share some info about it? Like specs, block diagram, manual etc. And - before I open it - is this a vca based design? Thanks for your help & happy new year Stefan
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31st December 2004
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Dec 2002 Location: capitol district NY
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Manual is avaiable on the Valley page. The company does still exist as a subsidiary of Galaxy, the tiny monitor people. It's definitely a vca based unit, with severl summed control paths to teh vca, allowing limiting, gate and compression functions. |
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31st December 2004
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| Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Germany
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Thank you covert! I didn't realize that valley people became valley audio... The manual even has the schematics - cool. Bye Stefan |
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1st January 2005
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| Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2002 Location: capitol district NY
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You're quite welcome. The 440 is one of my personal favorite pieces. I got mine busted for around $90, and replaced a couple of pots, and have really used it constantly since then. The only thing that sucks is the way the boxes were built back in the day.
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7th January 2005
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jan 2005 Location: NY, NY
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7th January 2005
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| Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Germany
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22nd March 2009
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| Gear interested Joined: Mar 2008 Location: North Hollywood
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| Valley People 440 Manual .pdf? Quote:
Hey guys I just got one of these and I'm looking for the manual. The above link no longer works. Does any one have a .pdf file they can pass my way? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks | |
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23rd January 2012
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| Gear interested  Joined: Nov 2011 Location: Toronto Canada
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23rd January 2012
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, Texas USofA
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PMI Audio own the rights to the Valley People line, they should have all the schematics. http://www.pmiaudio.com
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