I just picked up an RV-3 from eBay and didn't get the sticker or the owner's manual. Can anyone give me the mode descriptions?
Thanx
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Bill Atwood
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Hi, Bill, the knobs function differently according to which mode you're using:
CONTROLS:
(left to right):
1.FX balance (wet or dry)
2.Tone (timbre of reverb)/Feedback (repetitions of delay)
3.Reverberation time (reverb) / Delay time(delay or delay/reverb)
4.Mode selector:
It has 11 modes.
1-3 are Delays with different delay time ranges.
4: Delay with small room reverb.
5: Delay with larger room reverb.
6: Delay with Hall reverb.
7: Delay with Plate Reverb. Delay times are selected between 32ms and 1s and Reverb time is fixed (in modes 4-7).
8: Room reverb.
9: Larger room reverb.
10:Hall reverb.
11:Plate reverb.
There have been many posts from the "pros" here on their preferred settings, but a consensus seems to be Mode 7 (Delay and plate verb) with Feedback (knob 2) around 10-11 o'clock, Delay time (knob 3) around 12-1pm
On the first knob, effects balance, it really reflects where in your chain you have the RV-3, if before your volume pedal, you will need it up higher, if after your pedal (whcih I recommend, so that if you kill your guitar volume you won't unnaturally also kill the delay), you might need it set quite low, for me it's barely on at around 7-8 o'clock. I often find that when I have it set "right" for a ballad sound on mode 7, just switching to mode 6 gives me a nice sound for up-tempo stuff. I love this box. Hope this helps.
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CONTROLS:
(left to right):
1.FX balance (wet or dry)
2.Tone (timbre of reverb)/Feedback (repetitions of delay)
3.Reverberation time (reverb) / Delay time(delay or delay/reverb)
4.Mode selector:
It has 11 modes.
1-3 are Delays with different delay time ranges.
4: Delay with small room reverb.
5: Delay with larger room reverb.
6: Delay with Hall reverb.
7: Delay with Plate Reverb. Delay times are selected between 32ms and 1s and Reverb time is fixed (in modes 4-7).
8: Room reverb.
9: Larger room reverb.
10:Hall reverb.
11:Plate reverb.
There have been many posts from the "pros" here on their preferred settings, but a consensus seems to be Mode 7 (Delay and plate verb) with Feedback (knob 2) around 10-11 o'clock, Delay time (knob 3) around 12-1pm
On the first knob, effects balance, it really reflects where in your chain you have the RV-3, if before your volume pedal, you will need it up higher, if after your pedal (whcih I recommend, so that if you kill your guitar volume you won't unnaturally also kill the delay), you might need it set quite low, for me it's barely on at around 7-8 o'clock. I often find that when I have it set "right" for a ballad sound on mode 7, just switching to mode 6 gives me a nice sound for up-tempo stuff. I love this box. Hope this helps.
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