HK Rotoshere - any way to make it quieter (non effects loop)

[PSaulino]

Hi,

Has anyone experiamented with quieting an HK Rotoshpere?
Mods, etc?

Indyguitarist perhaps?

Also I know it is "better" in a loop, has anyone used a loop like a VHT Valveulater or the Fuchs, etc?

Thanks,
Paul

[Wheeler004]

You can experiment with lower gain preamp tubes and see if that works. I had one for a while, but in the end I traded it in for a Dynacord CLS-222, which is a bit more authentic IMO and also has a lower noise floor.

[Don A]

I used to like the sound of a clean boost in front of mine. Lowering the drive can help, but if the drive is set low enough to reduce the his, the tone is gone as well.
In a live situation I find that the noise is fine as long as the rest of the band is playing.

I generally use it in an effects loop now though.To tell you the truth, it sounds incredibly better that way, not just noise, but the tone is much better as well.

[Jet Age Eric]

I've got gain at 1 o'clock and output at 10/11 o'clock and the hiss is (to my ears) completely unnoticeable. Good luck! -E

[gillibi]

The trick is running the output at a lower level, that is where the noise is coming from.

Run a clean boost in front of the Roto and have the drive set at 3 o'clock.

I had a company build a true bypass box with a built in clean boost on the front end and it really helps out with reducing the noise. Before this I ran a TB loop with a ZOOM PD-01 in it to do the same function.