Peter Dodge
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Hey everyone, a while ago I picked up an Alesis midiverb ii at a local thrift store, and I can’t seem to get it to work properly. It’s mix knob seems to be creating a lot of noise, and I read somewhere that this might be because I’m plug in the guitar directly into the alesis instead of using a preamp to get the gain lower, therefore less noise. Ive read a lot of stuff from different places but I can’t seem to get it to work I haven’t tried using a preamp yet but when I plug the guitar in, the green signal LED doesn’t want to turn on no matter how high I turn the input knob up. I can get sound to come through to my amp but none of the effects ever work and it just seems to work like a crappy amplifier.

This thing cost me around two dollars and I know how valuable it is so I’d really like to get it working
Any help is much appreciated thanks!

frantic
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Try plugging something else in, like your laptop, just to verify that the effect actually works. The output signal of guitars is very low indeed.

Peter Dodge
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Seattle WA

... I have low expectations for that, but most anything’s worth a shot... I’ll try it

herr_prof
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you might need to stick a di box in front of it, or better yet stick it in the effects loop of an amp.

Peter Dodge
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Yeah... I plugged the output of my laptops preamp into it, and the alesis into the amp... and it made clicking noises and the computer crashed and had to reboot...

Also I don’t have a di box or an amo with an effects loop, so...

herr_prof
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time to save up! Its not meant for direct guitar connections! You might try a line level device like your laptop and listening to the headphone outs on the alesis to make sure it works.

Peter Dodge
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In that case I might just let it sit for another while

Thanks everyone!