Questions on limiters/gates/compressors/eqs?

[RubiconProSound]

... If you're DJing yourself, I agree that there's no need to compress the material. But if you're doing sound reinforcement for other DJs, it's imperative to have a limiter in place. The amount of gain that can be added on a typical DJ mixer is downright ridiculous.

+1
...thankfully when I do rent/loan the system out, I go with it. If someone else is using the rig that night I'll initially set the gain structure with the faders on the mixer maxed out just in case.

And I might add to other DJ's using Serato to watch the Master gain and Track gains as well. Serato allows you to adjust the master gain as well as the gain for each song (track) individually to compensate for a low signal level. I caught a DJ the other night on Serato with the track gains fully in the red and completely unaware of the distortion...That's when the limiter on the DRPA is handy. Still sounds like crap but at least the speakers are protected...

[ben.in.salzburg]

A lot of DJ's forget that when u are behind the music,it will never sound like it does in front of the music and they attempt to make it sound like that from behind,especially when they arent used to hearing bass from the system.Once i do my sound check,i never change any tone controls.If its sounding "good" to you from behind it,it probably sounds horrible to the listeners.

Very true. I get the opposite problem. Sometimes the DJ is experiencing massive bass as he is against a wall or in a corner. He turns it down and kills the atmosphere on the dancefloor.

Good to hear you are having fun and achieving success with your system!

Ben

[Israel]

On the behringer eq, there is an 18oct/slope crossover for the mids and highs, and a separate sub out with adjustable 18oct/slope from 40hz to 250hz, so do I still need a dedicated crossover or can I get away with that for now?

I asked behringer staff on that xover cause it says 18db/oct on the specs but in the manual says it is 12db/oct
they told me that the correct slope is 12db/oct
I use 2 of them for tops at 100hz and one 1502 for subs and monitors(live sound) but you can use one for top/sub setup as long as you proper set it to high pass the subs