RYNO20 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 2:19 pm
Seth wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 1:35 pm
Bruce Weldy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:55 pm
I just don't understand how lowering the threshold could cause clipping - should be the opposite.
Guessing it's a terminology mix-up. Limiting/clipping. Not having any experience with a Driverack, I don't know. But, the amps I have that have a limiter illuminate the same light as clipping when the limiter is engaged.
Now I know why I didn’t turn off xover — don’t know how lol
I can make hp feq out and lp freq anywhere and gain 0.0db ?
Made them read out on hp and lp but gain 0.0
Still not working
Read the manual some more
Even used dbx pink noise gen and got all my attenuators set accordingly, and re checked to 50 volts. Max to sub , can’t seem to read the others yet no matter what is on or off, so I’m happy sub is safe
Yes tried 1,000 Hf etc seemed to help, the pink noise generator in the dbx helped set the amp attenuation, at least to the specs they suggested
And since I got voltage reading on sub and set the limiter I set the limiter the same for the mains, same watt speakers but the highs unknown.
Then I played Led Zeppelin , U2, iron butterfly, yeah my ears are ringing— (it was an awesome concert) and I noticed I’m nowhere near full potential on the master mixer volume where the 50 volts would be.6DFA68CE-3AFE-41CA-9ACB-13587A4CDB6A.jpeg
There are some people that do, and some that do not set limiters for the mid/high cabs. The reason people don't is it's very easy to hear when your mids/highs are distorting, it sounds like shit. Where, the distortion in the subs is much more subtle, nearly unnoticeable when the full system is playing. So. that's why many don't limit their tops. Don't really need to.
It's a little difficult to tell what you're doing or not doing from the description you've provided. The sentence structure is also difficult to decipher. I'm guessing you're using speech to text. If you could be a little more specific about the methods you've tried and the results you're seeing, it would be easier to help out. Short of that, I'll try to clarify what I said before.
If you really want to limit the tops and there isn't an option to disable the High Pass filter, or it's not obvious how to do it, just set the high pass for 10 or so HZ below your test sine wave frequency. If your test tone is 60Hz, set the High Pass Filter for 50Hz. The reason for this is, many filters are already rolling off at the set frequency. The Linkwitz-Riley, for instance, is -3dB at the designated cutoff frequency. So, if it's set for 125Hz, it is actually rolling off before that, effecting your test if your test frequency is too close to your cutoff frequency.
Alternatively, you can try using a different test sine wave frequency that's above/higher than your High Pass Frequency. The 600Hz or 1000Hz I mentioned before is the frequency of the sine wave test tone to try, not a crossover frequency. If your High Pass is 125Hz, you can leave it there and run a 600Hz Sine Wave test tone.