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Is there a guide for setting up a DRPA?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:05 pm
by jimbo7
I've searched and can't find it.

I just got a DRPA for $80 and might get a Ce1000 soon if they'll sell for $100.

Re: Is there a guide for setting up a DRPA?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:13 pm
by Bruce Weldy
jimbo7 wrote:I've searched and can't find it.

I just got a DRPA for $80 and might get a Ce1000 soon if they'll sell for $100.
Google driverack PA manual. Then download the PDF.

Re: Is there a guide for setting up a DRPA?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:40 pm
by Grant Bunter
If you get the CE1000, try about 6dB reduction on the limiter for your BP loaded T24.
That will get you very close to 35V.

You have the internal passive crossover in your T24 right?
If so, bypass or remove it.

Re: Is there a guide for setting up a DRPA?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:08 pm
by jimbo7
Bruce Weldy wrote:Google driverack PA manual. Then download the PDF.
I have the pdf manual and read through it already. I was thinking/hoping there was a guide like there is for the 2496.


Grant Bunter wrote:If you get the CE1000, try about 6dB reduction on the limiter for your BP loaded T24.
That will get you very close to 35V.

You have the internal passive crossover in your T24 right?
If so, bypass or remove it.
There's a setting for the ce1000 programmed in it already, not sure of its settings, though. I might have to make a custom setup anyways.

I do have passive crossovers. Will I need to bypass them in the SLA's?

Re: Is there a guide for setting up a DRPA?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:21 pm
by Bruce Weldy
jimbo7 wrote:
Bruce Weldy wrote:Google driverack PA manual. Then download the PDF.
I have the pdf manual and read through it already. I was thinking/hoping there was a guide like there is for the 2496.

What do you need to know? Shoot some questions, we'll give some answers.

dbx does kinda' expect you to know what you want. I found the manuals lacking in "how to use it" vs. "what it does".

Re: Is there a guide for setting up a DRPA?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:01 pm
by jimbo7
No questions at the moment. Just hoping there was already a map to guide my way through this adventure.

Re: Is there a guide for setting up a DRPA?

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:50 am
by byacey
The Driverack replaces a bunch of traditional equipment and combines their individual functions into one, small single space rack unit thanks to digital signal processing. If you undertsand what these individual units do, pretty much everything in the Driverack is straightforward.

There are a few things not mentioned in the manual, like the FBX adjusting EQ filters on both left and right channels simultaneously. I found this can be a problem when running FOH on one channel and a monitor mix on the other.

Re: Is there a guide for setting up a DRPA?

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:11 pm
by Grant Bunter
jimbo7 wrote:
Bruce Weldy wrote:Google driverack PA manual. Then download the PDF.
I have the pdf manual and read through it already. I was thinking/hoping there was a guide like there is for the 2496.

As far as I am aware, no one has written one similar to what I did for the DCX2496.
Grant Bunter wrote:If you get the CE1000, try about 6dB reduction on the limiter for your BP loaded T24.
That will get you very close to 35V.

There's a setting for the ce1000 programmed in it already, not sure of its settings, though. I might have to make a custom setup anyways.

IIRC you need to do a custom setup, not use any or the pre programmes

You have the internal passive crossover in your T24 right?
If so, bypass or remove it.
I do have passive crossovers. Will I need to bypass them in the SLA's?

If I'm reading this correctly, the passive crossovers in the SLA's seperate low/mids and high frequency. You want to leave that in place.