Active speaker ?

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Peter Etheredge said:
While I totally agree with everyone else that it's a matter of knowing your speakers, knowing what they sound like when clipping, and setting your gains right I suppose maybe you could disconnect the wire in the back that goes to the LED and solder a new wire that goes to the front, and install the LED somewhere up there? Would wreak your warranty though if such things concern you.
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Or buy a speaker that has the feature that you want..
I know not everyone is willing to drop their speaker of choice over one feature, but if watching the clip lights makes you happy, then buy a powered speaker that shows you the clip lights :)

Jason
 

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You know in the last three years I have never seen that light come on. I really wonder about the levels some people who complained about the limiters must have been running them at.
 
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Doug Maye said:
Does the term "balls to the wall" work?
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Does the term "painful distortion" work?

or better yet

"Please may I leave?"


edit- This may be a hopeless battle. I just got home from Nashville and a walk along Broadway will just show how bad of a quality of sound people will "enjoy".
 
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Oh I'm not complaining just was curious on how you guys know when your clipping if your clip lights are in the back of the speaker.
Heavans no would I use the balls to the walls approach I wanna be able to use my PA for the next gig.
As far as not enough of gear for the room I don't try to book rooms that I know that my rig ain't enough.
I learned a long time a ago about bringing a knife to a gun fight.
 
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I'm a fan of the method Bennett suggested. In fact, I used the same principle this week to calibrate the meters on my mixer with those on the recording decks I'm using for the conference at the hotel - no clipping allowed!

I am going to do a similar thing to what you are doing, however, at least in a similar vein of thought. The audio install at the hotel where I work was made to be self-sufficient. Plug your mic into the wall jack, the mixers (Shure SCM628) in the amp closet gain up the signal; all you have to do is turn up the volume knob on the wall and have at it. The way WE use it, however, involves multiple inputs, so we must use a mixer in the room. This leaves a gray area for distortion and clipping that I haven't had time to work out yet...but tomorrow should be a good time to see how the meters correlate between the mixers in the room and those in the amp closet.

All the best to you and I wish you luck!
 
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