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Crackling/Clipping issues on Monitors
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<blockquote data-quote="Roy Andrews" data-source="post: 217069" data-attributes="member: 15263"><p>The crackling noise is the sound of the voice coil jumping out of the magnetic gap due to excessive excursion / cone movement. Keep that up, those speakers won't be long for this world. Indeed, they may already be toast.</p><p></p><p>You don't mention what size of rooms you play in... I mostly do medium sized (by Latin American standards) restaurants & bars, typically 50-200 people. I use a pair of QSC K12.2 tops & a Peavey Dark Matter 15" sub + a EV ELX 12" sub stacked on the same side & driven by a Behringer X32 Rack (all of this fit's in my friend's little MG car, which is my only transport & why those specific subs). I do not allow the musicians I work with to use stage amps & everybody uses in ears monitors (wired Behringer P2s for the stationary musicians & a UHF wireless box for the lead vocals to roam the stage). Bass, kick drum & vocals always get compression to tame the dynamics.... people absolutely love the sound of this system, musicians & audiences alike. In my opinion, the secret sauce is to be able to have everything going through the PA, and if the person doing sound knows what he's doing, he then has full control, and can make magic happen.</p><p></p><p>I'd say you are on the right path with the MR18, lots of instructional videos out there on how to set up the compressors, and probably enough AUXs for a full band in ears monitors solution. At some point you need to retire the Harbingers, they are basically the lowest end powered PA boxes money can buy, then along with the likes of Gemini & other department store powered speakers.</p><p></p><p>Remember, it's not the quantity of sound (aka volume) you produce that impresses audiences & club owners, it's the QUALITY of sound you produce...</p><p></p><p>PS - almost every effects pedal these days has amp modeling in it, I've never met a guitarist that doesn't have that ability. Since most bass players here are clueless about pedals, I bring along a $100 Zoom B1 Four with a bunch of different amp models I've built to handle different types of basses & players. I use this in place of a DI box... The Midas preamps do NOT need DI boxes when used with guitar / bass pedals... this has been tested out scientifically, but that is a whole 'notha discussion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roy Andrews, post: 217069, member: 15263"] The crackling noise is the sound of the voice coil jumping out of the magnetic gap due to excessive excursion / cone movement. Keep that up, those speakers won't be long for this world. Indeed, they may already be toast. You don't mention what size of rooms you play in... I mostly do medium sized (by Latin American standards) restaurants & bars, typically 50-200 people. I use a pair of QSC K12.2 tops & a Peavey Dark Matter 15" sub + a EV ELX 12" sub stacked on the same side & driven by a Behringer X32 Rack (all of this fit's in my friend's little MG car, which is my only transport & why those specific subs). I do not allow the musicians I work with to use stage amps & everybody uses in ears monitors (wired Behringer P2s for the stationary musicians & a UHF wireless box for the lead vocals to roam the stage). Bass, kick drum & vocals always get compression to tame the dynamics.... people absolutely love the sound of this system, musicians & audiences alike. In my opinion, the secret sauce is to be able to have everything going through the PA, and if the person doing sound knows what he's doing, he then has full control, and can make magic happen. I'd say you are on the right path with the MR18, lots of instructional videos out there on how to set up the compressors, and probably enough AUXs for a full band in ears monitors solution. At some point you need to retire the Harbingers, they are basically the lowest end powered PA boxes money can buy, then along with the likes of Gemini & other department store powered speakers. Remember, it's not the quantity of sound (aka volume) you produce that impresses audiences & club owners, it's the QUALITY of sound you produce... PS - almost every effects pedal these days has amp modeling in it, I've never met a guitarist that doesn't have that ability. Since most bass players here are clueless about pedals, I bring along a $100 Zoom B1 Four with a bunch of different amp models I've built to handle different types of basses & players. I use this in place of a DI box... The Midas preamps do NOT need DI boxes when used with guitar / bass pedals... this has been tested out scientifically, but that is a whole 'notha discussion. [/QUOTE]
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