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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Barracato" data-source="post: 41622" data-attributes="member: 24"><p>Re: Crossover vs EQ: Help me understand.</p><p></p><p>Hmm, sounds more than faintly familar.</p><p></p><p>On the opposite side of the story, I was recently in a smaller (400 seat) community theater down your way where I went in and fired up the center cluster (all there was) and had no mids at all. I check the driverack and it is set to a custom three way crossover. However the amps look like it is wired as a two way with a passive crossover in the tops. The house tech could not confirm for me which way the system was wired. The manager has fallen back on the "thats how it always sounds" argument and is convinced their preset is correct, and I have doors coming up in 15 minutes with no further time for troubleshooting.</p><p></p><p>I end up with no amplification on the banjo and fiddle, and the lead vocalist triple bussed (L/R, Group 1/2 vocals assigned to L/R, and group 5/6 solo group assigned to L/R) just to keep up with the instruments acoustically. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately it was a quiet crowd.</p><p></p><p>I left convinced they were sending the HF band from the crossover to full range tops.</p><p></p><p>Now that I have gotten comfortable with measuring an installed system fairly quickly, I have to figure out a time alotment to allow me to respond to problems I find. Knowing there is a problem with the PA as people are filing into their seats is not a great feeling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay Barracato, post: 41622, member: 24"] Re: Crossover vs EQ: Help me understand. Hmm, sounds more than faintly familar. On the opposite side of the story, I was recently in a smaller (400 seat) community theater down your way where I went in and fired up the center cluster (all there was) and had no mids at all. I check the driverack and it is set to a custom three way crossover. However the amps look like it is wired as a two way with a passive crossover in the tops. The house tech could not confirm for me which way the system was wired. The manager has fallen back on the "thats how it always sounds" argument and is convinced their preset is correct, and I have doors coming up in 15 minutes with no further time for troubleshooting. I end up with no amplification on the banjo and fiddle, and the lead vocalist triple bussed (L/R, Group 1/2 vocals assigned to L/R, and group 5/6 solo group assigned to L/R) just to keep up with the instruments acoustically. Fortunately it was a quiet crowd. I left convinced they were sending the HF band from the crossover to full range tops. Now that I have gotten comfortable with measuring an installed system fairly quickly, I have to figure out a time alotment to allow me to respond to problems I find. Knowing there is a problem with the PA as people are filing into their seats is not a great feeling. [/QUOTE]
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