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<blockquote data-quote="TJ Cornish" data-source="post: 34966" data-attributes="member: 162">Re: Digital Boards - Sound QualityI don&#039;t know about Smaart or TEF, but a distortion analysis of an input signal vs an output signal should reveal any jitter or other nasty things happening to the signal.&nbsp; I suppose the trick is determining what components of the measured distortion are &quot;desirable sweetening&quot; vs &quot;distortion&quot;.Since this thread is in the &quot;Junior&quot; section, I&#039;ll go on a limb and say that the distortion caused by the transducers at each end of the chain and the venue that the system is being used in, is likely at least a couple orders of magnitude larger than whatever distortion is caused by the mixer.&nbsp; Relative to all the other issues of live sound, it seems a pipe dream to be at the level that everything else about the gig - equipment arriving safely, loading issues, setup happening in enough time, having enough power, troubleshooting, sound check, venue acoustic issues, band talent issues, etc. are so well satisfied that worrying about the mixer clock is a significant concern.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TJ Cornish, post: 34966, member: 162"] Re: Digital Boards - Sound Quality I don't know about Smaart or TEF, but a distortion analysis of an input signal vs an output signal should reveal any jitter or other nasty things happening to the signal. I suppose the trick is determining what components of the measured distortion are "desirable sweetening" vs "distortion". Since this thread is in the "Junior" section, I'll go on a limb and say that the distortion caused by the transducers at each end of the chain and the venue that the system is being used in, is likely at least a couple orders of magnitude larger than whatever distortion is caused by the mixer. Relative to all the other issues of live sound, it seems a pipe dream to be at the level that everything else about the gig - equipment arriving safely, loading issues, setup happening in enough time, having enough power, troubleshooting, sound check, venue acoustic issues, band talent issues, etc. are so well satisfied that worrying about the mixer clock is a significant concern. [/QUOTE]

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