For anyone who's interested, I thought I'd share the DSP settings I've created for the EAW VR series speakers that I use. These cabinets were the best I could afford a few years back and when I got access to Lake processing (for reasons I won't go into here), I figured I'd bi-amp the VR21's to squeeze a little more power and quality out of them. (I know, for many people, these cabinets are on the cheap end of the scale. Please, no flaming.
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I'd welcome any comments or feedback on this. I've kind of made this up as I go.
Here are screen shots of the module.
Delay's
- 0.44ms to align the VR21 12" with the horn
- additional 5ms on the VRS12 to match the delay of the linear phase crossover used in the VR21
![delays.jpg delays.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2238-29df24e5758f4287f0e0c096e3e7ab60.jpg)
Gains
![gains.jpg gains.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2239-e736aa4167dd79a0ab0ba738e58f60af.jpg)
VRS12 2 x 12" sub.
- EAW recommended HPF and parametric.
- Linkwitz-Riley LPF to cross with the VR21
![sub.jpg sub.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2240-d9d1d02048190394e50ed8be6322a0c5.jpg)
Linear phase brick wall crossover for the VR21
- LPBW chosen to reduce lobing around the crossover region
- 5ms delay
- 1.2kHz somewhat arbitrary
![xover.jpg xover.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2241-293352e9a0677599fdb1321aa56441fc.jpg)
EQ for the VR21
- Created using pink noise and SysTune at about 1m.
- Note the notch at 3.6 kHz. (I could hear some weird resonance.)
- The highs are adjusted to taste in each venue using another overlay
![eq.jpg eq.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2242-a7803606cf064f722c49259a1dbe7686.jpg)
Best,
Michael
I'd welcome any comments or feedback on this. I've kind of made this up as I go.
Here are screen shots of the module.
Delay's
- 0.44ms to align the VR21 12" with the horn
- additional 5ms on the VRS12 to match the delay of the linear phase crossover used in the VR21
![delays.jpg delays.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2238-29df24e5758f4287f0e0c096e3e7ab60.jpg)
Gains
![gains.jpg gains.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2239-e736aa4167dd79a0ab0ba738e58f60af.jpg)
VRS12 2 x 12" sub.
- EAW recommended HPF and parametric.
- Linkwitz-Riley LPF to cross with the VR21
![sub.jpg sub.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2240-d9d1d02048190394e50ed8be6322a0c5.jpg)
Linear phase brick wall crossover for the VR21
- LPBW chosen to reduce lobing around the crossover region
- 5ms delay
- 1.2kHz somewhat arbitrary
![xover.jpg xover.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2241-293352e9a0677599fdb1321aa56441fc.jpg)
EQ for the VR21
- Created using pink noise and SysTune at about 1m.
- Note the notch at 3.6 kHz. (I could hear some weird resonance.)
- The highs are adjusted to taste in each venue using another overlay
![eq.jpg eq.jpg](https://soundforums.net/community/data/attachments/2/2242-a7803606cf064f722c49259a1dbe7686.jpg)
Best,
Michael