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<blockquote data-quote="Per Søvik" data-source="post: 113122" data-attributes="member: 1285"><p>Re: HK Elements problems and advise</p><p></p><p>That is a very large space for that set-up, so it is not surprising that you run out of steam when trying to push it even a little bit. The area is ten times bigger than what you can reasonably expect to cover with that system. </p><p>While adding two more tops must be an obvious solution at some point (I assume that your current system consist of two active subs so that is an option), the system will never be capable of going loud so turning it down and working on the mix will serve you both now and in the future. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Having the playback at a level where there is still some headroom, and working with the compressor on the vocal channels to control the vocal dynamics will enable you to open it up a bit. </p><p>Try setting the dynamics on each channel to Treshold -18, Ratio 20, Knee 5 as a start, just leaving the rest of the settings in the default states.</p><p>In addition, you could route the vocals to a subgroup and have some dynamics on that subgroup as well, then I would suggest opening up a bit on the individual channels by reducing the ratio to 5 and using the above settings for the subgroup. Sending to effects pre-dynamics will make it sound big even when the compression is squashing the level, allowing some sense of dynamics even when the system can't provide it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Per Søvik, post: 113122, member: 1285"] Re: HK Elements problems and advise That is a very large space for that set-up, so it is not surprising that you run out of steam when trying to push it even a little bit. The area is ten times bigger than what you can reasonably expect to cover with that system. While adding two more tops must be an obvious solution at some point (I assume that your current system consist of two active subs so that is an option), the system will never be capable of going loud so turning it down and working on the mix will serve you both now and in the future. Having the playback at a level where there is still some headroom, and working with the compressor on the vocal channels to control the vocal dynamics will enable you to open it up a bit. Try setting the dynamics on each channel to Treshold -18, Ratio 20, Knee 5 as a start, just leaving the rest of the settings in the default states. In addition, you could route the vocals to a subgroup and have some dynamics on that subgroup as well, then I would suggest opening up a bit on the individual channels by reducing the ratio to 5 and using the above settings for the subgroup. Sending to effects pre-dynamics will make it sound big even when the compression is squashing the level, allowing some sense of dynamics even when the system can't provide it. [/QUOTE]
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