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Which limiters are good enough?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 50506" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Re: Which limiters are good enough?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This needs to find a way into the wiki, there is wisdom in Ivan's post and Eric's experienced response.</p><p></p><p>My little tirade: "system protection" limiting is a frequent flyer on multiple forums. The "been there, do that for a living" guys know that there are no "right on, magic bullet" answers for the implied needs of those who do not bring Enough Rig for the Gig®. Reducing dynamic range even further puts even more thermal stress on every component. Continuously operating a system on the edge of transducer or amplifier thermal limits is certain to fail and almost assuredly during a critical show. From a 'drive' standpoint, there is so much gain ahead of the amp outputs that an "oops" or "oh SHIT" moment might be just the amount of stress needed to push a thermally saturated voice coil over the edge. The limiter can't save you in this circumstance.</p><p></p><p>Also consider that "system protection" limiting is something that the Junior Varsity did without for a very long time. When I was a "guy with a van load of PA", I paid for some recones and diaphragms, some amp output stages and other repairs. It was tuition at the Ye Olde Skool of Harde Knox. I learned what stressed components sound like and learned the art of manual control. And I bought more rig.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 50506, member: 67"] Re: Which limiters are good enough? This needs to find a way into the wiki, there is wisdom in Ivan's post and Eric's experienced response. My little tirade: "system protection" limiting is a frequent flyer on multiple forums. The "been there, do that for a living" guys know that there are no "right on, magic bullet" answers for the implied needs of those who do not bring Enough Rig for the Gig®. Reducing dynamic range even further puts even more thermal stress on every component. Continuously operating a system on the edge of transducer or amplifier thermal limits is certain to fail and almost assuredly during a critical show. From a 'drive' standpoint, there is so much gain ahead of the amp outputs that an "oops" or "oh SHIT" moment might be just the amount of stress needed to push a thermally saturated voice coil over the edge. The limiter can't save you in this circumstance. Also consider that "system protection" limiting is something that the Junior Varsity did without for a very long time. When I was a "guy with a van load of PA", I paid for some recones and diaphragms, some amp output stages and other repairs. It was tuition at the Ye Olde Skool of Harde Knox. I learned what stressed components sound like and learned the art of manual control. And I bought more rig. [/QUOTE]
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