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  • March 11, 2013 at 1:45 pm #37843
    Terry_42
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    The way I do it:
    For sound check I put my EQs flat in the middle and then level out with the stage mixer of the PA, so the room has a good overall sound. I then “freeze” the stage mixer and never touch it again, so the basic sound stays like this.
    All the tricks and bells I do with EQing I do on my controller then…

    March 12, 2013 at 6:49 pm #37886
    DJ Vintage
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    It is a tricky one.

    If it is the eq on the input channels of the house mixer I usually leave them at 0 (12 o’clock) and do all my eq-ing from my mixer/controller.

    If it is the EQ on the output channels of the house mixer they may just be set to adjust for the room acoustics and touching them might turn out to be a really bad idea. If you are a venue owner you preferably want to “sound out” a room and have output EQ (parametric) to compensate for the acoustics and then lock and seal those.

    “They are active and have their own mixer” … sounds like the speakers have their own eq built-in. If that is the case, they are probably 2 or 3-band regular (not parametric) tone control and totally unsuited for room compensation. So I would leave them at 0 and do everything from your controller/mixer.

    If, like Terry, you plan on doing a sound check, keep in mind that an empty room sounds completely different from the same room filled with people :), so make sure to do a quick run through the house once the crowd is in to make any adjustments.

    Greetinx,
    C.

    March 16, 2013 at 5:27 pm #38029
    NietzSKY
    Participant

    Terry_42, post: 37999, member: 1843 wrote: The way I do it:
    For sound check I put my EQs flat in the middle and then level out with the stage mixer of the PA, so the room has a good overall sound. I then “freeze” the stage mixer and never touch it again, so the basic sound stays like this.
    All the tricks and bells I do with EQing I do on my controller then…

    This is how I do it as well for the most part. As the above posted mentioned, a room full of people is louder than an empty room, so I usually set my mixer EQs to about 40-45%, keep it there, and then as people funnel in slowly adjust to having them flat in the middle.

    March 16, 2013 at 7:20 pm #38035
    Jahit Halil
    Participant

    Ok so let me get this straight, house mixer eqs at 12,oclock….. then re-adjust using controller eqs…in addition to this the speakers are active and they also have volume and bass adjustments.

    March 16, 2013 at 7:42 pm #38036
    NietzSKY
    Participant

    your mixer EQs at 12 (or a little less), adjust the house mixer accordingly….. then controller EQ from there.

    March 16, 2013 at 7:48 pm #38039
    Jahit Halil
    Participant

    thanks guys i will give that a try and see how it all sounds…

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