formerlyfzfile
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Is the power handling / signal level capacity of powered monitors effected by where the volume knob of the monitors is set to.
I have been trying to set and mark levels through my mixer while listening to different reference CDs.
While doing this I have the monitor outs of my mixer ( a Tascam M30) mult-ed out to an UltraCurve set to RTA so I can look at the frequencies of the output. It is a good leaning tool and reference point for me, especially when listening to reference sources to see where the frequency energy is happening for a particlar sound.
Also helps me visually see where a mix might be uneven.
Anyway......I have the CD player going to the Line In of chanels 7/8 and routed to the 3/4 busses.
At first I had the monitors turned up about 2/3's of the way to max.
This let me set the channel faders at 7 (unity being 7 to 8) and the Buss gain at 3/4s and the Master fader at 6....giving me a good loud listening level and clear sound.
But at 1/2dB resolution on the RTA I needed to hit the unit with a little more level to get a good view of the whole freq. range.
So I put the channel faders at 8 and the master up to 7.
The buss VU meters were well below clipping but in order to maintain the same (comfortable) loudness in listening level I had to turn the monitors down to a little less than 1/2 way (about 4 on a 1-10 dial).
But on playing the same reference CD, there was audible distortion
Not a tremendous amount but definitely enough to notice.
I switched back to original settings and no distortion.
Back to second settings....distortion again.
I have sent more signal to the monitors before and not noticed distortion.........although I wasnt listening as criticly as today.
Any ideas as to why this is happening????
-mike
I have been trying to set and mark levels through my mixer while listening to different reference CDs.
While doing this I have the monitor outs of my mixer ( a Tascam M30) mult-ed out to an UltraCurve set to RTA so I can look at the frequencies of the output. It is a good leaning tool and reference point for me, especially when listening to reference sources to see where the frequency energy is happening for a particlar sound.
Also helps me visually see where a mix might be uneven.
Anyway......I have the CD player going to the Line In of chanels 7/8 and routed to the 3/4 busses.
At first I had the monitors turned up about 2/3's of the way to max.
This let me set the channel faders at 7 (unity being 7 to 8) and the Buss gain at 3/4s and the Master fader at 6....giving me a good loud listening level and clear sound.
But at 1/2dB resolution on the RTA I needed to hit the unit with a little more level to get a good view of the whole freq. range.
So I put the channel faders at 8 and the master up to 7.
The buss VU meters were well below clipping but in order to maintain the same (comfortable) loudness in listening level I had to turn the monitors down to a little less than 1/2 way (about 4 on a 1-10 dial).
But on playing the same reference CD, there was audible distortion
Not a tremendous amount but definitely enough to notice.
I switched back to original settings and no distortion.
Back to second settings....distortion again.
I have sent more signal to the monitors before and not noticed distortion.........although I wasnt listening as criticly as today.
Any ideas as to why this is happening????
-mike