jkowtko
Well-Known Member
In our theater I am at the point where the FOH is fairly well EQ'd for the current show we're running, feedback problems are pretty much behind us, and I'm well into the process of balancing the house volume scross all seating areas.
Some of the seating areas run a little hot, and in general when we run loud shows, without limiters in the system equipment there is no easy way for me to prevent the board operator from pushing the volume a little too high for the (elderly) audience.
So I would like to install limiters of some sort, and I would like to put it on the "system" equipment so I don't have to worry about what people do on the board. What should I use?
Current equipment:
- two DBX 231s and one 131, to cover the 5 full range speakers.
- I also have two subs that I'm not using right now, but for shows when I use them I need to handle EQ, crossover and limiting. If I followed my current path I would simply purchase another DBX 231 (or increase the existing 131 to a 231) to handle the subs.
Options I know of:
- up the EQs to the 2231, something that has limiting built in
- swap out the EQs for Driverack PA ... gives me EQ, limiting, and also crossover when I run the subs against a pair of FOH speakers. The Driverack also fits nicely within 1U (vs the 2231 which is 4U).
Any opinions on the above two options? Any other equipment I should be considering instead?
Thanks. John
Some of the seating areas run a little hot, and in general when we run loud shows, without limiters in the system equipment there is no easy way for me to prevent the board operator from pushing the volume a little too high for the (elderly) audience.
So I would like to install limiters of some sort, and I would like to put it on the "system" equipment so I don't have to worry about what people do on the board. What should I use?
Current equipment:
- two DBX 231s and one 131, to cover the 5 full range speakers.
- I also have two subs that I'm not using right now, but for shows when I use them I need to handle EQ, crossover and limiting. If I followed my current path I would simply purchase another DBX 231 (or increase the existing 131 to a 231) to handle the subs.
Options I know of:
- up the EQs to the 2231, something that has limiting built in
- swap out the EQs for Driverack PA ... gives me EQ, limiting, and also crossover when I run the subs against a pair of FOH speakers. The Driverack also fits nicely within 1U (vs the 2231 which is 4U).
Any opinions on the above two options? Any other equipment I should be considering instead?
Thanks. John