Members modulusman Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 I provided a PA for a band last night and the guy that was running sound told me that you should never run a channel fader above zero. He said if you push it all the way up you will blow out a resistor IIRC in that channel. The board was a Peavey FX 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoundMan Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 Nope. Where do people come up with this stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 The guy running sound is a bona fide idiot and I would not let him near your sound system. Does he work at Guitar Center? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VanR Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 The guy running sound is a bona fide idiot and I would not let him near your sound system. Does he work at Guitar Center? Probably one of those failed bass players I'm always talking about.:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 Nope. Where do people come up with this stuff? I don't know Jim, I've heard quite a few wacky things lately. Too wierd to make up. Like if you want even more power, you should just bridge 2 bridged amps. Never mind that most of the power supplies are still ground referenced of course Or, if you phase reverse twice you are ading a "delay of 360 degrees"... yikes. This was from somebody who was positive they were in fact doing time offset correction this way. Good grief, educated beyond their own intelligence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stevie j Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 'Educated beyond their own intelligence' Nice:cop: A guy I work with said that routing to both L+R and a group gives more headroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members modulusman Posted October 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 Thanks for the replies. The soundman went outside for a smoke so I took over mixing. When he came back in he jumped on my ass for having the channel fader almost all the way up on a fiddle solo. He then proceeded to tell me that if it needed to be louder for a solo to turn up the input gain knob and then back down after the solo. Meanwhile the band kept complaining about their monitors being inconsistant in volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moody Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 I provided a PA for a band last night and the guy that was running sound told me that you should never run a channel fader above zero. He said if you push it all the way up you will blow out a resistor IIRC in that channel. The board was a Peavey FX 32. The answer to that is, why have anything above zero if you can't use it? If there was such a problem the people making the board would have put a steel bar at zero so you couldn't push above it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6Imzadi Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 I learned once that I should have the gains on an analog mixer down to -12, then you can shove the slider all the way up to the top. Not that I think that is a good way to run it. Actually, the way his rig was configured, it really kinda worked out that way. sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockStringBendr Posted October 3, 2009 Members Share Posted October 3, 2009 =modulusman;36771594] The soundman went outside for a smoke : that explains it. was he using a bong or a straight pipe??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members modulusman Posted October 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2009 that explains it. was he using a bong or a straight pipe??? Well I thought he was smoking crack when he told me that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twostone Posted October 4, 2009 Members Share Posted October 4, 2009 I've been given similar advice about after setting up the hottest gain before clipping not to have your channel faders below unity said it won't mix right if you channel faders are below unity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gomer Pyle Posted October 4, 2009 Members Share Posted October 4, 2009 You should hear what a sine wave sounds like through a Mackie CFX when you bring the fader down below unity, wow what junk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 4, 2009 Members Share Posted October 4, 2009 You should hear what a sine wave sounds like through a Mackie CFX when you bring the fader down below unity, wow what junk ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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