Hi,
It does all really depend on what full gain on the amps gives you -
and what the mixer can put out. On a properly matched system where the
amplifiers at full gain result in the nominal maximum output of the
mixer being such as to just drive the speakers fully, this is fine. If
setting full gain on the amps amps means that the speakers are fully
driven with the mixer output below its maximum, you are just losing
dynamic range. Note I am assuming here that you don't want to
overdrive the speakers for artistic reasons, which is probably invalid
for some genres (heavy metal, etc...). There may also be a case in
practise for having 6 dB or so more gain in the amps than needed to
meet this criterion in order to allow some leeway to make up for the
loss of a leg on a balanced line during the performance, which is not
unknown.
Dave
On 15 October 2012 20:55, John Leonard <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not. But also, this way of working is fine if the system is well
> designed. With some rental companies, this is not always the case.
>
> John
>
> On 15 Oct 2012, at 20:16, Andrew Horsburgh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If we're not talking about rock, metal, pop, electronic or dance music -
>> then perhaps maximum isn't the way to go.
>
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Ex-Music Research Centre
Department of Music
The University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
UK
'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio'
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