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In what situations would you increase the assertiveness?
If there is a large and sudden fluctuation in operating levels, perhaps a change of DJ or music source,
then with the assertiveness in the normal "low" operating position the LEVELIZA would take some
time to recalibrate. In such situations it can be beneficial to increase the assertiveness temporarily
to the "high (calibration)" position until the large fluctuations/changeover have passed so that the
LEVELIZA works fast to re-calibrate itself and maintain the levels consistently throughout the
changeover.ne example we have experienced is when a new DJ has pointed out that the DJ mixer is
operating well into the red and they would like to bring it back to correct levels, but want us to
cooperate by bringing the system gain back up to match at the same time. In this case we've turned
up the assertiveness, they've then gained back by 10db and the LEVELIZA has quickly reduced its
attenuation by 10db to match, then we put the assertiveness back to "low (normal)" again. Without
turning up the assertiveness in this situation the LEVELIZA wouldn't know that the sudden reduction
wasn't deliberately part of the show, therefore it would take a lot longer to release its attenuation.
Also, if the music source is unusually inconsistent in level and a more consistent output level is
desired then the assertiveness could be increased so that the LEVELIZA worked harder and faster to
maintain the level. As with many things in life, there is always a trade off to consider. A higher
assertiveness will work harder to keep a more consistent level, but at the expense of the dynamic
range of the show as it could to some extent spoil music by ironing out the level differences between
the louder and quieter sections of a piece of music. Equally if the assertiveness was too low then it
wouldn't perform well enough at maintaining the show at a consistent average level. Following
many trials we've set the LEVELIZA's "low (normal)" assertiveness to be about the optimum
assertiveness managing the levels at most events or in most situations, but of course there will be
times, including as mentioned above, where a higher assertiveness is beneficial.
