Installer’s Guide
Setting the Music EQ
With many “average” sound systems, a modest boost at around 70 Hz, a broad rise centered
at perhaps 9 KHz, and some broad attenuation near 300 Hz may improve music
reproduction. Experiment with various program material to find good settings.
Setting the Individual MIC EQs
Making use of each channel’s MIC EQ is entirely optional -- however, if you choose to use
them, it’s best to set them up
first
-- before tuning the system with the Voice EQ. If all your
mics are identical, you won’t need the individual EQs. And if dissimilar mics are plugged
randomly into assorted channels, you
can’t
use them. However, suppose your wireless mics
sound different from all the others. You can set their channel EQs to minimize this
difference. For example, here’s the published response for an
Electro Voice 767 / RE2
mic.
The solid curve represents normal response; the dotted line is for close-range use. Since no
one “eats the mic” in our example application, we can safely ignore the dotted line:
We’re left with a response that broadly rises between 3 and 6 KHz. Let’s assume that all
other mics are either reasonably flat in response, or have already been compensated by
their own channel EQs. Then, we might apply the EQ shown below for any channel(s)
handling this model mic:
Here we suggest that you be conservative and take a lesson from the compass adjusters of
old –
only remove half
of the response error. Too much EQ can exaggerate problems as
easily as fix them.
