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Maybe you wish to upgrade beyond active speakers and get a true passive three way system with separate lows mids and highs. Perhaps you prefer to run some bag end subs one day for more bass and the built in crossovers in the QSCs no longer are appropriate. The dbx gives you the ability to tweak that crossover point. Most powered speakers have a basic fixed point crossover built in that allows you to split he signal between subs and top boxes. Their main functions are the crossover and the limiter but they have quite a bit more packed it like parametric eqs, delays, automatic feedback suppression and subharmonic synthesis. Speaker processors like the dbx unit are used to squeeze every last bit of performance out of a pa setup. Since you're running a small analog console, you could benefit from using one simply to get an EQ on your main outs to ring out feedback or tune your system to the room, though a basic graphic EQ would realistically be enough to accomplish the same thing. And you can adjust your output EQ on a digital console. The speakers have DSP built-in that's sufficient to do limiting, cabinet EQ, and crossover.

On a small active system, you often don't need a processor. On large active systems, the same stuff kinda applies, but it's slightly less about the speaker tuning presets and more of time alignment, crossover between mains and subs, and making adjustments to tune the system to the room.On most active speakers, the built-in DSP holds this tuning so you don't need to supply it via a processor. You really need to run that Meyer-designed preset to make those boxes sing. For example, a Meyer UPA really won't sound all that great if you just run an amp straight into it. Manufacturers often have speaker tuning presets that can be run from the processor.In terms of crossover, processors will often handle crossover for a bi-amped passive speaker, as well as between mains and subs. That processor does limiting, EQ, and crossover. On passive rigs, you'll take an output from the console, go into the processor, then run into the amp.What might I stand to gain by including one of these in my system? Does it change the very nature by which you EQ and set levels on individual channels/instruments?Ī few reasons we use DriveRacks, or more specifically system processors in general:

I have an open rack space above my rackmounted power conditioner. So what is the purpose of something like one of these aforementioned units? Is it only really designed for people with larger systems? Unpowered speaker systems? I am also a guitarist and I know good tone, EQ etc. To me, it has always sounded pretty solid, and I like to think I have a pretty good ear for sound quality. I rarely ever have more than 4 musicians playing through the system at once. I use a simple Allen & Heath Zed analog mixer as the brain. I also have a KW181 sub that I rarely if ever use, other than home parties. I have a pretty small PA that I use, with 2 QSC KW122 as mains, and then 2 JBL EON 610s as monitors/side fills. I am trying to better understand why someone would need a device like the DBX 260, PA+, etc.

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