Club setup

**Halifaxsoundguy** · 07-01-2007 11:51 AM

This is a new area for me in live sound so I'm trying to understand the signal path here.

How would you set up the front end of this club (signal path). It has 32 ch board, 3 full size renkus heinz, 6 subs, 7 individual power amps. They also had a dbx driverack PA which i have no clu how it would fit in the mix.

Treat this more as an excercise. Don't worry about monitors.

Thanks

**BobRogers** · 07-01-2007 12:26 PM

The dbx driverack is the key. That is your cross over unit and has the capability of biamping or triamping. I download the manual on that to start.

**dementedchord** · 07-01-2007 12:59 PM

gotta agree with bob... console->dbx->multi out to amps->speakers.... the dbx is a good unit very versatile... but the learning curve could kill ya if ya dont have a manual...

**Halifaxsoundguy** · 07-01-2007 01:40 PM

if I didn't have the dbx, I guess I would use a traditional crossover??

**dementedchord** · 07-01-2007 01:43 PM

yes and EQ's and compressors...etc you see that dbx does all the rest for you...

**Halifaxsoundguy** · 07-01-2007 01:47 PM

if I didn't have the dbx, I guess I would use a traditional crossover??

**sheet** · 07-01-2007 02:23 PM

Depending upon the RH boxes, a traditional crossover may not work at all. Traditional as in analog crossover. There is no reason to use a traditional crossover...ever.

**dementedchord** · 07-01-2007 03:02 PM

does he mean traditional active????

**Halifaxsoundguy** · 07-02-2007 11:55 AM

i guess i'm not sore how a crossover works then as i really didn't get the last couple of posts

**dementedchord** · 07-02-2007 03:04 PM

a cross over simply sees to it that the appropriate freqs get to the individual drivers... there are basicly 2 ways to do this a passive device like what you find in stereo speakers/passive monitors/full range cabs... it comes after the amps and then devides the frqs... or an active crossover that comes before the amps (requires an amp for each box) for technical reasons i wont get into here and now the active is they wayto go if at all possible...