Experiment with clipping

[mustbenu 10+ year member]

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[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

use a 0 db tone //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

I use a -10db tone and never get a signal higher than I set for...

 

[mustbenu 10+ year member]

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[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

Do you have bass boost turned on? That could cause peak boosted frequencies to be higher than the 50hz test tone, but that's all i can think of.

Try a different test tone, tho, just to be sure.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

well i just went outside and tryed 20 other songs and half of them jumped over the set voltage. so it wasnt the song. this is ******** if u ask me. ill try with a 0db tone...what do you guys think if i hooked a volt meter from my amp full time and ran it up to my dash so i could watch the signal while i was drivin, and the i know if i have to turn it down or not?

No, that idea would not work...

Either get a bigger amp, or turn it down.

 

[spitfirees20 10+ year member]

Sounds like bass boost indeed. If all else fails, just set the gains with one of the songs that makes it bottom out.

 

[mustbenu 10+ year member]

bass boost? is that setting on the amp or from the head unit?

i have everything turned off on the amp except the low pass is set around 60 i think

there is a bass setting on my head unit that i turn to 8 which is the highest when i ran the test tone.

 

[mustbenu 10+ year member]

No, that idea would not work...
Either get a bigger amp, or turn it down.

what wont work the 0db or the volt meter idea?

why would i need a bigger amp. the sub is rated at 950w and my amp puts out over 1200w

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

what wont work the 0db or the volt meter idea?why would i need a bigger amp. the sub is rated at 950w and my amp puts out over 1200w

Both ideas will work.

You dont need a bigger amp. You need to try it with a 0db tone.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

dmm's read wrong on music i believe. gotta be a tone.

 

[alpine3612 10+ year member]

dmm gain setting is a waist imo.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

If you have the subwoofer output set to +8db, set it to +2 and use a 0db test tone.

It's possible that the song you're listening to is mastered at a really high volume (approaching 0db) so if you set your gains with sw volume at +2db rather than +8, you can listen to that particular, seemingly freakish cd at up to +2b, and be able to correct the rest of your tunes, which should be recorded between -10 and -5db at up to +8db.

To be super safe, you can set the output to +8 and use the 0db tone as well, although you're going to lose some output with normal music.

 

[mustbenu 10+ year member]

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