Choose My EQ Settings For Me!

I liked picture books more, too.
for the right hemisphere'd people.

channelstrip_eq_graphs1.jpg
Ok, I kinda comprehend that now, but on the bottom 2 charts, how does each sound? Like can you explain how a wider curve would sound compared to a narrow curve? I just tried messing with the settings and i dont hear too much between the 2.

-Aaron

 
000049521.jpg


In that pic above, you can see that cut done ~56hz has a narrow Q compared to the wide boost at 400hz.

The boost a 400hz will affect more frequencies than just 400hz. 400hz will be considered the center frequency.

The width of the Q determines how far above and below the center frequency will be affected by the boost/cut.

 
Ok, I kinda comprehend that now, but on the bottom 2 charts, how does each sound? Like can you explain how a wider curve would sound compared to a narrow curve? I just tried messing with the settings and i dont hear too much between the 2.
-Aaron
Play the same song over and over and change the settings from wide to narrow and see how it sounds. Might take you a few times to notice a difference or it might not make much of one at all.

Nice visual aids //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 
I set amp and deck to HPF at 80 and on the way to school i noticed that i get more distortion now compared to before when i had the amp set at full pass 100hz and the deck at HP 125hz.

My subs arent hitting as hard either. For some reason my subs hit better when i set them at 125hz on my deck. I think this might have to do with the fact that i have tiny enclosures, one behind each seat. I dont have much room in my car.

Bear in mind this is all in a T Top mid engined fully built motor turbo car, so it does get pretty loud behind me...

=\

-Aaron

 
I set amp and deck to HPF at 80 and on the way to school i noticed that i get more distortion now compared to before when i had the amp set at full pass 100hz and the deck at HP 125hz.
My subs arent hitting as hard either. For some reason my subs hit better when i set them at 125hz on my deck. I think this might have to do with the fact that i have tiny enclosures, one behind each seat. I dont have much room in my car.

Bear in mind this is all in a T Top mid engined fully built motor turbo car, so it does get pretty loud behind me...

=\

-Aaron
you can set it to 100hz if you feel your mids sound better there. Just remember to adjust your sub's xover to meet w/ it.

 
Also, is it normal that when adjusthing HP/FP and frequencies on the SPEAKER amp, it affects SUB output too?!

I thought each amp controlled its own features for its own speakers.

-Aaron

 
you can set it to 100hz if you feel your mids sound better there. Just remember to adjust your sub's xover to meet w/ it.

Oh ok, I get this concept now. If I set my mids to 125hz and my lows to 80hz, then between 80-125hz it would leave a gap and sound kinda hollow sometimes and uneven? This never occurred to me. Thanks guys!

-Aaron

 
Also, is it normal that when adjusthing HP/FP and frequencies on the SPEAKER amp, it affects SUB output too?!
I thought each amp controlled its own features for its own speakers.

-Aaron
The frequencies near the crossover points on the sub and front stage sort of 'interract' with eachother so manipulating those crossover points can indeed affect YOUR PERCETION of the sub about. It will range from a very sloppy boominess that hurts your ears, to a nice, tight, smooth bass transition, to a frequency response 'dip' somewhere in this region that can cause a detectable hollowness. It doesn't mean less output from either, but that the frequencies closest to the cutoff point interract in ways where some of them cancel eachother out, while others amplify eachother, in a manner than can have hard-to-predict effects on what you hear from the driver's seat.

 
Oh ok, I get this concept now. If I set my mids to 125hz and my lows to 80hz, then between 80-125hz it would leave a gap and sound kinda hollow sometimes and uneven? This never occurred to me. Thanks guys!
-Aaron

No you still don't completely understand. A crossover is not a brick wall. Frequencies get played above and below a crossover point, but at ever decreasing volumes until they disappear. IT takes lots of critical listening, and/or instrumentation, to find the right the settings in your vehicle where everything transitions smoothly without causing a nasty peak or a blatantly obvious dip in this region. Cound be that a slight gap will allow the natural roll-offs to blend in such in just the right way to smoothen everything out. Could be that you need to match crossover points or blend slightly with sharper cutoffs. Has alot to do with size and shape of the vehicle.

 
Activity
No one is currently typing a reply...
Old Thread: Please note, there have been no replies in this thread for over 3 years!
Content in this thread may no longer be relevant.
Perhaps it would be better to start a new thread instead.

About this thread

onyxaltezza

10+ year member
Member
Thread starter
onyxaltezza
Joined
Location
Socal, CA
Start date
Participants
Who Replied
Replies
28
Views
1,732
Last reply date
Last reply from
audioqueboy
IMG_20260513_214311575.jpg

ThxOne

    May 13, 2026
  • 0
  • 0
IMG_20260513_213956814.jpg

ThxOne

    May 13, 2026
  • 0
  • 0

New threads

Top