Setting gains on tweets while active...

[gti303 10+ year member]

so anyways...I'm using a test tone of 100hz to set the gains of my sub, and 1000hz for the mids...what about the tweets tho? should I just set the gains on the tweets to the same as the gains on the mids?

Thanks.

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[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

yea, just use a diff. tone

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

100 hz for subs?

Dude...go 50.

 

[gti303 10+ year member]

yea the totoro cd I got came with the 100hz...I haven't done it yet...but I will probably get a 60hz tone for the sub...whats a decent tone to use for the tweets? I'm thinking of setting the gains for the tweets, then the mids, then using the same setting for both (whichever is the lower one)

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Set them by ear...

nG

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

Set them by ear...
nG

x2 with the tweets distortion/crackling will be VERY obvious if the gain is too high...

 

[BEAVER.989 10+ year member]

x2 with the tweets distortion/crackling will be VERY obvious if the gain is too high...

x3... In fact, set everything by ear.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

x3... In fact, set everything by ear.

WINRAR!!!

nG

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

Use a tone somewhere in the middle of the driver's frequency range. So like 50 Hz for sub, 1kHz for mid, probably 10kHz for tweet.

 

[gti303 10+ year member]

Thanks guys...another ?...my components are rated at like 100RMS and 150max...my amp is 150rms (Comps are SLC265 Kicks and amp is pdx4.150)...with each channel getting 150w...should I aim to set my gains conservatively? or just go all out until distortion/clipping?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Set them by ear... you're running active.