Audio path question

[Brian Reynolds]

What mixer?
Do you have a graphic eq in the system?

[Richard Crowley]

I would take the output from the mixer and put it through the compressor/limiter first, and then through the feedback eliminator and out to the powered speakers. Reason: The feedback-eliminator needs “final say” in what the levels at various frequencies should be (in order to control feedback). If you put the compressor/limiter AFTER the feedback-eliminator, then they will be fighting with each other.

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Recording audio without metering and monitoring is exactly like framing and focusing without looking at the viewfinder.

[Ty Ford]

Great advice Richard!

That’s exactly how I’d do it.

Regards,

Ty Ford
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[James Dow]

Thanks Ty and Richard. That’s how I did it, now I just need to get more familiar with the controls on the C/L and Feedback Eliminator. Do you have any suggestions for initial settings if must of what I’m doing is just people talking through 2-3 different microphones? (Typically in a high school gymnasium) Mixer is a Mackie ProFX12.

Thanks,
James

JPD