SQ: Blending the Bass

[WaZ]

cool pagmeron ka na yung cd pm me ah
thanks

[Gino]

What George outlined is perfect when you are starting from scratch and have not built or bought anything.

But if you have the subs, amps, xovers already there is a simple way to do it. Mind you, it will not give you IASCA crunching numbers but make your imaging decent.

Basics: the lower the frequency, the more difficult it is to pinpoint or localize a sound source.

So you'd want the sub to play really low and filter out sound that can be localised (upwards of 50hz). Set your sub around 40 hz for 12db xover slopes or higher for steeper slopes. Then set your seps highpass as low as you can that gives best sound (without distortion and diffusing the imaging). Don't worry about the gap. The sub and seps still produce, though sloping down, some sound. When these overlap, they combine and fill  the void.

Adjust gains so that none of the sound produced by sub or seps sticks out louder than the rest. Watch out also for holes or pits due to big xover gap.

Here's the catch, most low end or mid end seps cannot deliver the necessary midbass. As such you depend on the sub to produce these and cross higher (around 80-90hz).

That's why for spankin front bass, you will eventually have to save up for good equipment outlined by George.

[miko]

cool pagmeron ka na yung cd pm me ah
thanks

ok dude....try ko dl ...tnx

sir gino......yup i think jan na pumapasok kung maganda subs mo...