Nady Systems GEQ 215, GEQ 231 Sound Reinforcement Applications, Musical Instrument Applications

TYPICAL SETUP

NADY AUDIO graphic equalizers may be used wher- ever modification of the frequency contour of a sound system is needed. A graphic equalizer is a solution to any number of sound problems or creative urges.

INSTALLATION TYPICAL SET-UP

Sound Reinforcement Applications

By routing the signal from the mixer to the main power amplifiers (or crossover), the overall frequency of the mix may be altered to do a number of things. A. Through the use of a real-time audio spectrum

analyzer, a calibrated microphone, and a pink noise source, the audio system may be "TUNED" to make the overall audio spectrum response of the audio reinforcement system and the room environment flatter in its frequency response.

B. By turning up the audio reinforcement system to the feedback point, then attenuating the oscillating frequency (1/3 octave resolution), then turning the system up to attenuate the 2nd oscillating frequency, and then the 3rd, and so on, you can

enable the entire audio system to have much more gain before feedback.

C. Amplifiers and speakers may be protected by the use of the LOW CUT feature of the equalizer. Wind noise or the loud percussive sound of dropped microphones, etc., could potentially cause damage to the amps and/or speakers. By rolling off the extreme LOW frequencies with the LOW CUT filter, a measure of protection is added to the system without severely affecting the overall sound quality.

D. In noisy environments, the audio signal may be tailored for better intelligibility and penetration. This is especially useful for public address systems.

E. Creative use of the equalizer allows shaping of the signal for a more pleasing sound or for special effects. The only limits are those of taste and imagiation.

Musical Instrument Applications

A. Putting an equalizer in line with a musical instrument allows you to modify the sound of the instrument. You can brighten the sound, or add body to a thin sounding instrument, or even give the sound a totally different character.

B. An equalizer will allow you to eliminate unwanted sounds, like a 60-cycle HUM from a badly grounded amplifier.

Studio Applications

A graphic equalizer is one of the most useful tools in the sound engineer’s bag. NADY AUDIO equalizers offer the features and flexibility to perform where it counts in the studio.

A. Fix a track that doesn’t sound quite right. Put the equalizer in an effects send and return it to the MIX bus.

B. Create an artificial stereo by splitting a monaural signal and equalizing the split signals differently, then panning one equalized signal to the right and the other signal to the left.

C. Shape the sound by changing the frequency response of the track.

D. Special effects, like a telephone sound, can be created by cutting off the LOW end to 200Hz and the HIGH end to 6KHz.

E. Also when you use the equalizer with other pieces of equipment, such as the NADY AUDIO CL-5000 Compressor Limiter with Gate, you can do real signal processing magic. Emphasizing the HIGH frequencies of a signal and feeding the modified signal to the side chain of the compressor makes the compressor a DE-ESSER; or, emphasizing the LOW frequencies and putting that through the side chain, makes the compressor a "DE-THUMPER". Also, you can reduce unwanted frequency- dependent noise in a signal by cutting the offending frequencies with an equalizer and letting the noise gate of the CL-5000 "KEY" on the modified signal, while letting the original signal pass and gating the unwanted sounds. (See the instruction manual for the NADY AUDIO CL-5000 for more ideas and detail on methods to utilize your equalizer in the fullest).

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