Good evening!
How would you all go about setting the limiters on this rig:
Rane line mixer -> Drawmer sp2120 -> Ashly Protea 48SP -> Lab G. FP10000Q
My plan was to set the Lab G. VPL at the speaker's "continuous" rating, then set the Ashly as a "heating limiter" at 50% with a slow attack, and finally cap it all off with the Drawmer starting to limit at 75% using a sign wave at 50hz for subs and 1000hz for tops. But after reading up a bit on the Ashly I found out it only goes up to 50ms on the attack which seems too fast for a "heating limiter" so I'm left wondering if there is a better approach?
The FP+s are connected to SM80s paired with THMinis over a cluster of custom 18s...all 8ohm. This set up will be playing mostly disco/house and must be "drunk proof" and able to run safely without supervision...
Any information is greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Adam
I would use the VPL in the Labs as the peak limiter. That sets the "ceiling" for the whole chain.
Use the Ashley as the long term/thermal/heating limiter.
This should be between 1/4 to 1/2 wattage rating of the woofers.
The Drawmer should be the "continuous" limiter. This should be around the continuous rating of the drivers, not the "music".
Basically the same idea as what you have-but starting out at a higher voltage than you have.
If you want to provide a little more protection, don't set the VPL for the peak, but rather for twice the continuous power.
Of course-some of these terms are used in different ways in different products.
