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Behringer DEQ2496 HELP

After reading the raves about this product, I finally bought one along with the matching microphone tonite. Put in my system, eager to try room correction. The first 2 attmepts produced some curves that I wasn't crazy about, but seemed plausioble. Now, all it does is push all the bands above 125 all the way to maximum boost, and all the bands below 125 to maximum cut. When displaying the RTA of the pink noise, there is nop more htan a 15 dB range between the highest and lowest levels on the curve (as if that were small!)Also, one of the primary reasons I bought it was for equalizing low frequency room problems, yet it suggests htat anyuthing below 100Hz not be included in the auto EQ.
Does anyone know why it is coming up with such odd equalization curves, even though it is reading the data, which doesn't look so bad? Also, how bad is the product at low frequencies?
honest1
ecruz
402 posts
 
Streetdaddy said-
"When i hit auto eq, i see the circles moving. But some of them are still at +10 to +15 after a couple of minutes in "fast" mode. Is this a problem? Will it eventually get to flat?"

The "circles" go where they need to, to make the sound flat at the mic. They don't move back to flat on the display.

Not the most elegant explanation, but I think you can see what I mean.
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
What are you setting the max, level and range on page one of the rta page?
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
also, are you in the auto eq mode or the rta mode? Do i need to hit the room correction or does this happen automatically when i hit auto eq?
warnerwh
539 posts
 
You have to make sure that the max span you allow is about 5-6 db. Then I bring the boosted frequencies down so they're only 2-3 db up. Everything has to be right to get a good result. It's not as easy as just hitting the autoeq. Other settings must be right also.
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
RTA page 1 MAX and RANGE are just so you get a good display and will not have any effect on the EQ. You want to select MAX so that the display never hits the top, and you want to set the RANGE so that there will be something to see even during quiet parts of the music. Your settings will depend on the gain of the amps and sensitivity of the speakers, but on my rig MAX = -20, and RANGE = 60 works.
(MAX is negative, because it is dB down from the reference level. In other words, -10 is louder than -20).

If you want to roll off highs at 1 dB/oct hit the ROOM CORR button. Most people like this, but you have your choice.
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