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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
eldartford
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Tvad...I still suspect that your clipping is internal to the DEQ2496 (clip limiter) as a result of equalization. A 16 bit digital word input really can't saturate a 24 bit D/A unless your processing has led to an output of more than 16 bits.
If this is the case output attenuation should resolve the problem.

I have not used the digital input because my multichannel discs don't provide anything but analog.
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smeyers
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"One has to have a background in sound processing, or have a good tutorial to properly take advantage of the
Behringer, IMO."

The longer you have it and the more you use it, you will eventually become very comfortable with what it offers. I was also a bit initimated when I got it, but now feel fairly proficient in its use, and have been able to coax it to due just what I need for it to do.
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eldartford
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Tvad...The clipping when digital data from a 16 bit CD is input to the 24 bit DEQ2496 is certainly unexpected. Perhaps Behringer can tell us how they load 16 bit data into their 24 bit machine. If it is truly the input that clips I suspect that the CD itself is the culprit.

In the making of prerecorded mag tapes recording engineers were prone to cranking up the level until a "little" clipping occured, so as to mask tape noise. Perhaps they are still thinking that a little clipping is OK.
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