Month: May 2019

Will Subwoofer EQ ruin the phase alignment with the mains?

Will Subwoofer EQ ruin the phase alignment with the mains?

Often, folks are concerned about using parametric EQ filters to fix low-frequency repsonse issues in the subwoofers, for fear that the phase shift from the PEQ filters will throw off the alignment with the mains. In most cases, this isn’t something to be concerned about.  Here is a matched pair of 4th order Linkwitz-Riley filters. …

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Two Common Confusions about Console EQ

Two Common Confusions about Console EQ

I’ve seen a couple things lately related to console EQ that I wanted to shed some light on and hopefully get a good dialogue going. But we’re gonna keep it short and sweet. “Air Band” EQ A couple consoles running at at 96 kHz will allow tuning EQ bands out past 20 kHz. (Some call …

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