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of that output (refer to section 5.5 -- Also note that if you turn the outputs down on the

DriveRack PX, you should turn up the level on the powered speaker until the clip LED lights

again). You have just maximized the gain through your system. These setting should give

you maximum gain without clipping, another way of say this is that when the output of your

mixer is clipping you will also be at the clip point of your powered speakers.

Once you have found the clip point of your powered speakers, you can mark this position and

turn the powered speakers back up to the point where they are clipping. You can now use the

output limiters in the DriveRack PX to protect the powered speaker from clipping no matter

what you do at the mixer. With the powered speakers clipping, now go to the Limiter page of

the DriveRack PX and turn on the limiter for each output. Make sure that the threshold is all

the way up to +20dB. Now slowly reduce the threshold until the clip indicator of the powered

speaker turns off. You have successfully set the output limiter up and the powered speaker

will not be able to go into clipping no matter what the input is. You should now proceed

to the next output and go through the same process. If you are using a sine wave to create

clipping in your powered speaker you should make sure that the sine wave is within the

frequency range of the output band that you are working with. Once all the limiters are set

up you can now turn the powered speakers back down to the gain maximized position. The

Wizard will automatically set your limiters based on your choice of powered speaker. Because

of component variances within the powered speaker circuitry, you may need to adjust the

limiter settings by a few dB after running the Wizard to ensure that they are set correctly.

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