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I don't understand why you are posting a picture of your(?) degree and ensuring readers that you know what you're talking about. I was picking at the Sonic Maximizer, a truly bad product for what most people try to use it for. If I was going to pick at your posts I would point out your many incorrect statements, such as:


Maybe you mean, natural sources of sound energy, like our voice, wind and string instruments, animal sounds, etc. are made up of a fundamental frequency, and harmonic frequencies which are integer multiples of the fundamental.


Perhaps you could explain what you mean by, "sliced?" If you mean, digitally dithered to 16 bit samples at 44kHz (CD quality) then you should probably read up on DVD-Audio, a format with more channels (useful) and higher sample rate and resolution (not useful.) Check Wikipedia and the references it cites on the subject and you'll notice that scientific studies have shown there is no proof that listeners can tell the difference between a given track at CD quality and anything better. Surround sound and things like that are useful, higher sampling rates in distribution media are not.


Do you have karaoke backing tracks that are so old as to have been recorded onto low-quality analog tape? Are we talking about vintage musical recordings?


So the BBE magic box is being called an "aural exciter," a (sub?)-harmonic synthesizer, and a "frequency realignment processor?" Interesting. If such a tool were so useful, you'd think there would be less people trying to get rid of these pieces of junk on eBay and Craigslist.


I don't think you know what "gain structure" means. Maybe it's worth mentioning that if your gain structure is particularly bad, and you under-drive a Sonic Maximizer, it does not do anything. It will not manipulate the program material at all if you are sending it less than -45dBu or so.


If Sound Choice thought their tracks sounded substantially better when played through a Sonic Maximizer, I suspect they would master the tracks that way.

I will grant that it likely does make some tracks sound better, but it makes some tracks sound worse.


Sure, the right equipment for the job, and an operator who knows how to use it, will result in a better performance. A Sonic Maximizer is far from essential though, and I doubt one will ever be an "integral part" of my system. Which includes, by the way, good quality speakers and microphones, a Lexicon processor, and plenty of dynamics processing channels. Those are the most important tools in my sound system when it comes to karaoke.

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Just to be clear, I have used the sub out on my CFX-12 as well and with the right equipment it does work out well. My point was that with the SRM-450's, which have a horn and 12", you're better off letting the SRS sub do the work all the way up to 120Hz as they'll do a better job than those 12's.

In most larger PA settings I usually keep my crossover points around 80 Hz (Pretty close to what the CFX-12's Sub-out crosses at), my comment here was meant only specifically for the rig the OP is using.

Karyoker, I'm not sure why you felt the need to post your degree, I don't think anyone questioned your background and I don't think it really impressed anyone either. I know what knowledge you have and you shouldn't feel you have to flash a piece of paper to get respect around here. That said, I'd have been more interested in a MP&E degree from Berklee personally .

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