Re: Digital Live Mixers
From what I can tell. the GoRack assigns ten 'floating' notch filters. Unlike on the 'full' DBX Drive Racks where some are fixed and some float, on the GoRack none are fixed.. they all float. I have another version of this same DBX AFS2 algorithm (but with some fixed, some floating) on our Soundcraft Ui16 system, and I must say that having used a variety of such systems over the years (including Sabines, Peavey Feedback Ferret's and older DBX incarnations), I do find the AFS2 system by far the most effective and transparent (only one I like as much is the one on the Line 6 M20d). On the GoRack there are only three adjustments, one suited to speech only (wider notch) one to mixed (speech/music) and one to music (ultra-narrow notch). Sensitivity also varies between these three settings.
The only full, tech review so far is in Sound on Sound magazine (subscription to read full article):
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar1...dbx-gorack.htm
I am a subscriber, so I can report that they like it..summary: "Excellent sound quality... effective feedback suppression... hugely effective piece of kit for the live performer....professional level of performance...feedback section particularly impressive in killing ringing without messing up the sound". Obviously, some aspects of it would be of no interest to "us", such as sub syntheziser (unless you run discos on the side, possibly and the EQ on outputs are preset only), but really, it is the AFS that I think would be of main interest here, and $99 for a really good AFS is silly cheap! I can remember when you could pay 10X that and they were not even close to being as transparent as the new AFS2 is.
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