Church EQ Curve

[wschill]

Originally Posted by cmchamp

The 2231 is really redundant, the DR260 should have enough EQ functionality to take care of sub, mains & delay EQ processing.

It certainly does. That being said, J find A traditional equalizer Minh more user friendly to set up than the other system.

[cmchamp]

But a "traditional" EQ introduces more phasing and inaccuracies than a quality parametric, and much less flexible than the processing in the DR260.
The DR260 can be manipulated either from the front panel, OR by USB (I think) and a PC with the proper software.

[Brad Weber]

I think it is indeed pretty clear that the rear speakers are fill speakers, however it is a bit unusual that they would be only 1/3 or so of the room depth back as delayed fills are usually intended to only boost the levels a bit, and primarily at higher frequencies, for the people seated further back.

Originally Posted by wschill

The problem I constantly run into is feedback from the front speakers. I've found that if I want to avoid feedback, I need to drop their level about 5 db relative to the rear speakers. But, if I do that, then I get complaints about echo from the rear speakers off of the rear wall.

Which suggests that the echo is always there, just normally masked by the level of the mains.

Please excuse me if this is addressing topics that are overly basic, but it sounds as though the pattern and aiming of the speakers and microphones maybe critical to your situation. It's not just where they speakers and mics are located but also how their aiming and directivity relate. One example might be that to get an echo from the fill speakers off the back wall when those speakers are flown at it is maybe 160' to 200' from the speakers to the rear wall and back to the front seems to mean that there is a lot of energy from the speakers hitting fairly high on the rear wall. Another might be how the mains and choir mics relate in terms of location, aiming and patterns. There are times that it can work better to aim choir mics based more on rejecting sound from the speakers than on picking up the choir, you may end up trading off a bit of the choir for a larger reduction in in pickup of the speakers. This is also why it can be difficult to address these situations without knowing the the specific products involved, the mounting locations and aiming, etc.