Hi all,
I have posted a fair few posts in the past regarding the set-up of my 8341AWM's with subwoofers so I guess one more post won't do any harm!
As mentioned previously, I have recently purchased a pair of Arendal 1723 1S subwoofers to go with my Genelec 8341AWM's and am really happy with the combination.
I have been having problems getting the gain structure right (devices far too loud with volume set on RME to -50 outputting well over 75dB) until I realised , thanks to a post made a while back that the GLM set contains a "group sensitivity" setting which I have now made use of by setting it to -35 which has really helped me manage my sound levels!
Unfortunately, this has revealed another problem I wasn't aware of until I actioned this new setting and that is the "auto ref" feature of the RME....it no longer works the way it should do.
I followed some advice posted in the RME forums and set the RME to -20 and set my Genelecs group sensitivity level to a position I am comfortable with and it sounded fantastic......until I turned the volume up that is!
As soon as the volume in the RME touches -19.5, there is a click an +13 is revealed on the display but this has the effect of muffling the volume from the Genelecs.
The SPL also reduces along with the muffled sound yet, the more I increase the volume the worse it gets.
Not only that but, because my subs are using the Phones3/4 output (volumes main 1/2 & phones 3/4 linked and both outputs using Auto Ref), the power to the subs continues to rise yet the mains 1/2 stays much much lower and muffled.
Is there a setting I have missed or something? Should I disable Auto-Ref?
Any thoughts guys??
Mike
I have posted a fair few posts in the past regarding the set-up of my 8341AWM's with subwoofers so I guess one more post won't do any harm!
As mentioned previously, I have recently purchased a pair of Arendal 1723 1S subwoofers to go with my Genelec 8341AWM's and am really happy with the combination.
I have been having problems getting the gain structure right (devices far too loud with volume set on RME to -50 outputting well over 75dB) until I realised , thanks to a post made a while back that the GLM set contains a "group sensitivity" setting which I have now made use of by setting it to -35 which has really helped me manage my sound levels!
Unfortunately, this has revealed another problem I wasn't aware of until I actioned this new setting and that is the "auto ref" feature of the RME....it no longer works the way it should do.
I followed some advice posted in the RME forums and set the RME to -20 and set my Genelecs group sensitivity level to a position I am comfortable with and it sounded fantastic......until I turned the volume up that is!
As soon as the volume in the RME touches -19.5, there is a click an +13 is revealed on the display but this has the effect of muffling the volume from the Genelecs.
The SPL also reduces along with the muffled sound yet, the more I increase the volume the worse it gets.
Not only that but, because my subs are using the Phones3/4 output (volumes main 1/2 & phones 3/4 linked and both outputs using Auto Ref), the power to the subs continues to rise yet the mains 1/2 stays much much lower and muffled.
Is there a setting I have missed or something? Should I disable Auto-Ref?
Any thoughts guys??
Mike