How to setup active crossover in 3-way mono and stereo mode for PA
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- This Video explains how to use a active crossover to route the Higher , Mid and lower frequencies to tweeter , woofer and 2 subs. It also explains how to configure the crossover in 3-way stereo mode for live sound reinforcement in house of worships or any other Live Events applications.
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I just want to THANK YOU🙏for your well explained video! 👏😊 Thank you so much for taking the time to do such an in-depth demonstration along with your explanation. Many of the things I've been trying to learn prior to this video in the field of audio have become so clear now, especially when you began to turn up and down the audio levels. I look forward to seeing more of your videos! 😊
Sure , glad to hear it helped and you liked it , l’ll certainly make more videos .
i like to watch this demo again and again and again. . . very useful for me as a sounds system user. . .
Thanks for this video. I have an exam on this shortly and I’m pretty sure this was not covered.
Good jobs my friend very good explanations like no others thanks a lot.
Thank you very much. You did it in details.
Great video. Love those EV's they are like a hifi speaker....
This is really good Sir ,highly informative .Thanks
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Glad to hear it helped you , thanks for watching
excellent demo.very easy to learn thanks for sharing bro.
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Kapila Ranjith please can any one let me know that what is the purpose of cross over please bcz am new to this subject
Thank you sir, that helps a lot then me Trying to figure it all out
Glad to help
Thank you, it was good, do more video for beginners.
Great video
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Thanks for the enlightenment!
Thanks for watching and nice comment .
Good day. Ihow can i connect my 2 instrumental speakers, 1 nidrange and 1 tweeter to my 3 way crossover network, al rater 4 ohms ny amp rated 8 ohms ( i dont know if that is 8 per chane it only says in the mabuakl) thanks for your help.
very good video
wondering were my Bheringer Compressor and my Behringer virtualizer would fit in here.
Looking forward on your video on ringer for microphone setup.Very clearly understood and Helpful video . Thanks
+Lilibeth Mowatt Thanks for watching
hi thanks for the video i have 2000w xti crown amp i just want to use one 400w bin and one 300w top with eq and xover would the amp be to powerful thanks.
Excellent Sir
I have a set of pyle bluetooth speakers with built in amp I bought two more speakers for the system and hooked them up and now it cuts out when I turn it up I'm thinking the amp in the main speaker is not big enough to run the other two speakers is that what is going on with it you think or do I need to add another amp and if so can I hook one up to that system
Please do more
Good video Bru!!!
Thank you for the information!!!
Thanks for watching.
thank you so much brother
This is great. Thank you for showing. DO you have a demo for YAMAHA MG116CX, BEHRINGER, FBQ 6200 Equalizer, ALESIS 3630 Compressor and BEHRINGER CX2310 Crossover. I am using 2 BEHRINGER EP2500 amplifiers. My 2 subs BEHRINGER 18 inch passive ........... Thank you so much.
Good job .
thanks to u this video helped me a lot
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Hi. Brother. Can you do some video. How to connect drive rack PA2 to crossover?
Fantastic video.
Thanks for watching
Hi, im abit new to sound system settups, thanks for this video, ive got the same crossover im trying to connect up 2 passive tops & 2 passive subs, where does the sub connection go from the crossover, and do my speakers just go into my amp thats connected to the crossover, ive just bought this system & for the speakers ive got a few splitter cables or bridged i think you call them:) and with this lot is this 3 way? sorry for my newbie ness:) Paul
i enjoy ur lecture
great video!!!!! how would add a pair of monitors. Thank you!!!
Can I use a crossover as a replacement for a Mic interface when recording on a windows 10?
Great vid, curious as I have one of these crossovers. what would you use the 4-way mono mode for? I mean which application would that set up suite.
Give thanks great and straight forward vid.
4 Way Mono is used for application : Low , Low/Mid , High/Mid and High frequencies respectively utilizing both channels on the crossover . Hope this helps.
@@AVMEVideos yes it does thank you
Great video, straight forward, and simple to follow! If i may question one thing... shouldn't your three amps be stacked according to use.. High freq. on top, mid freq. in middle, and low freq. at the bottom? Or is yours just racked this way due to the depth of the high freq. amplifier. I guess if it was racked at top, you would have problems getting to the terminals on the other two..
HI , thanks for watching the video , amps can be stacked in any order as long they are routed correctly to the destined speakers for required frequencies . I just stacked them this way for demonstration knowledge purpose .
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Thanks for watching
Sir, you are the best teacher. Very clear and simple explanation. ❤I am learning a lot from you.
Can you kindly enlighten us, for a Active Crossover system, for example, if the Power amplifier for the woofer is 100 watts RMS, then how many RMS watts of power amps are appropriate for mid-range and tweeter? Thanking you in advance.
watch my other videos with this kit i have explained that .
Good explination
Good job sir.
Cheers !
Hi. Is it ok to plug xlr and mono at the same channel?
I just want to asked one question. What if i set 3 power amplifier for reinforcing each frequensi. Which is 1st amplifer for driving high frequensi. 2nd amp for low and 3rd amp for sub. I mean 1 amp is handling L n R out put from crossover. So high out put ( L&R) is go to input of amp 1.
Mid frequensi (L &R) connect ti input of the 2nd amp(L&R).
Then the low/ sub frequensi output from crossover (L&R) connect to input of the 3rd amp (L&R)..thank you
Hi , You have answered your own question correctly :)
Hey, thank you so much
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Thanks! Thanks Thanks! Congladuation
Please thanks for you video ,, but i have 2 amp .. 1 for 2 subwoofer .. and 1 for full range Ev 215 ..I have crossover DBX 234XL ..what stero mode should i use and How ... because my fulll range have only 1 input port .. the high and mid i dont know how to set it ...
Thank you for responding. My question to your response is: are you saying I should use either the compressor or the Equilizer but not both?
dwight horam Your choice Sir :)
With one amp driving the subs/lows....Can i split the mid & high frequencies between another two amps to a set of speakers, when the speakers have built in tweeters and two separate speaker connectors at the back?
He is a dummy!
thank you so much for this video. it tells us a lot. i have behringer B 215 XL speakers which are 2 way speakers and Seismic Audio subwoofers which are low frequencies. can you please give an idea how to hook them up and how to set the crossover cx 3400. the 2 way speakers B 215 XL are they low and mid or high and low frquencies? thank you
Frequency response of B215XL is 55Hz to 20Khz so it produces all frequencies in that spectrum range so use it as high/mid speaker and use your subs to produce LF. The setup is really simple , just follow steps in this video th-cam.com/video/35ShkaBQQAI/w-d-xo.html.
great video..thanks...
vencent silla , Thanks for watching
Sorry to bother with this question, do you have a video of how did you connected your poweramps, crossovers, graphic equilizers. Like what wire goes to where and all that.
Yes , browse through my earlier videos and you will find one.
You liely did it nicely and loudly ?? And I wanted to ask how to set up ULTRARINK PRO 8 CHANEL'S TO 3 AMPLIFIER
you still wanna know or you figured it out ?
Can i use 2 crossover and amps for multiples subwoofer
Hi, I have just found your videos and I like many of them. I have a question about how to ringing out your speaker with EQ. I don't find many in TH-cam related to this. If you could help me with that could be a big help in my church, thank you.
Peradin Sinaga Thanks for liking the videos. Its called ringing out the microphones with GEQ ( graphics EQ) during sound check by eliminating the frequencies causing the feedback, It is really necessary practice during multiple microphones setup in a live event because during the Event you don't want any feedback etc. Now a days almost all digital desk comes with built in GEQ but if you are using analogue desk then you have to use external GEQ . I will make a video and upload it soon .
great video. I just want to ask. if my amps have enough power. can i use 2 amps to split my highs, low mids and lows. by linking my 2 high frequency speakers and using high to channel one of my amp, linking my low mid speakers and using low mid to channel two of my amp, then connecting my low speakers to my second amp to both sides of the crossover as you demonstrated?
Yes you can , Do daisy chain your Highs to Ch1 on amp 1 then daisy chain your Mids to Ch2 on amp 1. Make sure you calculate the total Rms of your highs is less than your amp 1 RMS wattage on Ch1 and respectively for your mids for Ch2. Also by daisy chaining the resistance will be dropped so the total resistance (Ohms) of two speakers divide by 2 should be supported by your amp.
Hi, Your video teaches me alot , learnt few things but still unable to use my dbx 234xs crossover properly , I need quick help from you , please reply me asap , here is my question
I have dbx 234 xs crossover , sound craft 16 channel mixer, and 4 subwoofers , 4 mid speakers, 2 high speaker(hf's) and the amps to drive them.
I cant produce best quality output with by using my active crossover, the crossover has 2 freq knobs one for low freq and other for mid freq, I can not make use to produce best output with that . Can you please make a video to demonistrate this or else any diagrams ?
Please tell me how to connect 3 way stereo mode using dbx 234xs crossover for my setup.
Right now I am using the following way without crossover
1. Mixer L output to Mid speaker amp ch1 and then ch1 output to input of my second amp ch1 which is using for another mid speaker
2. Mixer R output to Mid speaker amp ch2 and then ch2 output to input of my second amp ch2 which is using for another mid speaker
From groups section of the mixer
3. Mixer group1 to sub woofer amp ch1 and then ch1 output to input of my second amp ch1 which is using for another sub woofer
4. Mixer group2 to sub woofer amp ch2 and then ch2 output to input of my second amp ch2 which is using for another sub woofer
5. Mixer group3 to hf amp ch1
6. Mixer group4 to hf amp ch2
Please correct me If I am doing wrong.. also I hope you will explain how to connect stereo mode with dbx crossover and its front panel functionality.
Thanks,
This is the best tutorial!
I'm looking to build a new sound rack system for my DJ set. Could please provide guidance on the proper setup arrangement and recommendations. Thank you for your time and consideration.
482i Sonic Maximizer
Behringer CX3400 stereo 2-way/3-way/mono 4-way crossover
Behringer PRO-XL MDX2600 - compressor/limiter
Behringer FBQ1502 - Equalizer
Behringer iNUKE6000 DSP - Power Amp
Behringer EP2500 - Power Amp
Speakers
(2) EV ZLX-15P
(2) Cerwin Vega CVA-118 - subwoofers
(2) EON 515XT
+Benny B , EV ZLX -15p is the best choice you would ever make . For subs i would recommend the EV ELX118p . This pair of speakers and subs would sound amazing & will easily accommodate a small audience of up to 250 people. . As the technology as evolved over the years , you don't need rest of the gear as the DSP , AMP and active crossover are built into these speakers and subs ( with limited functionality at great price ). IF you are a new DJ , instead of investing in a dedicated DJ desk i would say opt out for something like allen and heath qu-32 or behringer X-32 audio desks . This way you will have a studio and live desk all under one hood. The behringer X-32 is amazing because it has MIDAS mic pre-amps built in. Stay away from other behringer equipment unless you are on budget .
SO the summary is all you need is the following for what your requirement is and to be future proof.
1: EV ZLX-15p > two speakers.
2: EV ELX118p > two bass bins.
3: Allen and heath QU-32 or Behringer X-32 desks( both are designed for studio and live environments so your are covered.)
4: Once a master in your profession invest in a DJ desk either by Pioneer or DENON.
hope this helps in your purchasing and decision making , if any further question then please feel free to ask.
Thank you for advise. I will definitely take action on your recommendations. Again. Thank you.
+Benny B , No problem at all . good luck with your setup :)
Thank you
Hello AVME! great Video but i need help! i have a Behringer Super x pro CX2310, my rig consists of 2 Mid+High active cabs and 1 passive sub. How do i use this crossover to send mid and high to my tops and sub seperately? i do not have seperate mid and high cabs as they are active PA Heads so i use Mid and High in the same cab! any help would be appreciated, thanks
please demo for 2 way setup at behringer crossover cx3400
Please I need to know more
Aye thanks for the video, but I just want to ask if I could parallel from speaker to speaker connecting from crossover, is it possible?
Iosia Pati , yes it's possible. just take a output from ch1 on crossover , connect to amp input ch1 , output to 1st speaker then from 1st speaker to 2bd. make sure ur amp supports the dropped impedance and added watts of 2nd speaker per channel. let me know how it goes.
Sir how can I fix mixer with one crossover with two amplifier with one equaliser
Hello friend,,,I ask you my amp is av325 and my sub a 300w 15'' this is okay or no,,,
Mutthu Mutthu do your own research, don't be lazy
Thanks master
Hi brother I’m new to this. Can I use set up with active subs and active speakers?
+Peter Charles , yes you can , usually active spkrs/subs comes with builtin crossover which can do 80hz or 100hz
Hi brother, how can I setup my dbx driverack pa2, crown xls 1502 amp, allen and heath mixer to my marantz SR 6013.
read the manuals and follow my videos it will get you some where , if you need one 2 one live consultation regarding setup then email me,.
good one.
Bro what if i dont want to use graphic eq than where the left and the right output from the mixer will have to connect.will they be connected to the active crossover.
Yes !
Please do how to design Auditorium PA system by using Speakers,Amp and mixer
Tech-Hub TV , Live events are not happening now a days due to Covid , the fundamentals for connections are the same . In Auditorium routing is required for different tasks for distribution of audio signals. Will make a relevant video in few months time keep an eye on the channel.
How can i set up my stage monitoring speaker?? Brthr
What kind of XLR's are those?
hi, thanks for the video, its quite helpful but can i connect a 3way stereo with only 2 full range speakers and 2 subs only, without setting up the third small speaker. maybe using bi-wiring? please explain
3 way stereo is like tri-amping , you would need a 3rd pair of speakers to be used as tweeters & a amp to drive them. Just stick with 2 way stereo option with your full range speakers and 2 subs and you would get good sound.
Please I have DBX 234XL and I have 2 amp ... 1 for 2 sub woofer .. 1 for 2 full range EV 215 .. How can I connect the high and mid output to amp that operate the full rage ... I am new to this and i do this for my church ..
Mixer L out to CH1 on dbx 234XL. Mixer R out to CH2 on dbx 234xl. On back of dbx 234xl make sure it's on stereo mode and x10 freq switch is off. From dbx High output from CH1 to 1st amp CH1 input then out to L side EV 215. dbx low output from CH1 to 2nd amp CH1 input then out to L side sub.. From dbx High outout from CH2 to 1st amp CH2 input then out to R side EV 215. dbx low output from CH2 to 2nd amp CH2 input then out to R side sub.Then on front of dbx crossover between 70 to 80Hz and adjust the high and low outputs level as required. Let me know how it goes.
Thanks Sir .. I was very sick the past week i was attack by armed robbers and they beat me up .. but glory be to God my vision is okay .. I will set it up and anything i will get back to you .. God richly bless you for your kindness
PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME HOW TO CONNECT A MINI STEREO AMPLIFIER TO A MULTIMEDIA SPEAKER
Can you please use same setup and explain crossover functionality a little bit more for 3 way stereo, 4 way ? I mean how to set crossover freequency , low, mid, high freequencies ? Please use the same crossover on your demo(I have dbx 234xs but I am unable to use it properly as I had lack of knowledge on it, so thats why I request you use the same crossover on your demo)
.... hope you reply me soon
hi can i connect a crossover, a mixer and amplier to make a good sound
yes, what you will do is this , take low signal low output and high from high output to your amplifier
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Good video I have just bought this x over and going to run it 3 way stereo. I have 18 bins for low and for mid Martin bins with 2 10inch drivers. Then for tips ev also am adding logic 12s to the top in bigger place am worried about the bass lows cancelling the mids. Is there a delay on the x over so they since cancel each other out . It will be playing dance music so need a lot of mid kick . What best seetings for this on the cx3400 pro. So the mid and bass don't cancel each other out. Thanks ps when I get it more money will get a dbx drive rack.
There is time delay for phase alignment between drivers in CX3400. Best settings depends on the frequency response of your main bass bins , mids and tops. Setup as shown in the video and play dance music then start benching in the crossover points and delay times to see at what point you get the best dance music output with your setup. The settings shown in the video are guidelines or starting point.
thanks for the reply so if they do cancel just adjust the Daley times a bit? and also x over points for best sound what points would you cross over at between the mid and tops ? also would you bye a graphic eg? cos will be running the decks through my Angelou sound desk.
xover starting point between Bass bins and Mids should be 50Hz to 80Hz ( sweet point is 70Hz to 80Hz) , lower than 50Hz is felt rather than heard and not many bass bins have frequency response lower than 50Hz. X over between mids and tops ( proper standalone tweeters ) should be 4kHz to 6kHz. Playback the music and start tweaking as you would listen to music in a club , concert , add delay to tune if required. GEQ wouldn't harm and tweaking the signal via it can give more clarity to your output but bare in mind the bandwidth is 1/3 of the octave so tweaking one frequency will have effect on neighboring frequencies .Best is to put this in practical and start tweaking you gear at different settings till you find the sweet spot of all settings. Best tool during tweaking process should be your ears not the gear.
yeah i understand and think my 18s can go down to 30hz so i try them at that also i got the amp se on 30hz for the bass bins ...and for the mids kick i do what you side 70hx or 80 what ever sounds better my cick is martine ccs300 with 2 x 10s in each cab. 400rms ported so should sound good as mids ??
good job
Thanks.
nice
Good man
can you do this configuration without a mixer, only using a crossover and amps?
yes you can , lets say you want to use an ipod to reinforce music , you would need a 3.5mm to L/R XLR/TS/TRS cable , connect the 3.5mm to ipod or any other music/audio source , connect the XLR L/R to crossover as shown in the video.
AVME Videos did u use 3 amps for 3way crossover for low, mid and high control? I have 1amp 1mixer with 2way baffles how can used crossover for 1amp only?
I had a 3way speaker system that has a built in pasive crossover or dividing network as said.Can i still hook up an Active Crossover in my syatem? Is there any benefit? Ot this is bad idea if set up?
to get pure form of crossover signal it is recommended to disconnect the built in passive crossover , the work requires intermediate level skills , there are some good articles on net , read and apply carefully. If you leave the passive crossover connected & then connect active crossover it would not damage any thing in fact think of it this way the active crossover would do it's job first in the signal chain & then the built in passive crossover.
In your setup have you remove the passive crossover? As both EV sx 300 and ev sb122 has built in passive crossover right? I realy like your setup. And the very good video of yours Sir really helpful. Appreciate the response here.
Good video, so I assume I can only adjust my subwoofer volume through the amplifier?
No if you have three amps you can adjust volume of subs , mids and highs.
AVME Videos OK I have 2 full range 3way tops in one amp and 2 subs in the 2nd amp. I was hoping to get individual level control of each on the mixer... I guess I'll need to individually control volume only though the amps themselves not the faders on mixer
Basically both , that is called gain structure . You don't want low , mid , high frequencies to be distorted or clipping. For the sake of the explanation let's say you have just one input of music play back output to main L/R bus via one fader. Put the fader to 0dB , Main L/R to 0dB , crossover to 0dB , output on your amps to 0dB. Now start adjusting the input gain of music playback channel till you see 0dB on the input Signal meter. Now you can control the signal going to the L/R bus via channel Fader ( how much you would like to send).
If you have multiple inputs , outputs , crossovers and amps then the same formula applies , the amount of signal you want to output to different Mixes. Best way is to practice this during your setup to achieve the optimum sound. Notching a dB here or there on different devices would get you the desired sound.
Will you have a video to just connect amplifiers to speakers and mixer?
Raul Alvarado Hi Raul , its already on my channel , here is the link to the video th-cam.com/video/PEXRIowpz8A/w-d-xo.html . The signal flow for your setup is
LEFT XLR output from your mixer goes to channel 1 XLR input on your amplifier.
RIGHT XLR output from your mixer goes to channel 2 XLR input on your amplifier.
Channel 1 speakon output from your amp goes to speakon input on your LEFT speaker.
Channel 2 speakon output from your amp goes to speakon input on your RIGHT speaker.
Thank u so much!
Do i still need to adjust tone control of integrated amp when using crossover?
First tell me what kind of integrated amp you are refereeing to and what your audio rack setup consists of ?
I'm using QSC K12 and Ksub with a Yamaha MG166cx do i need a crossover? does it make it sound better?
+Tuan Ho , No you don't need a crossover.
Can u do a video for two amps and mixer and a cross over please i do not have a equlizer can it work tho?
watch this video : th-cam.com/video/35ShkaBQQAI/w-d-xo.html
i have no crossover input on my amp just ballanced in and speakers out
sir can you make a 2 way stereo set up,what is your low cut off in stereo 2 way?
low cut off is a term used to cut off low frequencies ( usually 20Hz to 120Hz) in an audio signal chain usually referred to as HPF ( high pass filter ) not be confused LPF which is for cutting high frequencies ( usually 10kHz to 20kHz ) .
@@AVMEVideos example sir in a crossover freq,how about in a 2 way set up?is that 140hz or 240hz?
I specifically made that video 9 years ago , here is the link : th-cam.com/video/35ShkaBQQAI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mUGySB6VdMWp4xw6