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Thanks all.

Mac,

I get the point re: reference recordings I guess I should have been clearer with my question i.e., a BIAB file played through cans or monitors and then played through a PA system and the sound/volume difference there in.



Same thing applies across the board.

Gain Staging when using laptop live: Whether using Earphone Jack as Line Out to PA or using an aftermarket sound device, makes no difference to what I'm going to say, Drive That Line HARD.


That means that software playback master faders from computer sound should be turned UP. All the way if the input of the PA can take it without clipping.

Then adjust the Volume of the computer using the Hardware fader or control on your PA.

As for using the PA to mix BB, that's a recipe for mix disaster anyway.

If it sounds as good as Reference Recordings do on your mixing system, it should translate to the PA with minimal adjustment of PA needed to get it right. The EQ controls on the strips I use are set dead flat here for the laptop output from bb.

All I ever need to adjust for the bb input is the gain fader for that strip and everything out front sounds fine indeed.


--Mac

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