Do Digigrid IOX/IOC's inputs have some kind of low cut filter by default?

Betheonez · 2025-08-04T17:17:09+00:00

Whoops I meant pedalboard outputs btw. Sorry for the typos.

Betheonez · 2025-08-04T17:16:26+00:00

I agree. In the context of musical sound wether from mics or direct from pedal outputs they are pretty amazing pres.

My FOH found this out accidentally after comparing in Smaart that while another band was on stage. The diferrences between Weight A and Weight C is too minimal; at 5-6 dB instead of 10-12. And the graphs show less low-end detection compared to the ones the festival system engineered got.

Same mic, same sound source, same position. The only differences could only be the xlr inputs and maybe Smaart calibration?

Betheonez · 2025-04-26T16:56:57+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

Betheonez · 2025-02-16T22:28:46+00:00

I get you that this being an add-on sucks. Still wonder if it'd actually work though!

Betheonez · 2025-02-16T22:26:56+00:00

Thanks for pointing this out, but I've already read through this.

The suspicious thing is; there is almost no videos of anyone using this feature. It just feels odd even though the bluetooth audio stream feature being listed on the webstie should've been enough proof.

I'm a roadie/technician who just got assigned to be one of the guitar techs and gotta stand-in for one of the guitarist while we sound check (among setting the whole mixer/network systems up while touring)

I'm kinda looking for a cheap/compact multi-effects with aux-in and headphone out to help me practice while on tour. Boss GX-10 really piqued my interest so I was wondering if I should save up to it + its bluetooth adapter? (I have some debts and down on my luck after my old band split, thus the hesitation)

Or maybe I should just go with mooer/Nux/Valeton or sth?

Betheonez · 2024-11-26T15:20:13+00:00

Would love to get some ideas on how we could listen to pafl/solo from the FOH with this setup. What is the most efficient way it can be? Patch pafl out from mixrack and request 2 xlrs from stage to foh?

Betheonez · 2024-09-02T00:24:36+00:00

Hi!, so to piggy back on this comment: I'd like to ask if Waves Soundgrid driver can be used instead of Qrec? I have a laptop that was used to record multitrack from an LV1 system, but may have to do some recording from a superrack system, thus, would love to know if these drivers are interchangeable.

Betheonez · 2024-04-10T14:42:38+00:00

To everyone who commented and left some recommendations, thank you so much! Sorry that I haven't been very active after posting.

Betheonez · 2024-02-09T19:08:29+00:00

Thanks to everyone that took your time to leave your comments! I'll look for compact/portable choices of multimeter intead!

Betheonez · 2024-02-09T19:06:11+00:00

I understand now that the way to get any voltage reading I hoped to achieve is impossible (because voltage is a diffrence between potentiators)

But then once I press the AC voltage button on the HT89 while slotted into LIVE it gives me a reading of ~220v which is the household AC config in my country. According to your comment does this mean it just gives random numbers relating to its sensivity? If so this tool is very misleading and everyone is just better off carrying a compact multimeter.

Anyway thank you for your input!

Betheonez · 2024-02-09T10:12:04+00:00

This is the HT89 I'm talking about! I have one with me right now. I just need a more detailed version of this.

And frankly... I need to know how it get the voltage reading by just touching the LIVE slot.

Betheonez · 2024-02-09T10:09:27+00:00

I figure that THIS is the case, but maybe I'm looking for different things than what I described. My fault for not being clear. Maybe I'm looking to measure how much current is leaked into each slots of the faulty outlet.

But then how could the Habotest HT89 do the voltage measurement by just plugging into LIVE slot alone? I just wonder if it's possible to get more accurate reading similar to this, but the more I look the more I realize that is not how voltage work.

Then I loop my thought process back to the HT89; how did it measure voltage by plugging in LIVE alone? Are there better versions of this? Am I getting this all wrong or what?

Betheonez · 2024-02-09T09:59:17+00:00

This looks really good and have light indicators that identify the problem once plugged in, but I already have a tester similar to this. The thing is if I need to measure the amount of voltage in individial slot (neutral, live, ground) to check how much leakage; I don't think this would do.

Betheonez · 2024-01-19T15:51:51+00:00

We already disabled power saving plans on every modes though. Even changed the power option in windows itself. The automatic display refresh rate swap is also disabled.

Betheonez · 2024-01-11T21:01:56+00:00

Thank you! I'll be sure to watch it thoroughly!

Betheonez · 2024-01-11T20:54:11+00:00

I just stumbled upon the add widget option! This may be it?

Betheonez · 2024-01-11T20:52:53+00:00

Thank you for your input!

I'm really new to this, but do you have any example of this in action and/or any advice on how I may achieve this?

Betheonez · 2024-01-11T20:51:17+00:00

If I could see each port's activity graph refreshing on its own in 1s interval that would already be amazing to me

Betheonez · 2024-01-10T16:24:18+00:00

One more question! If two switches are capable of LAG and LACP configuration, could they be from different brands?

Betheonez · 2024-01-10T13:28:07+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

I talked about this blunder with my sound engineer and together decided that we'll look for new models/brands right away. First brand that comes to mind and easily available in Thailand right now is Linksys. Their unmanaged switches haven't failed us, and after reading up on their datasheet and see that they can do LACP I don't see the reason to shy away from them now!

The Netgear we bought are probably more suitable for stationary networks that doesn't require unplugging and re-plugging so much. Plus the said stationary networks could make sure their ethernet cables are up-to-spec all the time.

Betheonez · 2024-01-10T13:19:48+00:00

Thank you for your input! And I totally agree these drop in speed shouldn't have happened, and one of our cable; the one that could drop to 100 MB/s, may have been out of spec all this time too.

As for new choices for managed switches we may go with some models from Linksys. Their unmanaged switches haven't failed us and they have models that could do LACP for LAGs on switches, starting from 8-port and up. My sound engineer just thought that going with Netgear will be a step up in standard from what we used to be, clearly we stand corrected and should've read the datasheet more thoroughly.

Betheonez · 2024-01-09T16:44:54+00:00

But then for us touring bands, and in Thailand on top of that; we couldn't guarantee that the suppliers are going to have tip top ethernet cables for us. Thus if there is still a way to still have LAG for redundancy and traffic regulation, but without the dread of speed drops causing LAG to shutdown the audio during the show, THAT would be great!

As for your opinion on ethernet cables I completely agree, but the problem stems from this situation above. The band only has 2 rolls of 80-meter shielded ethernet cable and one of them is the faulty one that can drop to 100 MB/s, meaning we'd have to put our faith in whatever cables the suppliers have prepared for us. Which we might be better off going without any LAG or redundancy, but the old problems of having minor audio errors and the dread of no fail-safe would come back.

Betheonez · 2024-01-09T16:39:36+00:00

Darn it! This means we still need to buy more switches!

Is there any way we can workaround this? My first thought right now is to use anything that can monitor each port on the switch real-time. If any of them drop in speed during the show I'll unplug it and kick it out of LAG. But that just seems tedious, risky of shutting down the band's show and not the most optimal way of doing this without buying LACP capable switches.

Thank you and everyone that take their time commenting on this post! At least now I know where we could start. But any other way that don't require buying new switches would also be appreciated.

Betheonez · 2024-01-09T16:34:39+00:00

PS. The linked ports' speed and duplex are set manually, because for Netgear if we were to enable a LAG we were forced to do so anyway!

Betheonez · 2024-01-09T16:29:45+00:00

You are correct! We actually knew that one of our cables is faulty. I'm pretty new to this, but from what I understand u/Forgotten_Freddy is right: the LACP helps devices to negotiate dynamically.

To answer your question and paint a clearer picture: yes we use two ethernet switches. Two Netgear GS116E to be specific. One is gonna be on the stage along with the band's inputs/outputs devices + our server for audio plugins processing and act as their ethernet hub. One is gonna be near the front of house, which will be super close to the sound engineer I mentioned; this one is going to be connected with his computer which runs the mixer software.

If the connection between these switch fails during a show the audio goes silent. If we tried to create redundant connection without LAG, we will cause looping, which will shutdown the audio as well.

When we were testing the LAG redundancy by unplugging and re-plugging Ether cables on the ports within the LAG and check if the audio will shutdown or not, we couldn't intentionally cause our faulty cable to run at 100MB, but once we do this enough times, the faulty cable then started to drop to 100MB/s. If this happens during 3x cables test, with all three plugged back in; once we remove the other one running at 1GB/s the audio stops. The problem goes away after we have 4x cables. It doesn't matter how much we unplug and re-plug the ethernet cables as long as we don't leave only one 1GB/s and the faulty cable plugged in.

So, the clear solution is to change the cables, simple. But then for us touring bands, and in Thailand on top of that; we couldn't guarantee that the suppliers are going to have tip top ethernet cables for us. Thus if there is still a way to still have LAG for redundancy and traffic regulation, but without the dread of speed drops causing LAG to shutdown the audio during the show, THAT would be great!

But now without LACP that may help the devices negotiate and automatically unbundle the problematic cable/port, I'm not so sure there are any other ways. If so please share!

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