Quote Originally Posted by MSG View Post
Yeah our school plays music at rallies really loud and it sounds terrible... They&#39;ve got every slider on the sound board set to max ( even equalizers ) and they just adjust the master volume/iPod volume ( yes, they use an iPod >_< ).
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that&#39;s going to be a clipping issue

again, digital music is very un-forgiving with clipping (as opposed to anologue equivalents)

it&#39;s awkward explaining this without images,
but if you have a sin wave
and increase the volume past the 0db threshold
analogue devices will flatten the wave, so the tips and troughs rest at 0db
while not ideal, it&#39;s far better than what digital devices do

digital devices will simply chop off the top and bottom of the wave
and the wave will look like a square sin wave
making really harsh sounds

Turn every knob down to half-way
and use the master volume on the amp to set the baseline volume
then use the gains on your mixer to compensate for different level tracks during the session

in a nutshell - Keep digital music in the green, if you stray into the yellow (or god forbid the red) you&#39;re doing it wrong