peter Hi guys since this is a sound quality discussion, yesterday for the first time I had a distorted track play out after a track that was clean just before and the next track was also ok, as I did all level checks the day before I was very surprised this happened, after research I discovered this, I monitored all my track volumes with playlist volume at zero the iPad at maximum level as it always is, now the song that sounded clean in my test I manipulated it’s EQ settings to suit which required 3db boosting on lows and high frequencies to make it match my other songs, but when I performed live I boosted my playlist volume to maximum level as all my backing was low it all sounded fine until I got to this track that had the boost of lows and highs, this track played at the same level as the others but it was clipping.
So what I will point out be very careful when using the EQs.
This is what I would expect to happen in ST3 using a Normalised to zero track, I should be able to have all master faders iPad, song, playlist and EQ at maximum and no distortion at the iPad output, I know this would bring the normal audio level way down but this can be compensated by the external mixer, this then would guarantee you would never get distortion on your output, perhaps have a compensation audio boost circuit to be inserted when iPad is playing through its own speakers and this compensation to be removed when headphone or usb outputs are used, this would make all the volume/EQ manipulation bullet proof.
At the moment be very careful when using EQ or when boosting your volumes as it most likely will cause you grief.