Advanced Operation - Crown DCi 8 Operation Manual

Advanced Operation

Introduction
Your DCi Network Display Series amplifier has a wide variety of onboard Digital Signal Processing (DSP). HiQnet Audio Architect software lets you adjust the DSP settings,
such as filter slope, compression ratio, EQ frequency bands, and so on.
A preset is a group of DSP settings that configure the amp for a specific application. For example, you might use one preset that optimizes the amp's
DSP for a JBL tri-amplified speaker setting. You might use another preset that sets up the DSP for a stereo pair of loudspeakers of your choice. You can
choose any of 20 presets.
Amplifier Presets and Speaker Tunings
Preset 1 is the factory default preset and cannot be overwritten. It sets up the amplifier for pass-thru operation with no DSP features enabled. The DCi Network Display
Series amplifier works with two types of presets:
User Presets – Using Audio Architect, you can create your own custom DSP presets, label them and send them to the DCi Network Display Series amplifier. The
amp stores those presets in firmware.
Downloadable Presets – Available for download from a variety of manufacturers, these presets are configured for optimal performance and can be sent to the
User Presets
User presets are DSP presets that are configured manually. The following three steps outlines setting up User Presets:
1. Adjust the DSP settings as desired in the Audio Architect software.
2. Save this group of settings as preset, you will be prompted to name it.
3. Download the preset to the DCi Network Display Series amplifier. See the software Help file for details. As soon as you save the setting as a preset, it is sent to
the amplifier.
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