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A Console Overload Indicating System

Authors: Dilley, William G.

AES Convention 32 · Paper 511 · April 1967

Abstract

The signal overload of individual amplifiers within audio control consoles is a problem that has plague operators since the first console appeared. From an engineering standpoint, however, this problem has received little to no attention, and operators, through the years, have been conditioned to accept the overload situation as a necessary evil. It is an axiom, that properly designed consoles utilizing currently available components are -inherently designed- to incur signal overload-the more complex the system, the more susceptible to overload conditions. This status results, primarily, from the input dynamic range requirement and, secondarily, from the gain margin practices employed for attenuator operation.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 32
AES Convention
32
Paper number
511
Publication date
April 6, 1967
Affiliation
Spectra Sonics, Ogden, UT (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper