how to connect subwoofer to pa set up??

[staffordjd]

how do you connect 1 active sub--> http://www.crispdeals.com/MARATHON_8...ma-rms18sw.htm

to 2 active speakers???--> http://www.crispdeals.com/MARATHON_M...r_p/ma-12p.htm


Using Tracktor S4.

Thanks!

[manchild]

You can use a set of 1/4" TRS male to xlr male cables to go from the s4 to sub, then a set of xlr male to xlr female cables to go from the sub to the speakers from what i can see. The pic is crappy and im not trying to read anything right now haha

[Chubbz]

hiya

didnt check your link for details of connection for your brand of speakers but check out this vid for guideline...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJyXAi22DT4http://

[Flash101uk]

Use an XLR cable from the through connection of one of the active speakers into the active sub.

Done.

[fullenglishpint]

What they said. The sub has input and output connections and a built in crossover so it plays the bass and allows everything else through.

[Flash101uk]

Just to be clear, dont plug straight into the sub, plug into your tops first.
The sub will have an active crossover that you should configure properly but that could also be pre-through. What I mean by that is you'll only get sub 60hz coming through your tops and sub. Not cool.

[mostapha]

Or you could get a speaker controller for the long run. Cheap-ish ones run for a hundred or so, good ones are a few hundred and allow you to do things like use a connected Mic to help shoot the room and tune your PA system to the acoustics of the space…or to add delays to speakers if you're in a big enough space that you want to run another set of speakers farther away from the front without getting weird phasing issues between them.

But, yeah…if the speakers have a "thru" connection, that works fine too. Just make sure the sub sums to mono so you don't get stereo phasing issues in your bass.

Also, don't hi-pass your tops…at all. The sub should be low-pass'd, but the tops need a full-range signal for dance music to sound right. If you high-pass the tops, you wind up with a mid-low drop in volume that doesn't sit well and add noise at the top end.