My mom is from just up the coast in Maine, and she somehow manages to add R's to everything. Florida is Florider, Cuba is Cuber. My poor cousin Liza Beth - she HATES when I call her Lizer Beth... but how could I not?!?
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Bergantino B/Amp at NAMM
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My mom is from just up the coast in Maine, and she somehow manages to add R's to everything. Florida is Florider, Cuba is Cuber. My poor cousin Liza Beth - she HATES when I call her Lizer Beth... but how could I not?!?
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Come on down to Atlanta anytime. You know the Turner Inn always has a vacancy for you. I can smoke up some good southern BBQ, beer on tap or more wine than you could ever think of drinking. Well, and if bourbon is your thing...we can take care of that too.
Can someone help me out? What is the purpose of the speaker profiles? What do they really do?
Simple answer....
Make em sound better.
Someone else will be able to explain it properly, but, scientifically, they sculpt the amp to suit the cab.
Dunno, but they work! My NV215 sounds great as is, but with the profile engaged, it sounds thicker, tighter and more punchy.
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For the most part, the profiles are designed to tweak the EQ in a specific fashion for each cab (or cab combo) so as to bring the overall response of the system even closer to "flat." That being said, most of Jim's cabs are already very balanced and fairly transparent to start with (the NV series being the notable exception, as they have a different design goal).
Is there any harm in using a different speaker profile with the wrong speaker? Like if I use the HDN212 profile for the HDN410 cab, is there any harm in that?
Not in the least bit. Just use your ears...if you like the way a certain profile sounds as a starting point, then go for it.
Jim just tweaks each profile to get the cabinet very close to "flat"...all things considered (room acoustics , etc)
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Ok thanks so much. I thought ore was involved, like power supply and ohm changing.
Jim Bergantino
Commercial User
Just wanted to add that I included a generic profile with the last firmware update which may also be worth experimenting with. Not precise to any one cabinet, which tends to give a slightly warmer response overall and works great with all non-Bergantino cabs as well.
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I'm still in awe that my amp has software that can be updated.
Jim Bergantino
Commercial User
You don't have to update the firmware to load the Generic profile since it's a separate file and loads in thru the USB profile load menu.
I'm not that knowledged in frequencies, so I'm having a hard time adjusting them to get a tone that I'm comfortable with.
Set them the same as the Forte to start. Bass 63Hz - Low mid250Hz - High mid 1kHz- Treble 3.5 kHz. Set the frequency width to wide. That should get you in the ballpark. I started there and truthfully have done very little since. I may boost or cut a tiny bit depending n the stage/room, but very often I just run it flat.
Jim Bergantino
Commercial User
You could also go into the extended menus and reset to factory settings which will get you pretty much to the same place. My only other advise is "less is more". Not sure where your gains are at but if you're more than 3 or 4 dB on any band you may want to consider going back to flat (assuming you have a profile selected) and start from there. Hope this helps.
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