White Instruments DSP-5024

[Bill Terry]

Got one a while back as part pay for a recording session, never even hooked it up. Apparently it provides fairly sophisticated EQ, x-over, and filtering functions, but seems geared more toward live sound reinforcement.

Anybody used one? What's it worth? I know White is fairly high-end stuff...

[David L. Donald]

The Whites are older, but always considered
topshelf EQ for studios.

Think of it as "Classic Analogue".
I would keep it.

[Bill Terry]

Thanks DLD.. so it's actually digitally controlled analog? not digital processing? The DSP in the name led me to believe all the processing was done in the digital domain.

I'm sure there's a reference manual online, I should try to find it...

[David L. Donald]

Whoops.

Sorry I was thinking of an older White unit and their history in general.

Here's ' info on the discontinued 5024
it is pure digital,
but no doubt modeled on their classic filters.
These guys provided room tuning units for more albums than you can imagine.

I mentioned in another thread about the tuning
of the band 'THE CARS's' studio's control room in Boston,
that was tweaked with 1/6th octave EQ's.
Those were White EQs.
And those Cars tunes still sound great on most systems.

http://www.whiteinstruments.com/sp5022-24xl.htm

Up to 35 parametric filters
(if no other filter or limiter is created) with center frequencies from 20Hz to 20kHz
and adjustable in 1Hz increments
are available on either model.

Q and response are adjustable
from 0.2 (5 octaves) to 100(1/70 octave)
between -60 and +12dB.
(1/70 octave... or 0.17 of a half step.
divide Eb into 5 different parts....)

Each filter can be assigned to any input or output channel.
Adjustable high-pass, low-pass, shelving and horn correction filters can also be implemented.

This just by itself is pretty scare functionality.
You have a problem with your home studio monitors.
Move them around until you are happy,
and any little problems the White can be tuned to correct.

Same for a club sound system,
more for a permanent installation system,
but certainly powerful as all get out
for a traveling system too.
But you would want an room freq. analyzer
to go with it.

Got a low B note on the bass guitar ringing,
no problem JUST that note can be lowered.

Octaves on E kinda weak, well give EACH ONE a bit of help.

Bass drum making the 3rd shelf on the right behind the bar
vibrate a tad too much, likely you can find that note
and tune it so the Chivas Regal doesn't shake..


Need to tune your traveling system to 10 DIFFERENT clubs,
sure no problem you have ten presets.

[Bill Terry]

Wow!... anti-Chivas shaking... what will they think of next? thanks for info