Because you doing something wrong????

SRV-AVB
R-72, iDR-16, xDR-16

Could it just be you are adding 20 (or whatever number) of channels together on the bus and overloading it, just the same that happens in analogue? Try pulling all the inputs down by 3dB and see if it goes away.

I get it too sometimes. Mostly on the ears for my drummer where the kick is up 6 db with a hot gain.

It happens because the Ilive runs a fixed point (24 – I think) bit structure. When you run out of bits it overloads. If you pull down your entire mix it goes away.

32 bit floating point (digico) does not overload as it uses 8 bit to define zero for the next 24 bits. This is one of the very few drawbacks of the Ilive design. A&H have chosen the fixed point DSP farms for their accuracy and features with they have valued higher then this relatively small issue (as I understand it)

Tuejo,

I think you’re referring to DSP mathematics method. When you apply too much gain at input or output you might run out of headroom in converters. And iLive as well as DigiCo has 24-bit converters.

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Right, this is DSP related in that situation. Haven’t got that high levels so far.
By the way – is clip indicator showing clip of DSP or converter?

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