I'm usually in a small club, taping a LOUD rock band, and lately I've been setting the V2 at +10, leaving the trims all the way up, and not messing with the V2 at all after that. I start with the SBM somewhere in the 5-7 range and only adjust it. For acoustic stuff (generally in the same clubs) I turn the V2 up one notch, to +15. I was having a problem with the bass being kinda bloated, clogging up the upper end of the bass (sorry, bad with audio descriptor words). I found that lowering the pre level cleaned that up, plus kept me from having to turn the SBM down below what is supposed to be its optimal range (not below 4 I've heard?).
Does this sound crazy to anybody, or is it in line with what y'all have found?
Sloan