1/3 octave centre frequencies – XTA GQ600 User Manual
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Effect of H.F. trim gain control, with frequency set at minimum.
1/3 Octave Centre Frequencies
The 1/3 octave ISO centre frequencies used on most graphic equalisers are normally 'rounded
off' to whole numbers. This leads to unequal spacing of filters if these marked frequencies are
used to calculate filter values.
The GQ600 uses true 1/3 octave frequencies based on 1kHz as a reference, and each filter is
automatically tested and adjusted when required, to achieve a centre frequency accuracy of
within ±3% of these true 1/3 octave frequencies. These are as follows:
Marked
True
Marked
True
Marked
True
25
24.80
250
250
2k5
2k52
31
31.25
315
315
3k15
3k175
40
39.38
400
396.7
4k
4k
50
49.61
500
500
5k
5k04
63
62.5
630
630
6k3
6k35
80
78.75
800
793.7
8k
8k
100
99.21
1k
1k
10k
10k08
125
125
1k25
1k26
12k5
12k70
160
157.5
1k6
1k587
16k
16k
200
198.4
2k
2k
20k
20k16