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Cheap DSP has meant many changes in the pro audio world, and most of them mean we get to sell off or leave boxes at the shop, because what used to take four separate boxes is now done with one. The system controller is maybe the best example. Where your “drive rack” once contained crossovers, EQs, compressor/limiters and time delay, these computerized wonders do all that—usually in a single rack space—without breaking a sweat. As we see more processing migrating to the actual amps themselves, even these boxes are not safe from the march of progress. But here is a look at the current state of affairs.
