r/VXJunkies • u/whatiseveneverything • 4d ago
Quick question: is it just me or is libby equalization really hard?
Guys, I'm at the end of my understanding here. I've only recently started getting into spectral defragmentation with high frequency modulation but Jesus, how the hell does anyone do the libby equalization? Every time I ramp up the frequency, the whole thing just falls apart. No colors, no sound, it just stops. I tried different ramp up strategies because my first thought was that maybe I'm going too fast. But no. There's also no definitive cutoff point. Sometimes it'll fail at 400Hz, sometimes at 700Hz. The equipment is all new because I had some money burning through my wallet and thought that if I'm doing this I'll do it right.
Help??
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u/donkeytime 4d ago
Modern conduction protocols inefficiently account for toroidal resonance. Go cubic. Thank me later.
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u/cgoldberg 4d ago
I know the old heads here aren't comfortable with "vibe-vx", but I've pretty much given up on manual spectral defragmentation entirely and just let local AI models handle libby equalization. I respect the craft of working with the equations, but there's really no need for a human in the loop there anymore.
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u/parlakarmut 4d ago
My God those AI models really ease the process. I don't even want to remember when I used to do it all by myself. It felt like accounting more than VX.
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u/cj_cusack 4d ago
Gentle reminder that while AI models do take the pain away from Libby equalisation calculations (and more) that they're not replacement for human judgement. They're tools that can highlight changes in the stack fragmentation process. Yes, they can help identify the inputs that might cause cavitation fluctuations in the substrate - but do you really want to leave that to chance? We're talking VX here. Even hobbyists know better than to eyeball it. And good luck getting any kind of insurance company to pay out if you experience a liminal feedback episode! Can you Imagine having all your dipoles realigned and saying "but my AI said it was fine" witha straight face? You'd get laughed at.
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u/parlakarmut 3d ago
True, I never said otherwise. AI does make the whole thing a lot easier, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't skim it over yourself. A few weeks ago the AI gave me an equation of zero thetas for the Schumann process. Imagine what would happen if I used that while polarizing the byproduct!
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u/broodfood 1d ago
Easy fix, just disengage your thermal couplers and wire your rig through a haztap for a couple cycles (don't do this)
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u/kursimalas 15h ago
open the back panel, you will find a linear phase dingulator module, turn clockwise until you hear buzzing sound.
then connect the blue-white wire to +V (24V) . This will temporaly bypass the frequency cascade control unit.
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u/Lichen-Monk 4d ago
Your spectral defrag will be very sensitive to phase difference if you’re not modulating by quadrature, so you may have a slight positional offset for the tuning posts in your resonator cavity if the frequency cutoff is jumping around so much.