Table 3-4: Agc Controls - Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8500S Operating Manual

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These controls are available only from 8500S PC Remote. However, if you wish to
turn off the AGC on all presets, you can use the global AGC ON/OFF setting avail-
able in Setup from the front panel.
These controls are explained in detail below.
Each Factory Preset has a L
the amount of processing. L
controls to optimize the trade-offs between unwanted side effects.
If you wish, you may adjust the Advanced Modify parameters to your own taste. Al-
ways start with L
edit the Advanced Modify parameters using the Advanced Modify screen and save
those edits to a User Preset.
AGC On/Off control activates or defeats the AGC.
This control is usually used to defeat the AGC when you want to create a preset with
minimal processing (such as a CLASSICAL preset). The AGC is also ordinarily de-
feated if you are using an external AGC (like Orban's 6300). However, in this case it is
better to defeat the AGC globally in the System Setup screen.
AGC Drive control adjusts signal level going into the slow dual-band AGC and
therefore determines the amount of gain reduction in the AGC. This also adjusts the
"idle gain"—the amount of gain reduction in the AGC section when the structure is
AGC Controls
PC Remote Names
AGC
Drive
Release
Gate Thresh
Bass Coupl
MaxDeltaGR
Window Size
Window Rel
AGC Matrix
AGC Ratio
Bass Thresh
Idle Gain dB
AGC Bass Attack
AGC Master Attack
AGC Bass Release
Master Delta Thresh
Bass Delta Thresh
AGC Crossover
control that adjusts on-air loudness by altering
-M
ESS ORE
-M
ESS ORE
-M to get as close to your desired sound as possible. Then
ESS ORE

Table 3-4: AGC Controls

simultaneously adjusts all of the processing
Range
Off / On
–10 ... 25 dB
0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2 ... 20 dB / S
Off, –44 ... –15 dB
Off, 12 ... 0 dB
0 ... 24 dB, Off
–25 ... 0 dB
0.5 ... 20 dB
L / R, sum / dif
∞1, 4:1, 3:1, 2:1
–12.0 ... 2.5 dB
–10 ... +10 dB
1 ... 10
0.2 .. 6
1 ... 10 dB / sec
–6 ... +6 dB
–6 ... +6 dB
Allpass, LiNoDly, Linear
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