Table 3-9: Mb Attack / Release Controls - Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8500S Operating Manual

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music is noticeably altered to a standard. Bass has an ever-present punch, there is
always a sense of presence, and highs are in perfect balance to the mids, no mat-
ter what was on the original recording.
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The Fast setting is used only for the TALK and SPORTS factory programming
formats. Processing for this sound keeps the levels of announcers and guests con-
sistent, pulls low-grade telephone calls out of the mud, and keeps a proper bal-
ance between voice and commercials. Voice is the most difficult audio to process,
but these settings result in a favorable trade-off between consistency, presence,
and distortion.
The Factory Presets for this sound are quite different from the other three re-
lease time settings. The amount of gain reduction in the multiband compressor is
substantially lower (so that it operates more like a limiter than like a compressor)
and the release time of the gain-riding AGC is speeded up (so that it provides
compression and some increase of density). We made these trade-offs to prevent
excessive build-up of density.
It is possible to experiment with this sound for music-oriented programming as
well. However, even with these settings, your sound is getting farther away from
the balance and texture of the input. We think that this is as far as processing
MB Attack / Release
PC Remote Name
MB Release
Speech MB Release
B2 Attack
B3 Attack
B4 Attack
Speech B1 Attack
Speech B2 Attack
Speech B3 Attack
Speech B4 / 5 Attack
B1 Limiter Attack
B2 Limiter Attack
B3 Limiter Attack
B4/5 Limiter Attack
Lookahead
Speech Mode
Delta Release 1
Delta Release 2
Delta Release 3
Delta Release 4 / 5
Range
Slow, Slow2, Med, Med2, MFast, MFast2,
Fast
Slow, Slow2, Med, Med2, MFast, MFast2,
Fast
4 ... 50 ms, Off
4 ... 50 ms, Off
4 ... 50 ms, Off
4 ... 50 ms, Off
4 ... 50 ms, Off
4 ... 50 ms, Off
4 ... 50 ms, Off
0 ... 100%
0 ... 100%
0 ... 100%
0 ... 100%
In, Out, Auto
Speech, Music, Auto
–6 ... 6
–6 ... 6
–6 ... 6
–6 ... 6

Table 3-9: MB Attack / Release Controls

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