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Because the CLASSICAL presets preserve a significant amount of the dynamic range
present in the source material (including speech), it is wise to use a separate micro-
phone processor to ensure appropriate voice/music balance.
COUNTRY: The COUNTRY-MEDIUM preset uses the ROCK-SMOOTH source preset.
It has a gentle bass lift and a mellow, easy-to-listen-to high end, along with enough
presence energy to help vocals to stand out. The COUNTRY-LIGHT preset uses the
ROCK-LIGHT source preset. Modern country broadcasters might also find ROCK-
MEDIUM or ROCK-OPEN useful if they want a brighter, more up-front sound.
CRISP: CRISP provides a bright upper midrange sound by emphasizing frequencies
around 6 kHz. It is a loud preset that is appropriate for mass-appeal music formats. It
has the same bass texture as the IMPACT presets.
DANCE ENERGY: This preset is designed to preserve the punch and slam in dance
music percussion (such as the beater click in kick drums). It is loud and has a bright
high frequency texture. As L
punchier.
EDGE: This preset is designed for hit music broadcasters who prefer extremely
punchy bass to fastidious distortion control. It is loud and has a bright high fre-
quency texture.
FOLK / TRADITIONAL: FOLK / TRADITIONAL is an alias for the ROCK-SOFT preset.
It assumes that the recordings are of relatively recent vintage and require relatively
subtle processing.
If the recordings you play are inconsistent in texture and equalization, you may pre-
fer the ROCK-SMOOTH or ROCK-LIGHT presets.
GOLD: GOLD is loud and "hi-fi"-sounding while still respecting the limitations and
basic flavor of the recordings from the era of the 1950s through 1970s.
For example, we do not attempt to exaggerate high frequency energy in
the GOLD preset. The highs in recordings of this era are often noisy, dis-
torted, or have other technical problems that make them unpleasant
sounding when the processor over-equalizes them in an attempt to emu-
late the high frequency balance of recently recorded material.
GREGG: GREGG and GREGG OPEN all use a 200 Hz band1/band2 crossover fre-
quency to achieve a bass sound similar to the classic five-band Gregg Labs FM proc-
essors designed by Orban's Vice President of New Product Development, Greg
Ogonowski. Dynamically, these presets produce a slight increase in bass energy be-
low 100 Hz and a decrease of bass energy centered at 160 Hz. This bass sound works
particularly well with speakers having good bass response.
In terms of loudness, midrange texture, and HF texture, these presets are similar to
the LOUD-HOT+BASS presets.
IMPACT: IMPACT is intended for CHR and similar formats where attracting a large
audience (maximizing cume) is more important than ensuring long time-spent-
is turned down, this preset gets quieter, yet
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