Factory Programming Presets - Orban OPTIMOD 8400 Operating Manual

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Readers who are familiar with the 8200 should be aware that we have omit-
ted the Two Band Normal structure from the 8400 because the Five-Band
Structure is overwhelmingly preferred for formats that might otherwise use
the Two Band Normal structure. The Two-Band Purist structure in the 8400
is substantially improved over its 8200 counterpart, with more effective HF
limiting and clipper distortion control.
In fact, the 8200 always used its Two Band Purist DSP code to implement
the Protection Limiter structure. The only difference between Two Band
Purist and Protection was that Protection hid some of the controls ordinarily
available in the Two-Band Purist structure. This was intended to simplify
operation and reduce the opportunity to misadjust the Protection presets.
Therefore, our approach to Protection in the 8400 is actually the same as it
was in the 8200. However, in the 8400 we don't hide the extra controls.

Factory Programming Presets

Factory Programming Presets are our "factory recommended settings" for various pro-
gram formats or types. The Factory Programming Presets are starting points to help you
get on the air quickly without having to understand anything about adjusting the 8400's
sound. You can edit any of these presets with the
trade-off between loudness and distortion according to the needs of your format. Because
it is so easy to fine-tune the sound at the
quickly want to customize their chosen preset to complement their market and competi-
tive position after they had time to familiarize themselves with the 8400's programming
facilities.
Start with one of these presets. Spend some time listening critically to your on-air sound.
Listen to a wide range of program material typical of your format, and listen on several
types of radios (not just on your studio monitors). Then, if you wish, customize your
sound using the information in the Protection Limiter, Two-Band and Five-Band sections
that follow.

Factory Programming Presets

Each Orban factory preset has full
sets, including the source presets from which they were taken and the nominal
setting of each preset. Of the Five-Band presets, several appear several times under dif-
ferent names because we felt that these presets were appropriate for more than one for-
mat; these can be identified by the shared source preset name.
Many of the presets come in several "flavors," like "dense," "medium," and "open."
These refer to the density produced by the processing. "Open" uses a slow multiband re-
lease time "Medium" uses a medium-slow release, and "Dense" uses medium-fast. A fast
release is only used in the
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Less/More capability. The table below shows the pre-
and
NEWS-TALK SPORTS
control to optimize the
Less/More
level, we believe that many users will
presets.
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