Customizing The Settings; The Five-Band Structure's Full And Advanced Setup Controls - Orban Optimod-PC 1101 Operating Manual

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OPERATION

Customizing the Settings

The Five-Band Structure's Full and Advanced Setup Controls

preset is on the air, the L
duction by adjusting the drive level to the Five-Band structure's input. This also ad-
justs the idle gain—the amount of gain reduction in the AGC section when the
structure is gated. (It gates whenever the input level to the structure is below the
threshold of gating.)
When a music preset is on the air, the L
processing, making optimum tradeoffs between loudness, brightness, and distor-
tion. In sound for picture, there are no loudness wars; for music presets, there is no
need to advance the L
The controls in the Five-Band structure give you the flexibility to customize your sta-
tion sound. However, as with any audio processing system, proper adjustment of
these controls requires proper balancing of the trade-offs explained above. The fol-
lowing provides the information you need to adjust the Five-Band structure controls
to suit your programming and taste.
The tables below summarize the Five-band and Band Mix controls in the dynamics
section. The AGC, Equalizer, Stereo Enhancer, and Clipper controls are common to
both the Two-Band and Five-Band structures and are discussed in their own sections
in Section 3.
Multiband Drive control adjusts the signal level going into the five-band compres-
sor, and therefore determines the average amount of gain reduction in the five-
band compressor. Range is 25dB.
Adjust the M
ULTIBAND
Used lightly with a slow or medium release time, the Five-Band compressor produces
an open, re-equalized sound that is appropriate for most video programming. The
Five-Band Controls
Advanced Name
Multiband Drive
Multiband Gate Threshold
Downward Expander
B5 Downward Expander
Downward Expander Stereo Coupling
B1/B2 XOVER
B1 MaxDeltGr
B2 MaxDeltGr
B3 MaxDeltGr
B4 MaxDeltGr
control adjusts the average amount of gain re-
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-M
ESS
-M control beyond its setting in the Factory Presets.
ESS ORE
D control to your taste and programming requirements.
RIVE
Table 3-9: Five-band Controls
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control sets the amount of overall
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Range
0 ... 25
Off, –44 ... –15 dB
Off, –18.0 ... 12.0 dB
Off, –18.0 ... 12.0 dB
100 Hz, 200 Hz
0 ... 24 dB, Off
0 ... 24 dB, Off
0 ... 24 dB, Off
0 ... 24 dB, Off