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There is also a corresponding two-band preset called CLASSICAL-2B+AGC. In our
opinion, this provides an ideal combination of unobtrusive compression and low
coloration, typically raising low-level material about 10 dB.
BASS-PUNCH produces a slight increase in bass energy below 100 Hz and a decrease
of bass energy centered at 160 Hz. This bass sound works particularly well with ra-
dios having good bass response, such as many auto radios today.
In terms of loudness, midrange texture, and HF texture, BASS-PUNCH similar to the
URBAN-LOUD preset.
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 stations might also find ROCK-MEDIUM
or ROCK-OPEN useful if they want a brighter, more up-front sound.
EXTREME: EXTREME is intended for CHR and similar formats where attracting a
large audience (maximizing cume) is more important than ensuring long time-spent-
listening. This is a loud, bright, "major-market" preset that is competitive with other
processors that are not as scrupulous as the 5500 about controlling audible distor-
tion with certain program material. It also has a great deal of presence energy to cut
through on lower-quality radios.
Its sound changes substantially as the L
— distortion decreases while bass punch and transparency improve.
Therefore, exploring various Less-More settings is very worthwhile with
EXTREME, because, for many markets, this preset will be "over the top"
unless it is turned down with L
JAZZ: JAZZ is specifically tailored toward stations that play mostly instrumental mu-
sic. It is a quiet preset with a very clean, mellow high end to prevent stridency on the
saxophone solos so often heard in "light jazz" programming. The preset produces
very low listening fatigue, so it is a good choice for stations that want listeners to
stay all day.
NEWS-TALK: This preset is quite different from the others. It is based on the F
multiband release time setting, so it can quickly perform automatic equalization of
substandard program material, including telephone. It is very useful for creating a
uniform, intelligible sound from widely varying source material, particularly source
material that is "hot from the field" with uncontrolled quality. It extensively exploits
distortion control to achieve a very clean, highly compressed, but unclipped sound
quality.
OLDIES: OLDIES 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 OLDIES 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.
-M control is turned down
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