Protection And Agc Presets - Orban OPTIMOD 6300 Operating Manual

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able by those with special, arcane knowledge that we withhold from most of our
customers.
Start with one of these presets. Spend some time listening critically to your sound.
Listen to a wide range of program material typical of your format and listen on sev-
eral types of audio systems (not just on your studio monitors). Then, if you wish, cus-
tomize your sound using the information in the Protection Limiter, 2-band and 5-
band sections that follow.
Each factory preset has full L
cluding the source presets from which they were taken and the nominal L
setting of each preset. Some of the 5-band presets appear several times under dif-
ferent names because we felt that these presets were appropriate for more than
one format; these can be identified by a shared source preset name.
Important! If you are dissatisfied with the sound available from the fac-
tory presets, please understand that each named preset is actually 19 pre-
sets that can be accessed via the L
to trade off the amount of dynamic range reduction against processing
artifacts and side effects. Once you have used L
ited preset as a User Preset.
Do not be afraid to choose a preset other than the one named for your program-
ming if you believe this other preset has a more appropriate sound. Also, if you
want to fine-tune the frequency balance of the programming, feel free to use Basic
Modify and make small changes to the Bass, Mid EQ, and HF EQ controls. The 6300
lets you make changes in EQ (and stereo enhancement) without losing the ability to
use Less-More settings.
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to go back to it. There is no way you can erase or otherwise damage the
Factory Presets. So, feel free to experiment.
If a preset has "2B" or "2BAND" in its name, it will activate the 2-band structure.
(The Protection presets are 2-band as well.) Other presets use the 5-band structure.

Protection and AGC Presets

LOOK-AHEAD LIMITER: The L
off the stereo enhancer, AGC, equalizer, and 2-band compressor so that you can use
the processing as a fast look-ahead protection limiter.
This preset's L
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look-ahead limiter is 18 dB above reference level. For most program material, L
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ORE = 1.0 will produce no look-ahead limiter gain reduction.
This assumes that the 6300's AI R
justed to produce 10 dB of AGC Master Band gain reduction when the
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Hz tone at your facility's reference level.
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ESS ORE
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is still available for the unedited preset if you want
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OOK HEAD
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control is set to 1.0. With this setting, the threshold of the
ORE
preset is active and the 6300's inputs are driven by a 400
ENERAL
capability. The table shows the presets, in-
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control. Try using this control
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IMITER preset is a 2-band preset that turns
and DI R
controls have been ad-
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