Presets Overview - Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8200 Operating Manual

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ROCK: The ROCK presets are designed for a bright high end and punchy low end
(although not as exaggerated as the URBAN/RAP presets). There is enough presence
energy to ensure that vocals stand out. A modest amount of HIGH FREQUENCY
COUPLING allows reasonable amounts of automatic HF equalization (to correct dull
program material), while still preventing exaggerated frequency balances and excessive
HF density. These presets are appropriate for general rock and contemporary
programming. For Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) we recommend the DENSE or
MEDIUM versions. For Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) use ROCK-MEDIUM or OPEN,
although you might prefer the more conservative Adult Contemporary presets here.
URBAN/RAP: The URBAN/RAP presets are similar to the ROCK presets, but with
more bass. They use the 3-pole (18dB/octave) shape on the bass equalizer. They are
appropriate for Urban, Rap, Black, R&B, Dance and other similar formats.
ADLT CONTEMP: The Adult Contemporary presets are a compromise between ROCK
and POP. They have a gentle bass and treble lift, along with enough presence energy to
help vocals to stand out. This preset is also used for COUNTRY, and is a useful
candidate for AOR formats.
POP: POP is a more conservative preset designed for a mellow, open high end. There is
substantial HIGH FREQUENCY COUPLING to ensure that the high frequencies do not
become dense. This is an ideal preset for formats designed primarily for women listeners
(who, by and large, dislike hyped treble) or for any preset designed for long time-spent-
listening formats because of its open, clean sound, which leads to very low listener
fatigue. Because of its conservative nature, this preset is also used for the
FOLK/TRADITIONAL preset.
OLDIES: OLDIES is similar to ROCK except HIGH FREQUENCY COUPLING is
less. This allows the preset to do substantially more automatic equalization than ROCK,
making recordings of different eras more uniform. OLDIES-OPEN might be a useful
alternative to FOLK/TRADITIONAL if the recordings being played are very
inconsistent in frequency balance.
JAZZ: JAZZ is quite similar to POP, and is specifically tailored toward stations that
play mostly instrumental music. It has a relatively mellow high end and produces very
low listening fatigue.
NEWS/TALK: This preset is quite different from the others above. It is based on the
FAST 5 Band 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.
SPORTS: Similar to NEWS/TALK except the AGC RELEASE TIME is slower and the
GATE THRESHOLD is higher. This recognizes that most sports programming has very
low signal-to-noise ratio due to crowd noise and other on-field sounds, so the preset does
not pump this up as the NEWS/TALK preset would tend to do.