Orban OPTIMOD 6200, Operating Manual

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OPERATION ORBAN Model 6200
Full Control
If you want to create a signature sound for your station that is out of the ordinary, or if
your taste differs from the people who programmed the
LESS-MORE tables, FULL
CONTROL
is available to you. At this level, you can customize or modify any subjective
setup control setting to create a sound exactly to your taste. You can then save the set-
tings in a User Preset and recall it whenever you wish.
You need not (in fact, cannot) create a sound entirely from scratch. All User Presets are
created by modifying Factory Presets or by further modifying Factory Presets that have
been previously modified with a
LESS-MORE
adjustment. Because the
LESS-MORE
control also adjusts certain invisible system parameters that cannot be accessed by the
user

even at the
FULL CONTROL
level

it is wise to set the
LESS-MORE
control to
achieve a sound as close as possible to your desired sound before you make further
modifications at the
FULL CONTROL
level.
If you want to create your own User Presets, the following detailed discussion of the
processing structures is important to understand.
If you only use Factory Presets, or if you only modify them with
LESS-MORE
, then you
may still find the material interesting, but it is not necessary to understand it to get excel-
lent sound from the 6200.
Fundamental Requirements:
High-Quality Source Material and Accurate Monitoring
A major potential cause of distortion is excess peak limiting. Another cause is poor-
quality source material, including the effects of the station’s playback machines, elec-
tronics, and studio-to-transmitter link. If the source material is even slightly distorted,
that distortion can be greatly exaggerated by OPTIMOD-DAB — particularly if a large
amount of gain reduction is used. Very clean audio can be processed harder without pro-
ducing objectionable distortion.
A high-quality monitor system is essential. To modify your air sound effectively, you
must be able to hear the results of your adjustments. In too many stations, the best moni-
tor is significantly inferior to the receivers found in many listeners’ homes!
About the Processing Structures
In the 6200, a processing structure is a program that operates as a complete audio proc-
essing system. Only one processing structure can be active at a time. Just as there are
many possible ways of configuring a processing system using analog components (like
equalizers, compressors, limiters, and clippers), there are many possible processing
structures achievable by the 6200. Unlike an analog system, where creating a complete
processing system involves physically wiring its various components together, the 6200