Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8600Si, Operating Manual

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OPTIMOD-FM DIGITAL OPERATION
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and artifacts, so any changes you make are likely to be smaller and to require reset-
ting fewer controls.
In the 8600Si,
L
ESS
-M
ORE affects only the dynamics processing (compression, limit-
ing, and clipping). Unlike Orban’s OPTIMOD-FM 8200, the 8600Si has equalization
and stereo enhancement that are decoupled from
L
ESS
-M
ORE . You can therefore
change EQ or stereo enhancement and not lose the ability to use
L
ESS
-M
ORE . When
you create a user preset, the 8600Si will automatically save your EQ and stereo en-
hancement settings along with your
L
ESS
-M
ORE setting. When you recall the user
preset, you will still be able to edit your
L
ESS
-M
ORE setting if you wish.
Advanced Modify
If you want to create a signature sound for your station that is far out of the ordi-
nary or if your taste differs from the people who programmed the
L
ESS
-M
ORE
ta-
bles, Advanced Modify is available to you from the 8600Si PC Remote software only
(not from the 8600Si’s front panel). 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 settings in a User Preset and recall it whenever you wish.
Compressor attack times and thresholds are available, along with settings affecting
the automatic clipping distortion control. These controls can be exceedingly danger-
ous in inexperienced hands, leading you to create presets that sound great on some
program material and fall apart embarrassingly on other material. We therefore rec-
ommend that you create custom presets at the Advanced Modify level only if you
are experienced with on-air sound design, and if you are willing to take the time to
double-check your work on many different types of program material.
The PC Remote software organizes its controls in tabbed screens. The first three tabs
(
E
QUALIZATION
,
S
TEREO
E
NHANCER
, and
L
ESS
-M
ORE
) access the Basic Modify controls.
The remaining tabs combine the Full Modify and Advanced Modify controls, logi-
cally organized by functionality.
Important Note: Once you have edited a preset’s dynamics parameters
in Full or Advanced Modify,
L
ESS
-M
ORE
control is no longer available in
Basic Modify. As noted above, we strongly recommend using the
L
ESS
-
M
ORE
control to achieve a sound as close as possible to your desired
sound before you make further modifications at the Full or Advanced
Modify levels.
Gain Reduction Metering
Unlike the metering on some processors, when any OPTIMOD-FM gain reduction
meter indicates full-scale (at its bottom), it means that its associated compressor has
run out of gain reduction range, that the circuitry is being overloaded, and that var-
ious nastinesses are likely to commence.
Because the various compressors have 25 dB of gain reduction range, the meter
should never come close to 25 dB gain reduction if OPTIMOD-FM has been set up for
a sane amount of gain reduction under ordinary program conditions.