Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8600Si, Operating Manual

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OPTIMOD-FM DIGITAL OPERATION
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ROCK-SOFT
has a mellow, easy-to-listen-to high frequency quality that is designed
for female-skewing formats. It is also a candidate for “Quiet Storm” and “Love
Songs” light rock or light urban formats.
ROCK-SMOOTH
has the same mellow, easy-to-listen-to high frequency quality as
ROCK-SOFT
, but with more density. Again, it is a good choice for female-skewing
formats, but where you need more compression and density than you get with
ROCK-SOFT
.
Our first choice for Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) is
GREGG MX,
which provides an
excellent balance between loudness and distortion
.
However,
ROCK-MEDIUM MX
produces a cleaner, less processed sound and may therefore be appropriate if you
want to encourage listeners to stay tuned in for very long times.
For Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) we again recommend
GREGG MX
, although you
might prefer the more conservative
ROCK-SOFT MX
or
ROCK-SMOOTH MX
ver-
sions.
ROCK-LOWBASS
is an open-sounding preset with a lot of bass punch. Its
Multiband Release control is set to Slow2 so that the sound is relaxed and not at all
busy. At the same time, the preset is competitively loud. It is an excellent choice for
“adult contemporary” and “soft rock” formats where long time-spent-listening is
desired.
SMOOTH JAZZ, SMOOTH JAZZ MX: These presets are designed for commercial sta-
tions playing smooth jazz. They are loud presets designed to prevent stridency with
saxes and other horns.
SMOOTH JAZZ
is based on a custom 8500 preset that has
been used successfully by a major-market smooth jazz station with very good rat-
ings. The
SMOOTH JAZZ MX
preset exploits the 8600Si’s ability to produce more
transient impact and lower distortion. For either preset, if the loudness/distortion
tradeoff is not to your taste use
L
ESS
-M
ORE to turn it down, producing lower loud-
ness with less distortion.
URBAN: There are two
URBAN
(Rap) presets:
HEAVY
and
LIGHT
. These are 8500-
style presets that have been retained in the 8600Si mainly for historical reasons;
GREGG MX, IMPACT MX
, and
EDGE MX
are more contemporary sounding.
The
URBAN
presets are similar to
ROCK-MEDIUM
and
ROCK-OPEN
but with a dif-
ferent bass sound. They use the 3-pole (18 dB/octave) shape on the bass equalizer.
URBAN-HEAVY
is appropriate for Urban, Rap, Hip-Hop, Black, R&B, Dance and other
similar formats.
URBAN-LIGHT
is appropriate for light R&B formats.
Equalizer Controls
Table 3-2 summarizes the equalization controls available for the Five-Band structure.
(Note that “advanced” controls are accessible only from 8600Si PC Remote soft-
ware.)