Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8700, Operating Manual

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OPERATION ORBAN MODEL 8700i
boost provides enough presence energy to ensure that vocals stand out. A modest
amount of high frequency coupling (determined by the Band Clipping 3 > 4 setting)
allows reasonable amounts of automatic HF equalization (to correct dull program
material), while still preventing exaggerated frequency balances and excessive HF
density. Dense, medium, and open refer to the compression density, which is deter-
mined by the release time settings in the AGC and multiband limiter sections.
These presets are appropriate for general rock and contemporary programming. All
of these presets have distortion control implemented at their nominal levels of
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relaxed somewhat to increase bass punch.
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 versions.
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 8700i’s ability to produce more tran-
sient impact and lower distortion. For either preset, if the loudness/distortion
tradeoff is not to your taste use
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to turn it down, producing lower loud-
ness with less distortion.
URBAN-LIGHT: This is an 8500-style preset that has been retained in the 8700i mainly
for historical reasons;
GREGG MX, IMPACT MX , and EDGE MX are more contempo-
rary sounding.
URBAN-LIGHT is similar to ROCK-OPEN but with a different bass sound. It uses the
3-pole (18 dB/octave) shape on the bass equalizer and is appropriate for light R&B
formats.