Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8700, Operating Manual

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OPTIMOD-FM DIGITAL OPERATION
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sounds just right on music and voice when listened to on small table ra-
dios, car radios, portables, or home hi-fi systems.
The Medium Fast settings ( MF
AST
and MF
AST
2 ) are ideal for a highly com-
petitive Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) format whose ratings depend on
attracting a large number of listeners (high “cume”) but which does not
assume that a listener will listen to the station for hours at a time. This is
the major market competitive sound, emphasizing loudness as well as
clean audio. The sound from cut to cut and announcer to announcer is
remarkably consistent as the texture of music is noticeably altered to a
standard. Bass has an ever-present punch, there is always a sense of pres-
ence, and highs are in perfect balance to the mids, no matter what was
on the original recording.
The Fast setting is used only for the TALK and SPORTS factory program-
ming formats. Processing for this sound keeps the levels of announcers
and guests consistent, pulls low-grade telephone calls out of the mud,
and keeps a proper balance between voice and commercials. Voice is the
most difficult audio to process, but these settings result in a favorable
trade-off between consistency, presence, and distortion.
The Factory Presets for this sound are quite different from the other
three release time settings. The amount of gain reduction in the multi-
MB Attack / Release
Intermediate Name Advanced Name Range
Release MB Release Slow, Slow2, Med, Med2,
MFast, MFast2, Fast
—
Speech MB Release Slow, Slow2, Med, Med2,
MFast, MFast2, Fast
—
B2 Attack
4 … 50 ms, Off
—
B3 Attack
4 … 50 ms, Off
—
B4 Attack
4 … 50 ms, Off
—
Speech B1 Attack
4 … 50 ms, Off
—
Speech B2 Attack
4 … 50 ms, Off
—
Speech B3 Attack
4 … 50 ms, Off
—
Speech B4 / 5 Attack
4 … 50 ms, Off
—
B1 Limiter Attack
0 … 100%
—
B2 Limiter Attack
0 … 100%
—
B3 Limiter Attack
0 … 100%
—
B4/5 Limiter Attack
0 … 100%
—
Look-ahead In, Out, Auto
—
Speech Mode Speech, Music, Auto
—
Delta Release 1
–6 … 6
—
Delta Release 2
–6 … 6
—
Delta Release 3
–6 … 6
—
Delta Release 4 / 5
–6 … 6
Table 3-11: MB Attack / Release Controls