Orban Optimod-PC 1101, Operating Manual

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INSTALLATION ORBAN MODEL 1101
lieve that the range from 50% to 70% offers the most useful tradeoffs between
reducing punch and allowing irritating short-term loudness bursts to pass
through uncontrolled.
Transient loudness events (like esses in speech) sound obtrusively loud
•
Set the
L
OUDNESS
A
TTACK
control closer to 100%. This will allow the loudness
controller to do more de-essing but may decrease transient impact as a side ef-
fect.
•
Set the
T
RANSIENT
E
NHANCE
control to 0 ms.
•
If “ess” sounds in speech (particularly with women’s voices) seem too pro-
nounced, one solution is to use the five-band structure and tune it for de-essing
(which we have done already in the TVxxx preets). Set the
S
PEECH
B5 T
HRESHOLD
control more negative.
Commercials too loud in sound for picture applications
•
Make sure that the Loudness Controller is activated on the preset that you are
using—the
L
OUDNESS
C
ONTROLLER
T
HRESH
control must not be set
O
FF
(see page
3-55) and is normally set to –10 dB.
•
If the Loudness Controller is active but based on its gain reduction meter, you do
not believe it is working hard enough, set its threshold lower using the
L
OUDNESS
C
ONTROLLER
T
HRESH
control.
Note that the Loudness Controller controls subjective loudness to an ab-
solute threshold and does not understand the context of the program.
Therefore, if a commercial follows a piece of very quiet program mate-
rial, the commercial may still seem loud even though the Loudness Con-
troller is working properly.
See Loudness Control on page 3-14.
Technical Support
If you require technical support, contact Orban customer service. See
for contact information. Be prepared to describe the
problem accurately. Know the serial number of your 1101 and the software, driver,
and service versions are you running. The Windows operating system version and
hardware platform will also be required.
The driver version number is available through Settings/Control Pan-
el/Sounds and Multimedia/Hardware/Orban Optimod 1101
/Properties/Driver. The service version number is available by viewing the
properties for the OptimodService2.exe file, which is found in the folder
in which the software was installed.