Orban Optimod-PC 1101, Operating Manual

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OPERATION ORBAN MODEL 1101
coupled from
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. You can therefore change EQ or stereo enhancement and
not lose the ability to use
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ORE
. When you create a user preset, OPTIMOD-PC
will automatically save your EQ and stereo enhancement settings along with your
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setting. When you recall the user preset, you will still be able to edit your
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setting if you wish.
If you want to create a signature sound for your broadcast or netcast that is far out
of the ordinary, if your taste differs from the people who programmed the
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tables, or if you are using OPTIMOD-PC in mastering or production applica-
tions, you will find Advanced Modify useful. At this level, you can customize or mod-
ify 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 later. This sort of customiza-
tion is usually unnecessary and inappropriate for sound for picture but can be very
useful for radio and production applications.
Compressor attack time, release time, and threshold controls are available. These
controls can be dangerous in inexperienced hands, leading you to create presets
that sound great on some program material but overdrive the look-ahead peak lim-
iter on other material, causing objectionable pumping or distortion. We therefore
recommend that you create custom presets at the Advanced Modify level only if you
are experienced with audio processing sound design and if you are willing to take
the time to double-check your work on many different types of program material.
In production and mastering applications, you will usually be working with one
piece of program material at a time. Here, you can use all of Advanced Modify’s
power to get the sound you want without being concerned about how your settings
will sound with other material.
The PC Remote software organizes its controls in tabbed screens. The first three tabs
(
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QUALIZATION
,
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TEREO
E
NHANCER
, and
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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 Advanced Modify,
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ORE
control is no longer available in Basic
Modify. As noted above, we strongly recommend using the
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control to achieve a sound as close as possible to your desired sound be-
fore you make further modifications at the Advanced Modify level.
Gain Reduction Metering
Unlike the metering on some processors, when any OPTIMOD-PC gain reduction me-
ter 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 various
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-PC has been set up for
a sane amount of gain reduction under ordinary program conditions.