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AUDIMAX 362 

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f)  Measure  at  the  Belar  the  residual  level  of  the 

Left channel. It will be better than 60 dB. 

g)  Verify  channel  separation  at  the  20  Hz  – 

12.000 Hz range. This must be better than 50 
dB (60 dB typical). 

4.5 

Measurement of Residual Noise 

Open the jumpers JL & JR. 

Use a good Audio Voltmeter with A weighted  filter 
connected  at  the  Left  and  Right  audio  outputs  of 
the BELAR modulation monitor. Use as reference 
4 Vpp sine wave. 

Values  better than 92 dBA must be measured (94 
dBA is typical value) 

4.6 

Audio distortion measurements 

Connect  a  good  distortion  measurement  set  like 
System ONE or Sound Tech ST 1710A to the Left 
&  Right  audio  outputs  of  the  BELAR  set.  Values 
under 0,01 % must be measured at 1 kHz 

Since  Belar  has  it  distortion  floor  at    0,01%,  in 
order  to  measure the real distortion of 362 stereo 
coder,  is  recommended  to  use  a  procedure  not 
based on modulation monitors. Proceed this way: 

a)  Connect  to  ground  Test  Point 

TP1 

in  order  to 

cancel 19 KHz Pilot 

b)  Then,  connect  a  very  low  distortion  audio 

generator  at  both  inputs 

JL 

JR

.  This  will 

cancel  38  Khz  subcarrier.  Connect  a  good 
THD  distortion  measurement  set  at  the  MPX 
output  of  stereo  coder.  Adjust  to  minimum 
value the THD meter. 

c)  Use 

the  monitor  output  of  the  THD 

measurement  set  to  analyze  the  distortion 
products  in  order  to  separate  38  KHz  residual 
and noise from the distortion components. Use 
a  Tektronix  5L4  N    analyzer,    or  TiePie  FFT 
HS3  probe,  or  SoundTech  Lab  software,  etc. 
Identify the harmonics of 1 KHz and calculate: 

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Distorsión

 

H1

 = Level of fundamental tone. 

Hn 

= Level of harmonics (reduced by the gain set 

of the THD meter). 

Verify  that the distortion level is fewer than 0,003 
% at 1 KHz. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for AUDIMAX 362

Page 1: ...3 bands audio processor for FM Users manual 3 de Febrero 3254 1429 Buenos Aires Argentina Tel 54 11 4702 0090 e mail info solidynepro com Fax 54 11 4702 2375 Web www SolidynePRO com Last revision 2001...

Page 2: ...P g 2 AUDIMAX 362 SOLIDYNE...

Page 3: ...Introduction 8 2 2 2 Blocks Diagram 9 1 2 Processing Stages 9 Stage 1 Peak Asymmetry Canceller 9 Stage 2 Input Expander 9 Stage 3 Level Input Control 10 Stage 4 Multiband Compressors 10 Stage 7 Stereo...

Page 4: ...P g 4 AUDIMAX 362 SOLIDYNE...

Page 5: ...ded twisted pair audio cables of good quality for audio connections microphone type Input and output connectors are XLR type as is standard female for the inputs and male for the outputs Connect as th...

Page 6: ...f electromagnetic type They handle line levels of the order of 10dBv 0 36 Volts The connectors typically used on this kind of units are RCA o male plugs TRS 2 7 3 Unbalanced output to balanced input I...

Page 7: ...duced internationally see mentioned article AES Today Orban Omnia Aphex etc use our ideas The concept of psychoacoustic processing is simple in essence although of complex accomplishment It consists o...

Page 8: ...x 362 has a great advantage it does not have critical adjustments This means that in any position of his controls always it sounds well The adjustment can be made then by inexpert people Simply taking...

Page 9: ...ry canceller is used This technique based in a discovery of the Dr Leonard Kahn acquires international validity with the work of Oscar Bonello published at the Journal of AES Vol 24 5 in which it is d...

Page 10: ...ble sensation produced by the level variations of an audio signal is related to the changes happened in the first 50 milliseconds and is little dependent of the reached final value This implies that a...

Page 11: ...ore a frequency band is emphasized grater is the action of the audio compressor previous to the transmitter for that band Equalize a band implies to unbalance the entire audio spectrum It doesn t happ...

Page 12: ...hat normally is wasted Audimax 362 processor uses a MPX Processing technology named Super Modulation This processing consists on a system that controls the peaks operating at 608 Khz eliminating the p...

Page 13: ...ll adjust automatically The automated input level control eliminates variations of level due to badly use of the air console on the part of the DJ s or inexperienced operators That is to say if the le...

Page 14: ...ing you will obtain a very hard sound on the air with high energy but too compressed smaller dynamic range and with less definition more clipping Normally an suitable level is obtained when the indica...

Page 15: ...WLEDGE OF THE MATRIX STEREO THEORY OR DON T HAVE THE APPROPRIATE MEASUREMENT SET DO NOT INTEND TO CALIBRATE THE STEREO CODER 4 1 Test points diagram components side 4 2 Verify Pilot Level a Connect to...

Page 16: ...th trigger level the center of the wave in order to have it centered at screen Adjust vertical sensitivity to 50 mV Div You must get a signal like FIG 2 If not you must do a slight change in the frequ...

Page 17: ...floor at 0 01 in order to measure the real distortion of 362 stereo coder is recommended to use a procedure not based on modulation monitors Proceed this way a Connect to ground Test Point TP1 in ord...

Page 18: ...SOLIDYNE AUDIMAX 362 P g 18...

Page 19: ...ompressors 3 bands 18 dB octave Linear Phase crossover Compressors 30 dB full range 5 1 slope Automatic attack time Release controlled by Energy panel controls IM Cancelled Clipper IM attenuation 30 d...

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