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VP-8IP / Sep 2013
F E A T U R E S
Achieving the Desired Sound
First a Few Words About Our Factory Presets
Factory presets are great starting points for many applications, but we’ll be the first
to admit that they may not be appropriate for every situation.
We at Wheatstone spend a lot of time (literally thousands of hours) carefully crafting
factory presets that will get you closer to your desired sound quicker than if you had
to build them from scratch.
We do our best to provide a lot of good starting points in our factory presets, and
we’re always improving them, which is why you’ll periodically see new
VP‑8
iP
presets
offered for download on our website.
Each preset has been carefully tuned so that the dynamics control of the audio
path through the four-band AGC creates the desired foundation sound for each preset.
Differences will then be found in the final limiting schemes of each of the six operat
-
ing modes.
Each preset was arrived at through many hours of listening with appropriate program
material, and each is our best personal assessment of the tradeoffs between what the
DSP algorithms are capable of and what a typical listener might find appealing. Please
feel free to experiment with the presets, as each one has a unique sound, but don’t fall
into the trap of thinking that (for instance) the “Country” presets are only good for
“Country” music formats. The preset that sounds best with your program format is the
one to use, either as is, or as the foundation sound on which to add your personalized
touches.
What Sound Are You Trying to Achieve?
There are four basic goals that most people want to achieve when they install a new
audio processor:
1. They want to be louder;
2. They want to be cleaner;
3. They want to have better bass;
4. They want a cleaner and more open high end.
About Bass
The
VP‑8
iP
contains our specialized Bass Tools™.
Bass Tools™ extracts, reveals, and then controls low frequency nuances in the
incoming program that are simply not heard with any other audio processor.
Is There a Caveat?
Of course! The majority of radio listeners don’t have extremely high quality moni-
toring equipment. Therefore care is advised when adjusting the
VP‑8
iP
to accentuate
the extremes of the audio spectrum.
Program energy at the frequency extremes is typically several dB below that
in the more easily heard midrange. Because of the nuances of human hearing,
very low and very high frequencies take a lot more modulation power to become
