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The DAVID IV utilizes ‘adaptive pre-emphasis,’ a term we
coined to describe an independent high-frequency limiter that
follows the broadband peak controller. Because this HF limit-
ing is performed only in the pre-emphasized domain, a judi-
cious amount of HF clipping may also be employed without
causing painful audible artifacts. The clipper algorithm in-
cludes proprietary distortion-cancellation techniques that sig-
nificantly reduce audible intermodulation artifacts, particularly
those associated with vocal sibilants.
The
FM HF-Lim:
slider programs the attack time of the inde-
pendent high frequency limiter. A minimum setting of 1 gives
a near-instantaneous attack, and the HF limiter will be working
its hardest to ensure negligible high frequency clipping. This
will sound somewhat dull, especially with pop-music sources,
but may keep artifacts to a minimum with more conservative
fare. As the slider is moved to the right and attack time in-
creased, more high-frequency peaks will slide through and be
clipped, rather than limited. A setting of 10 gives maximum
clipping, which will of course sound brighter, although clipping
artifacts may be objectionable. The factory default setting of 5
is a good compromise for most broadcast formats.
As seen on the Block Diagram (Page 10), adaptive pre-emphasis
is used only for FM program transmission. It is a fulltime func-
tion for the composite/MPX outputs, but is applied to the ana-
log and digital line outputs only in their FM modes for feeding
an FM exciter with a built-in stereocoder.
The characteristics of adaptive pre-emphasis are set when the
pre-emphasis selection is made: 75 microseconds for the West-
ern Hemisphere, 50 microseconds for Europe and most other
export areas. Pre-emphasis is selected under
Setup
.
COMPOSITE CLIPPING
MPX Clipping
Although associated with the built-in stereo generator, compo-
site clipping is considered a processing parameter.
The Compo-
site Clipping (dB):
slider is under the
Limiter
heading on the
Pro-
cessor
Webpage. Composite clipping has no effect on either the
analog or digital line outputs, even when they are set to their
FM modes.
At the user’s discretion, up to 3dB of composite clipping may
be introduced. This is brute-force, flat-topped clipping of the
baseband signal, but before the 19kHz stereo pilot and RDS
subcarrier are combined. Baseband clipping invariably gener-
ates harmonic components that can clutter the spectrum above
the program signal to a greater or lesser extent.
Composite clipping does provide some degree of loudness ad-
vantage with less perceived harshness than program signal
clipping in the L/R audio domain. Nonetheless, exercise this
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