Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8600, Руководство по эксплуатации

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OPTIMOD-FM DIGITAL OPERATION
3-61
of the
MB D
RIVE
control becomes more critical to sound quality because density in-
creases as the control is turned up. Listen carefully as you adjust it. With these fast
release times, there is a point beyond which increasing multiband compressor drive
will no longer yield more loudness and will simply degrade the punch and definition
of the sound.
We recommend no more than 10 dB gain reduction as shown on the meters for
band 3. More than 10 dB, particularly with the
F
AST
release time, will often create a
“wall of sound” effect that many find fatiguing.
To avoid excessive density with the
F
AST
multiband release time, we rec-
ommend using no more than 5 dB gain reduction in band 3 and compen-
sating for any lost loudness by speeding up the
MB R
ELEASE
instead.
MB Release; Speech MB Release control can be switched to any one of seven set-
tings:
The Slow settings produce a very punchy, clean, open sound that is ideal
for Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, Soft Urban, New Age, and other
adult-oriented formats whose success depends on attracting and holding
audiences for very long periods of time. The
S
LOW
and
S
LOW
2
settings
produce an unprocessed sound with a nice sense of dynamic range. With
these settings, the Five-Band structure provides gentle automatic equali-
zation to keep the frequency balance consistent from record to record
(especially those recorded in different eras). For background music for-
mats, these settings ensure that your sound doesn’t lose its highs and
lows. Because it creates a more consistent frequency balance between
different pieces of source material than does the Two-Band structure,
S
LOW
is almost always preferable to the Two-Band structure for any pop-
ular music format.
The Medium Slow settings (
M
ED
and
M
ED
2
) are appropriate for more
adult-oriented formats that need a glossy show-business sound, yet
whose ratings depend on maintaining a longer time spent listening than
do conventional Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) formats. With the single-
ended noise reduction activated, it is also appropriate for Talk and News
formats. This is the sound texture for the station that values a clean, easy-
to-listen-to sound with a tasteful amount of punch, presence, and
brightness added when appropriate. It is an unprocessed sound that
sounds just right on music and voice when listened to on small table ra-
dios, car radios, portables, or home hi-fi systems.
The
Medium Fast
settings (
MF
AST
and
MF
AST
2
) are ideal for a highly
competitive Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) format whose ratings depend
on attracting a large number of listeners (high “cume”) but which does
not assume that a listener will listen to the station for hours at a time.
This is the major market competitive sound, emphasizing loudness as well
as clean audio. The sound from cut to cut and announcer to announcer is
remarkably consistent as the texture of music is noticeably altered to a
standard. Bass has an ever-present punch, there is always a sense of pres-
ence, and highs are in perfect balance to the mids, no matter what was
on the original recording.