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Topic: Surround channel for drive-ins?
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Jack Ondracek
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From: Port Orchard, WA, USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 08-06-2006 02:32 PM
Good questions, Frank.
I monitor all of my audio right off-the-air. Matter of fact, my booth doesn't have a line monitor, yet. We also screen shows in all 3 fields (occasionally), so I can evaluate how it sounds in something less open (and more quiet) than a booth.
Your FM may not work below 50hZ, but my system will pass most everything above DC. Granted, mixing a little of the sub may not make or break the evening for the majority out here... but for those who have the good stuff, I'm sending 'em what I can.
On dynamic range: I've had wideband comp/limiters, Smart Afterburners and Behringer 6-band processors here at one time or another. All have their own set of artifacts that I don't care much for. At this point, I'm pretty much getting what I want out of the Broadcast Warehouse DSPExtra processor. It's pretty spendy, but can (easily) be tuned for pretty much anything. We use separate presets, selected by the computer, to process our pre-show and film audio. The film gets much less aggressive treatment, while keeping the dynamic range reined in, and managing that darned 75ms pre-emphasis curve. When we're running music, we compare favorably with most Seattle stations and their $14k processors, so there's none of that rationalizing that the audio's not so good because "we're at a drive-in".
Hope I'm around long enough to see some after-market HD radio stuff come out... and some real numbers "in the cars". That would be fun to play with.
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Jack Ondracek
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posted 08-10-2006 11:28 AM
Chris:
Yes, the 9024 has been discontinued , a couple of years ago, I think. It may have been too difficult for most to get sounding right. For a "digital" processor, it had a lot of the pumping effects of an analog compressor that were hard to get out, if you didn't spend the time to get to know it. Still a pretty good box for the money though.
The DSPExtra was built to compete with the Omnia and Orban processors. The other boxes (for the extra $$$$) may be a little better at keeping the clipping artifacts down on really heavily processed stations (yuck)... but if you don't need that kind of "wall of sound", this processor will do just about anything.
I'm with you on keeping the film audio conservatively processed. I like those big booms, too!
RDS is available, if you have an extra $800 or so to spend (and a spare computer laying around). Scrolling snack bar stuff is a cool idea!... maybe even upcoming shows?
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