Anyone know if this unit could be used as a basic automatic level
control on the output of a "low budget radio station". This is a high
school radio which is not on the air, just distributed internally.

It's so inexpensive!

Thanks!

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Eric (Dero) Desrochers

Hiroshima 45, Tchernobyl 86, Windows 95

Eric Desrochers wrote:

Anyone know if this unit could be used as a basic automatic level
control on the output of a "low budget radio station". This is a high
school radio which is not on the air, just distributed internally.

It's so inexpensive!

Thanks!


Eric,

It doesn't offer "Automaic Level Control" as such. In the sense that it
won't boost the level if it's "too low". However, it will work fine as
a compressor/limiter for your application - which is what I suspect that
you're actually after.

Sincerely,

Xor.

Eric Desrochers wrote:
Anyone know if this unit could be used as a basic automatic level
control on the output of a "low budget radio station". This is a high
school radio which is not on the air, just distributed internally.

It's so inexpensive!

Call your local AM stations around and ask if anyone has a CBS Labs Audimax
lying around in the closet. It is the quintessential AVC unit, and it does
a better job of adjusting sloppy levels without pumping between words than
just about anything else out there. Every radio station in the country used
to have one or two of them, and they sell for very little money when they sell.
You might be able to get one donated if you ask engineers nicely.
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Eric Desrochers wrote:
Anyone know if this unit could be used as a basic automatic level
control on the output of a "low budget radio station". This is a high
school radio which is not on the air, just distributed internally.

It's so inexpensive!

You can hear an "on-air" DSP9024 (the big brother 6-band) at

http://purple.dsu.org.uk/

The Java player should work fine if you're on broadband. It will
probably be difficult to make any meaningful evaluation over the Windows
Media stream.

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Nick Jeffery wrote:

Eric Desrochers wrote:
Anyone know if this unit could be used as a basic automatic level
control on the output of a "low budget radio station". This is a high
school radio which is not on the air, just distributed internally.

It's so inexpensive!

You can hear an "on-air" DSP9024 (the big brother 6-band) at

http://purple.dsu.org.uk/

The Java player should work fine if you're on broadband. It will
probably be difficult to make any meaningful evaluation over the Windows
Media stream.

Thank you for the info but I "don't do" WMP!

I just found the DSP9024 minutes after posting my first question and
find it to be a more suited unit for my application. It's more
expensive but not that much. It's even cheaper than the Symetrix AGC
unit I was looking for.
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Eric (Dero) Desrochers

Hiroshima 45, Tchernobyl 86, Windows 95

Hi,
Im cheif engineer on 107 Purple Fm, there are two streams, the WMA is
for 56k lines, the ogg stream is for ADSL and up if you can get hold
of such a connection for 20 mins, have a listen. Allot of UK student
stations, including from what I am told SBN in london process on the
9024s. My advice is dont overcompress, whatever processor you choose.
Just look to add some punch and drive to help out with smaller radios
so you effectively sound louder. Oh, gating off 15k and above is also
useful!

"Uberaudio.info" wrote:

Hi,
Im cheif engineer on 107 Purple Fm, there are two streams, the WMA is
for 56k lines, the ogg stream is for ADSL and up if you can get hold
of such a connection for 20 mins, have a listen. Allot of UK student
stations, including from what I am told SBN in london process on the
9024s. My advice is dont overcompress, whatever processor you choose.
Just look to add some punch and drive to help out with smaller radios
so you effectively sound louder.

We are a few furlongs off of da topic, and we could drift into a reef if
we do not get back on course. But please do take a listen to BBC's
classical webradio prior to advocating any additional use of compression
on popsquash.

Oh, gating off 15k and above is also
useful!

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Peter Larsen wrote:
We are a few furlongs off of da topic, and we could drift into a reef if
we do not get back on course. But please do take a listen to BBC's
classical webradio prior to advocating any additional use of compression
on popsquash.

Indeed; they employ someone to gain ride by hand, rather than employ a
box to do it instead. Veering further off-topic, Radio 3 have recently
started to automatically process their FM broadcasts. I'm not convinced
it's a bad thing.

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