Optimod-AM 9400 V1.2 Operating Manual - Orban
Optimod-AM 9400 V1.2 Operating Manual - Orban
Optimod-AM 9400 V1.2 Operating Manual - Orban
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OPTIMOD-<strong>AM</strong> DIGITAL OPERATION 3-39<br />
There are three independent gating circuits in the <strong>9400</strong>. The first affects the AGC,<br />
while the others affect the multiband compressors in the analog <strong>AM</strong> and HD chains.<br />
Each has its own threshold control.<br />
The multiband compressor gate causes the gain reduction in bands 2 and 3 of a<br />
given multiband compressor to move quickly to the average gain reduction occurring<br />
in those bands when the gate first turns on. This prevents obvious midrange<br />
coloration under gated conditions, because bands 2 and 3 have the same gain.<br />
The gate also independently freezes the gain of the two highest frequency bands<br />
(forcing the gain of the highest frequency band to be identical to its lower<br />
neighbor), and independently sets the gain of the lowest frequency band according<br />
to the setting of the DJ BASS boost control (in the Equalization screen). Thus, without<br />
introducing obvious coloration, the gating smoothly preserves the average<br />
overall frequency response “tilt” of the multiband compressor, broadly maintaining<br />
the “automatic equalization” curve it generates for a given piece of program material.<br />
If the MB GATE THR (Gate Threshold) control is turned OFF, the DJ BASS<br />
control is disabled.<br />
AGC B CPL (“AGC Bass Coupling”) control clamps the amount of dynamic bass<br />
boost (in units of dB) that the AGC can provide. (In V1.0, the unit of measure was<br />
percent.)<br />
The AGC processes audio in a master band for all audio above approximately 200 Hz<br />
and a bass band for audio below approximately 200 Hz. Starting with V1.1 software,<br />
the AGC Master and Bass compressor sidechains operate without internal coupling.<br />
The gain reduction in the Bass audio path is either the output of the Bass compressor<br />
sidechain or the output of the Master band sidechain. The AGC BASS COUPLING<br />
control sets the switching threshold. For example, if the AGC BASS COUPLING control<br />
is set to 4 dB and the master gain reduction is 10 dB, the bass gain reduction cannot<br />
decrease below 6 dB even if the gain reduction signal from the Bass compressor<br />
sidechain is lower. However, the audio path bass gain reduction can be larger than<br />
the master gain reduction without limit. In the previous example, the bass gain reduction<br />
could be 25 dB<br />
The normal setting of the AGC BASS COUPLING control is 0 dB, which allows the AGC<br />
bass band to correct excessive bass as necessary but does not permit it to provide a<br />
dynamic bass boost.<br />
Note that the operation of this control was changed in <strong>9400</strong> <strong>V1.2</strong> software to work<br />
as explained above. You may have to tweak this control to achieve the same bass<br />
balance that you had previously with V1.0 software.<br />
AGC METR (“AGC Meter Display”) determines what signal the front-panel AGC<br />
meter displays. MASTER displays the gain reduction of the Master (above-200 Hz)<br />
band. DELTA displays the difference between the gain reduction in the Master and<br />
Bass bands. Full-scale is 25 dB gain reduction.