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MPX Tool… a very cool tool developed by Leif Claesson. This embedded
application displays the FM multiplex (MPX) signal, peak modulation, pilot
level, as well as a preview of the deviated FM carrier. A built-in complete
transmission signal analysis system right at your fingertips!
Also currently in development are additional tools to measure quantifiable
processing elements like: fatigue, distortion, quality, clipper depth and
power in each processing band, along with utilitarian functions to log preset
history, and detailed system diagnostics.
Audio processing for conventional broadcast (FM and AM) has reached extreme levels. Various methods are available today capable of
creating LOUD competitive signals, but at the expense of perceptible quality. What causes this, and what can be done - again - to
raise the bar?
Audio processing is no different today than athletes who take performance enhancing drugs to get an extra edge. A scan across
the dial in most markets, around the world, yield radio stations transmitting DC modulation as their means to be the
loudest/proudest on-the-air. Some even subscribe to the notion of “more loudness than allowed by law!”
Not to be outdone, the music industry has adopted the same radio mindset producing L-O-U-D CDs that are so heavily
processed, they sound as if they’re on-the-air, before being on-the-air. To say we live in a dynamically processed world
is an understatement!
Being loud is not the problem. “If it’s too loud, you’re too old” does apply. The problem is the unfriendly annoying artifacts
generated by current processing practices used by broadcasters and the music industry. The combination of hyper-compressed
content and “I gotta be louder than the other guy” on-air processing, results in audio lacking definition, and quality, while
containing perceiving annoyances. It would be easy to say, just back down the processing and all will be OK, except reality, and
the psychology of broadcasters suggest differently. We will always have loud radio stations, as long as programming philosophy
remains, as it has, ever since Mike Dorrough fathered multiband processing.
The challenge now is how do we put quality back into on-air audio; yet retain the competitive loudness level
broadcasters demand?
ULTRA LoIMD CLIPPER SYSTEM EXPLAINED:
ON-AIR ANABOLIC STEROIDS
FEATURE PACKED FUTURE (cont)