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VOLT PROCESSING
A few ne-tuning tips:
♦ The trade-off between quality and loudness is primarily determined by VOLT’s dynamic
sections. While each function alone can generate “dial presence,” each has different advan-
tages and side effects.
♦ Excessive AGC or limiting can increase intermodulation distortion, making the audio
sound mushy or smeared. Adjusting the drive and time constants for each band separately
can control this.
♦ Excessive AGC or limiting can also cause pumping or breathing, where very quiet passages
are boosted too much. Gate and Hold thresholds can control this. Again, tune each band
separately.
♦ Don’t forget the Enhancers . They can add warmth, extra bass, or even a feeling of more
bass through smaller speakers: these low frequency effects can boost some programming
without driving the dynamics sections into distortion. The Space-EFX enhancement
can help keep your stereo soundstage consistent and exciting across a variety of different
recordings.
♦ Take it in small doses. Plan to do a little adjusting at a time, perhaps in half-hour segments
with breaks between. Too much listening, at extreme settings, can fool you into thinking a
distorted or fatiguing sound is better than it really is.
♦ It can help to “recalibrate” your ears by listening to other stations in your market. Obvious-
ly, you want to sound the best for competitive reasons. But remember, listeners’ ideas of
what’s best can be influenced by other processing they hear on the dial. It’s not a bad idea
to listen and think, “Gee, an aspect of that station’s processing is something we can use.”
Then, use VOLT’s QuickTweak and fine tuning to make it better.
♦ It can also help to recalibrate your listening situation. We recommend you do initial preset
development with very good monitor speakers, so you can hear and control every aspect
of VOLT’s processing. But after you’ve put your secret sauce on the air, you might want to
listen in your car
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! VOLT’s HTML5 Remote Control can be accessed in real-time from the
browser in your smartphone or tablet, so you can make adjustments from anywhere. The
Remote Control doesn’t even use large quantities of cellular data… so you may be able to
use it in locations with spotty cell coverage
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♦ It’s okay to trade with other VOLT users in your group or corporate network. Individual
presets can be downloaded to a computer and e-mailed.
19 Or sit in a lot of cars. You’ll nd there are lots of dierent acoustics and audio characteristics.
20 Sorry, we can’t actually guarantee the performance of a particular carrier in a particular location with “low
bars”. But we know our Remote Control is very gentle with data usage.
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