Orban 5950 Technical Manual Operation 3-13
impossible for talent. The 5950 offers a low-delay headphone monitoring output to solve this problem, which also
occurs in HD Radio installation where the diversity delay is typically 8-10 seconds.
If a non-MX preset is active, the delay is usually low enough to allow talent to monitor live through headphone
although a learning period may be required.
For a thorough discussion of delay issues and solutions, see Monitoring on Loudspeakers and Headphones on page
1-12.
Customizing the 5950’s Sound
Gain Reduction Metering
Unlike the metering on some processors, when any THE OPTIMOD-5950 gain reduction meter indicates full-scale
(at its bottom), it means that its associated compressor has run out of gain reduction range, that the circuitry is
being overloaded, and that various nastinesses are likely to commence.
Because the various compressors have 25 dB of gain reduction range, the meter should never come close to 25 dB
gain reduction if THE OPTIMOD-5950 has been set up for a sane amount of gain reduction under ordinary program
conditions.
To accommodate the FM pre-emphasis curve, Band 5 of the Five-Band Structure is capable of 30 dB of gain
reduction.
Further, be aware of the different peak factors on voice and music—if voice and music are peaked identically on a
VU meter, voice may cause up to 10 dB more peak gain reduction than does music! (A PPM will indicate relative
peak levels much more accurately.)
To Create or Save a User Preset
Once you have edited a preset, you can save it as a user preset. The 5950 can store an indefinite number of user
presets, limited only by available memory.
x You cannot give a user preset the same name as a factory preset. If the name that you have selected
duplicates the name of a factory preset, a warning box will appear saying:
Factory Presets Cannot Be Overwritten
x If the name you have selected duplicates the name of an existing user preset, the 5950 warns you that
you are about to overwrite that preset. Answer YES if you wish to overwrite the preset and NO
otherwise. If you answer NO, the 5950 will give you an opportunity to choose a new name for the preset
you are saving.
You can save user presets from the 5950 HTML5 application. Please note that when you save presets from the
HTML5 application, you save them in the 5950’s memory (as if you had saved them from the 5950’s front panel).
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