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64 to 512kHz Flagship Digital Audio Processor

Model: Optimod-FM 8600

  • User-friendly interface
  • Large (quarter-VGA) active-matrix color liquid crystal display (LCD)
  • Locate joystick
  • Absolute control of peak modulation
  • Universal transmitter protection and audio processing for FM broadcast
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The flagship digital audio processor featuring FM and digital media processing. It also featuring versatile five-band and two-band processing for both analog FM transmission and digital media. The 8600 provides the industry's most consistent sound, track-to-track and source-to-source. This consistency allows you to create a sonic signature for your station with the assurance that your signature will stay locked in, uniquely branding your sound.
The 8600 provides stereo enhancement, equalization, AGC, multiband compression, low-IM peak limiting, stereo encoding and composite limiting - everything that even the most competitive major market station needs to stand out on the dial. More than 20 excellent sounding, format specific factory presets get you started. You'll find all of your favorite 8500 presets, plus MX presets designed by Bob Orban and Greg Ogonowski to exploit the exciting possibilities inherent in the 8600's new peak limiter technology. Although the factory presets are fully competent out of the box, you can customize them with easy one-knob LESS-MORE control in basic control, with 50 parameters Intermediate control or with more than 120 in the advanced controls, whose versatility will satisfy even the most finicky on-air sound designer. The new added phase skew corrector maximizes the quality of a mono mixdown or blend that might occur in a receiver.
The 8600's x HD ("digital radio") output is designed to feed streaming, netcasting and digital satellite or cable radio channels, which can be Eureka 147, DRM, DAB + or the iBiquity® HD radio system (formerly known as "IBOC"-"In-Band On-Channel"). The equalizer and five-band compressor/limiter in the HD processing chain have their own sets of user-adjustable audio controls that are independent of the controls in the FM analog transmission chain's equalizer and five-band compressor/limiter.
The 8600 includes a full-featured RBS/RBDS generator at no additional charge. The generator supports dynamic PS. It can be controlled via 8600 presets and an ASCII terminal server that can be connected to automation to support displaying title and artist.
  • User-friendly interface
  • Large (quarter-VGA) active-matrix color liquid crystal display (LCD)
  • Locate joystick
  • Absolute control of peak modulation
  • Universal transmitter protection and audio processing for FM broadcast
  • Pre-emphasis limiting for the internationally used pre-emphasis curves of 50 and 75µs
  • Tight peak control at all its outputs
  • Stereo encoder integrated with audio processing
  • Stereo encoder has two outputs with independent level controls, each capable of driving 75 ohm in parallel with 47000pF, (100ft/30m of coaxial cable)
  • Stereo encoder
  • Bandwidth limiting and overshoot compensation
  • Internal DSP-based stereo encoder
  • Multipath mitigator left/right phase skew correction
  • Built-in RDS/RBDS generator
  • Loudness and true peak control
  • Analog and AES3 digital inputs and outputs
  • AES11 sync input
  • Transformerless, balanced 10kohm instrumentation-amplifier circuits
  • Two independent composite baseband outputs
  • Two subcarrier inputs
  • Precise control of the audio bandwidth
  • Defeatable multiplex power limiter
  • Two additional SCA inputs
  • Phase-linear, rides gain, increase density and loudness
  • Remote control
  • Built-in 100Mbps Ethernet port
  • PC remote control software
  • Bypass test mode
  • Built-in line-up tone generator
  • Versatile real-time clock
 
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