The flagship digital audio processor featuring versatile five-band and two-band processing for both analog FM transmission and digital media, the 700 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.<br>The 8600 builds on 8600 V4's outstanding reliability and industry-leading sound quality. It adds Ravenna audio-over-IP connectivity (100% AES67 compliant) and a hot-swappable, dual-redundant power supply with automatic failover. Adigital MPX output using a 192kHz AES3 connection is now standard, as are two digitized SCA inputs. A new program adaptive sub harmonic synthesizer ensures punchy bass, even with older program material. An important feature is
a phase skew corrector/multipath mitigator that ensures crisp reaction when receivers blend to mono and minimizes energy in the stereo sub-channel without compromising separation. The phase skew corrector uses a proprietary multidimensional processing program algorithm that can simultaneously correct several unequal delay errors, such as multiple-microphone pickup of a single instrument in the original recording session combined with left/right gap skew in an analog mixdown recorder.<br>Orban's exclusive MX peak limiter technology decreases distortion while increasing transient punch and high frequency power handling capacity. Compared to the 8500's limiter, the MX limiter typically provides 2.5 to 3dB more power at high frequencies, which minimizes audible HF loss caused by pre-emphasis limiting. Drums and percussion cut through the mix. Highs are airy. Problem material that used to cause audible distortion is handled cleanly.<br>The 8600 offers 8500-style processing presets too. Because the input/output delay of the MX peak limiter is too long to permit talent to monitor off-air on headphones, 8500-style is useful for remotes and outside broadcasts where off-air headphone monitoring is desired and the 8600's low-delay monitor output cannot be brought to the talent.