BEHRINGER AUTO COM PRO MDX 1400 HELP!!

[rickradio]

Hey guys,

I'm running audio through an Auto Com Pro, but can't seem to make it work right. The manual is rather vague. If it has any bearing on anything, I'm running an 80's music format. Anyone know how to set this thing up? Am I asking it to do something it's not designed to do? Any suggestions are muchly welcome.

Thanks!

 

[wgliradio]

Am I asking it to do something it's not designed to do?

Quite frankly? Yes. This is a device for compressing individual instruments in a studio or tracks intended for a mix rather than a complex waveform (or a program mix) intended for broadcast.

You'll never get this thing to sound like "radio", but you may get it to have some processed "effect" on your audio. It is has a brick wall limiter, but it gets hot fast and will squash the audio.

Your best bet is to let is ride with an open, transparent sound, use the auto attack/release settings and a ratio of 4:1 or less... and leave enough headroom with your stream for overshoot. You woun't be loud, but you will have some processing "effect" more than actual processing itself and it will slightly polish the sound if anything.

The IDE dynamic enhancer on this unit does help with wideband pumping. It is not a bad compressor, but it is what it is... a $100 compressor.

 

[rickradio]

This is a device for compressing individual instruments in a studio or tracks intended for a mix rather than a complex waveform (or a program mix) intended for broadcast.

Gotcha. Thanks.

You'll never get this thing to sound like "radio", but you may get it to have some processed "effect" on your audio. It is has a brick wall limiter, but it gets hot fast and will squash the audio.

Your best bet is to let is ride with an open, transparent sound, use the auto attack/release settings and a ratio of 4:1 or less... and leave enough headroom with your stream for overshoot. You woun't be loud, but you will have some processing "effect" more than actual processing itself and it will slightly polish the sound if anything.

The IDE dynamic enhancer on this unit does help with wideband pumping. It is not a bad compressor, but it is what it is... a $100 compressor.

I hear ya...I already knew that it's just an audio processor, not a broadcast processor, and didn't have aspirations of it doing what, say, an Optimod 8100 would, but since I had it, I thought I'd basically try and compress and limit my FM audio with it. But thanks for breaking down what it's actually designed to do...like I said, the manual doesn't do that. Appreciate it.