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"Classic" sound processing

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SFM-Ptgal

A workmate from the station I work is also responsible for the tech assemble set-up of several other stations, different formats. The latest one is a franchising of the french Nostalgie (Lisbon, Portugal, 90.4).
I've listened to it and as soon I could I rang him congratulating him for the sound processing. I congratulated him for using a setting that kept the dynamics of the music, analogue feel. I didn't ear such processing for years. Simply simple! My ears thanked...
Am I getting old or am I fed up of the broadcast loudness wars? I guess it's both.
My workmate told me that on that station people who work there criticized him for not sound like the others do. LOUD... The frenchies understood and support him. The native Nostalgie use high-compressed processing, wich to my ears sound... wierd on that format...
I hope the Lisbon Nostalgie keeps the current setting!
If you wanna check and give your opinion:

http://www.nostalgia.pt/ and the french one http://play.nostalgie.fr/nostalgie/nostalgie.html
 
You are probably getting old! :D I think too much processing is very fatiguing to listen to. I was in Southern France last fall, and came across a station called "France Bleu." It sounded amazing on my little FM stereo radio with some decent quality earbuds. I'm not sure what they were using, but I understand that Omnias are very popular in France. If so, they knew how to set one.
 
The saying is, "If we're too loud, you're too old." I think I may be getting there. The more hearing I loose the more annoying anything with processing (heavy) sounds.
 
Chuck said:
I was in Southern France last fall, and came across a station called "France Bleu." It sounded amazing on my little FM stereo radio with some decent quality earbuds. I'm not sure what they were using, but I understand that Omnias are very popular in France. If so, they knew how to set one.
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Hi Chuck,

"France Bleu" is part of French national public radio "Radio France". As far as I know, studio processing is done with a Sound4 processing card, and final clipping at the transmitter is achieved by an Omnia One.
 
Chuck said:
You are probably getting old! :D I think too much processing is very fatiguing to listen to. I was in Southern France last fall, and came across a station called "France Bleu." It sounded amazing on my little FM stereo radio with some decent quality earbuds. I'm not sure what they were using, but I understand that Omnias are very popular in France. If so, they knew how to set one.
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Btw, if your little FM stereo radio was from the USA, then it would have produced a bit of a boost on the low end (about 3 dB) in Europe. Perhaps that attributed to your perception as well.


Regards,
Goran Tomas
 
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