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Looking for A Orban FM 8400 Processor

Ditch the XT-2, keep the 8100a. Put card 5 in "proof". Run Breakaway, feed it to the Optimod, let the 8100a do the preemphasis and stereo gen. Don't drive it harder than -2 without a card 0. If you have a card 0 in it, the overshoot control is even tighter with a super clean baseband and you can drive it up to -1 on peaks. You'll have all the control and multiband where you need it, and save yourself a LOT of money. Like $12 grand of money.

Of course, if you have the $$, then by all means go get the 8600. But if you want to break even, sell the XT-2, use the proceeds to buy Breakaway and a PC with a solid state HD and have some spare coin in your pocket.

You can also do baseband from a 192khz sound card, but I haven't tried that yet. My hybrid setup works quite nicely.
 
... Mind you, this is only feeding an exciter into a dummy load, but it looks good on the scope and Belar mod monitor and I've tested it with numerous processing intensive songs. I only have the demo version, so the "spots" are in there, but it's good to get an idea of what can be done.

I just wish Breakaway had more control for advanced users. I understand keeping it simple for most, but I'd really like to go under the hood and play a bit more.
 
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