Thanks for the update and the link. Amazing how fast some things can move in Washington, DC. maybe some elected officials could pay attention and get things working a bit faster in other areas. lol...sure they will!
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New Rock 101.9: stereo/mono? Sound quality
- Thread starter erwin33
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Call the dumb radio station and tell them to tell their lazy chief engineer to get busy! How hard can it be? Really? Why come here to complain about it? Oh wait! Maybe they can't afford an engineer!
Giacomo Siffredi said:
Sorry I didn't get back to this sooner, but erwin33 kinda answered your question for me in the next post. At the time of my original post, it seemed that sometimes they were in stereo and sometimes not. "Seemed" being the key word. Likely either the source material and/or whatever was used for playback may have been running through different sources/channels.
I do agree that there is really only one type of feed at a time.
erwin33 said:
What it could be [needs citation/confirmation
] is the source material may be from a hard drive (hell, maybe an iPod - remember Pulse 87 transitioning to PartyFM in Oct./Nov. 2009?) that came from Merlin's Chicago alternative outlet WKQX-LP-87.7 Q87.7, thus the source material may not be up to broadcast standards. It sounded distorted and over-modulated. It's been slowly improving over time, but not quite there yet.satech said:
Don't forget WQCD
If a station goes mono, there is no HD
If a station goes stereo, there is an HD 1,2,3,4, etc
My question is..Why is this happening??
Open for discussion.
If a station goes stereo, there is an HD 1,2,3,4, etc
My question is..Why is this happening??
Open for discussion.
Not necessarily so with mono and the use of HD...
Prime example is 98.7 FM WEPN NYC (ESPN sports) which currently broadcasts:
its main signal in mono;
its HD1 signal in mono on main programming without stereo effects on the bumpers, sweepers and ads (some other stations broadcasting in mono have stereo processing on their HD signals: see WFAN + WCBS-AM);
its HD2 signal in mono (normally ESPN Deportes - at this writing it's a delayed simulcast of the main signal);
its HD3 signal in mono (ESPNews).
I'd assume that with music returning to 101.9 FM, eventually the HD signal will return. Not guaranteed, of course.
Prime example is 98.7 FM WEPN NYC (ESPN sports) which currently broadcasts:
its main signal in mono;
its HD1 signal in mono on main programming without stereo effects on the bumpers, sweepers and ads (some other stations broadcasting in mono have stereo processing on their HD signals: see WFAN + WCBS-AM);
its HD2 signal in mono (normally ESPN Deportes - at this writing it's a delayed simulcast of the main signal);
its HD3 signal in mono (ESPNews).
I'd assume that with music returning to 101.9 FM, eventually the HD signal will return. Not guaranteed, of course.
If they're still using the Omnia.6 there's no reason to go to ESB to adjust it. You can remote in to them from anywhere as long as there's an internet connection. I'll assume that there's internet at all the TX sites there.
Grab a preset from the other rock station they own and load it up. Switch to the "Rock n Roll" preset that's the default on any Omnia.6. Anything. It's distorted, over driven and over clipped. The bass is mud, and the highs are frying like eggs on the sidewalk. Download the CG Smooth preset and start with that if you don't want it to be smashed.
If they don't have an engineer, I know of one they could hire (he happens to be typing right now) that can get it sounding great within an hour... at least in the ballpark and then minor tweaks from there.
Grab a preset from the other rock station they own and load it up. Switch to the "Rock n Roll" preset that's the default on any Omnia.6. Anything. It's distorted, over driven and over clipped. The bass is mud, and the highs are frying like eggs on the sidewalk. Download the CG Smooth preset and start with that if you don't want it to be smashed.
If they don't have an engineer, I know of one they could hire (he happens to be typing right now) that can get it sounding great within an hour... at least in the ballpark and then minor tweaks from there.
WNTIRadio said:
What I know is, they using an Omnia 8x. http://myemail.constantcontact.com/...-Axia.html?soid=1101974188054&aid=chComaLqnxA
I'm no engineer but I could get better sounding audio by hooking my iPod up to a $10 transmitter with an RCA cable.
The most basic fundamental of the radio business is transmitting listenable audio to your audience. There's no excuse not to get it right, especially from a well funded major broadcaster in market #1. Come on, it's just audio, there's not even a video component to worry about like with TV.
Is the modulation level being transmitted even legal or is it more than 100%? Because it sounds like it's way over.
The most basic fundamental of the radio business is transmitting listenable audio to your audience. There's no excuse not to get it right, especially from a well funded major broadcaster in market #1. Come on, it's just audio, there's not even a video component to worry about like with TV.
Is the modulation level being transmitted even legal or is it more than 100%? Because it sounds like it's way over.
The Omnia 8x is only a streaming processor.
Last I knew, there was a 6 there when it was RXP and it was tuned up by Paul Sanchez, again, when it was RXP. That's why RXP had good audio. That's also why WBLS has excellent audio now too. Follow Paul and you'll hear good audio.
I've never heard anything so bad in a market #1 in my life. Even in an unrated market, I haven't heard audio this bad in a long time.
WNTIRadio said:
Maybe you could give them or Paul a call.
If I were an investor I would be pretty pissed off. 1 year mess of a news format and then they screw up a relaunch of another new format by not planning for the audio change and nor actually listening to the station to realize they forgot to change the audio.
Paul's over at WBLS now... doubt he would help Merlin out.
How hard is it to load a preset? Even a stock preset that's for rock would be better than what's on now. Dial up the clipping a bit from stock so you don't fall off the dial.
It sounds like something is being over driven in the air chain or the clipping is set to stun. Or, the multiband attack times are too slow letting everything get through to the clippers. I can only listen for about 2 minutes before I get a headache.
One would think that someone at Merlin would figure out that a first impression is necessary. But now that they're going BACK to the WRXP calls, I don't know what the heck is going on over there. Why go back to a brand that didn't work well in the first place?????
How hard is it to load a preset? Even a stock preset that's for rock would be better than what's on now. Dial up the clipping a bit from stock so you don't fall off the dial.
It sounds like something is being over driven in the air chain or the clipping is set to stun. Or, the multiband attack times are too slow letting everything get through to the clippers. I can only listen for about 2 minutes before I get a headache.
One would think that someone at Merlin would figure out that a first impression is necessary. But now that they're going BACK to the WRXP calls, I don't know what the heck is going on over there. Why go back to a brand that didn't work well in the first place?????
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