Audessence ProCoder-2 Audio processor Plus Stereo Encoder for FM

Audessence ProCoder-2 Audio processor Plus Stereo Encoder for FM

Enter the realm of ProCoder-2, where success echoes through an ever-growing list of repeat customers, now proudly featuring the esteemed BBC World Service. Unveiling a powerhouse FM processor and stereo encoder, ProCoder-2 transcends the boundaries of value, offering savings for both major networks grappling with the quandary of optimal multiband audio processor placement and smaller broadcasters yearning for a loud, clear, and quality signal. Picture this: Multiband processors strategically placed at the studio for unparalleled convenience, all while achieving superior peak control and heightened loudness at one or multiple FM transmitter sites. ProCoder's groundbreaking 'transparent mode,' coupled with LF- and HF- overshoot inhibiting algorithms, paints a canvas of innovation. It's equipped with the expected limiting and clipping functions, featuring fully overshoot-compensated 15kHz lowpass filters. The broadcast audio processor component stands as a versatile toolkit for a 'stand-alone' application, boasting Audessence's renowned leveler, alongside potent presence and brightness enhancers ensuring your signal commands attention. ProCoder doesn't just deliver the quintessential Audessence clarity and fidelity on voices and music; it possesses the prowess to amplify your broadcast to remarkable decibels. Brace yourself for the perfect harmony of innovation, clarity, and power!

APPLICATIONS

• FM networks: use at transmission site, locate preferred multiband processor at studio
• Satellite ‘drop-downs’, telco-fed FM sites (analog or digital), and RBFM repeaters
• Stand-Alone FM processing
• All commercial & community radio
• RSLs (temporary broadcasting)

FEATURES

• ‘Transparent mode’ offers brick-wall peak limiting without disturbing sonic signature
• Automatic silence detection and fall-back to secondary audio source (defeatable)
• Composite clipper for ‘last ounce’ loudness with perfect pilot and subcarrier protection
• Overshoot-compensated 15.5kHz low-pass filters
• GPI tallies for: PSU OK, DSP watchdog, primary audio OK, All-OK
• Advanced AGC as used in our ALPS levellers offers unsurpassed, rapid control of levels
• Presence enhancer to brighten programme if used without multiband pre-processing
• No-tamper front panel (set-up by PC only: GUI software, USB and RS-232 ports provided)
• Bright, always-visible LED bar-graphs for instant confidence checks
• Very low audio latency (7 milliseconds), very fast boot-up (<1 second)
• TCP-IP connectivity option
• Factory presets deliver exactly the results you need for any application …fast
• Integral FM stereo encoder
• Stereo enhancer option to follow as no-cost software update