Hit-Radio ANTENNE 1 Uses 8500s to Bolster Sound
Tempe, AZ, October 27th, 2006 — Orban listed number 192 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 in North America, announces that European Authorized Dealer Audio Export has delivered new Orban Optimod-FM 8500 Digital Audio Signal Processors to the most successful radio station in the area of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Southern Germany. After detailed and extensive testing ANTENNE 1 purchased the Orban Optimod-FM 8500 and has installed 6 units to service all of their transmission regions.
Optimod-FM 8500s
“This was a decisive investment for us as we have to maintain our excellent position in the private broadcast market”, said René Knobloch, Technical Director of ANTENNE 1. “The sound of the radio program is one of the most crucial points in the technical domain because it determines how our 'product' reaches the customer.”
Knobloch added, “I was really enthusiastic about the sound when I heard the Optimod-FM 8500 the first time. But it's not only the sound which prompted us buy the 8500 … the fact that we can be absolutely sure to be compliant to the ITU regulation in terms of multiplex power and deviation without making compromises in the sound was the most important argument for us.”
Featuring versatile five-band and two-band processing for both analog FM transmission and digital radio, The Orban Optimod-FM 8500 provides the industry's most consistent sound, track-to-track and source-to-source. This consistency allows broadcasters to create a sonic signature for their station with the assurance that the signature will stay locked in, uniquely branding the sound. The 8500 provides stereo enhancement, equalization, AGC, multiband compression, low-IM peak limiting, stereo encoding, and composite limiting—everything that even the most competitive major market station needs to stand out on the dial.
For more information contact David Rusch at phone +1 480 403-8300, fax +1 480 403-8301 or e-mail: drusch@orban.com. Information is also available at www.orban.com and www.orban-europe.com.
About Orban
Founded in 1970 by Bob Orban, the world’s foremost expert in transmission audio processing for broadcast, Orban leads the industry in the design and manufacture of audio processors for radio, television and Internet broadcasting. Recognized for its standard-setting Optimod® digital audio processors and the Audicy digital audio workstation, the Orban name has become synonymous with reliable, high performance products. Today, its versatile audio processing equipment, editing tools and codecs are the products of choice in fast-paced production environments worldwide. In 2000, Orban® was acquired by CRL - a manufacturer of high-quality digital and analog audio processing, transmission encoding, and noise reduction equipment. Orban now accounts for the majority of the global market for radio, TV and Internet audio processing. As technology evolves, Orban continues to innovate with state-of-the-art audio processing products for DAB, DTV and streaming media.
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