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What I meant was there are members on this forum with much more experience of processing, and opinions about pre-processing than me..
JesseG has said exactly what I knew he would say.My view, and that shared by many on here is that BBP does not need any pre-processing, it can do everything you need it to do in fact pre-processing can cause all kinds of undesirable effects to your audio as you will have two sets of processing with different sets of time constants which can often cause the AGC to have problems knowing which way to go. Also you can end up with an overprocessed sound whereas what most BBP users are aiming for is maximum modulation and loudness but sounding as transparent as possible and also respectful to the program material.
BBP acheives this better than the industry leading hardware processors and with frequent updates, the support is amazing.I’ll leave it to the others to go into why on earth you would want the TC Finalizer inline..but with regards to the samplerates, do not worry. The audio inputs to Breakaway are usually expected to be 44100 or 48000 it is only the output which runs at 192000 and this is normal. There will not be any loss of quality, just great sounding audio from your FM radio.
0.90.93 is still the latest version, latest update is always available on the sticky link at the top of this forum.
SO I thnk he’s looking for the jumper settings for a veronica PLL? like this:
http://www.aareff.com/lookup.htmVery good point Jesse, I have never used ASIO version and doubt I ever will as latency not an issue for me but may have a play with the demo someday just to see what it does.
That’s great, the only one I ever found was the official UK dealer from the Marian website but they were talking lead times etc.. which is no good.
This is true, if you have the extra $$ and can find one, this is the ultimate card to get.
The tilt calibration is very important, to see why, look at the tutorials in the support section and read this post: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=801 but of course, if you get a Trace Alpha, none of this is applicable as you will not need to do it.
Hi DJ Scooby.
The unlicenced version plays a short demo jingle (thru the processor) every now and then I think its about every 30 minutes (CMIIW).
Your soundcard looks like it should work fine, it is however excessive, you could use much cheaper cards such as an ESI maya or ESI Juli@. The very best card to buy is a Marian Trace Alpha, there is no better card for BBP and the price is not too bad.
The signal always needs to be calibrated (unless you use a Trace Alpha) but this is on the output (to the transmitter), the inputs do not need to be calibrated.
Finally, By far the best method for your RDS is to use Airomate software (it costs €25) on the same PC, this software has more features than many hardware RDS coders and is far more convenient to program than a hardware RDS coder. The signal from this will then be added to the Breakaway signal and correctly synchronised by Breakaway, if you really must use your hardware RDS coder, this would go after the PC output and the Tilt calibration would need to be measured at the output of the RDS coder, with the transmitter (or link transmitter) connected and switched on (and connected either into a good aerial or a dummy load if needed).Hope this helps.
Yorkie98.
Is this fact or just a rumor? It would be very funny if it were true, especially as the composite clipper is still being held back (the feature we really want..) this would swing the balance back in BBP’s favour big time.
Maybe… but if someone can give an idea of the spectral efficiency of the Juli@ it may be possible that no adjustment is needed. I have never used PEQ myself and the results have always been great.
I would imagine that a good card such as a Juli@ has a nice flat response but I have never used one myself.Hi,
CPU useage under 50% I would consider safe but anything under 100% is ok as long as running smoothly, CPU life may be shortened tho if 90%+PEQ settings vary from card to card and even things like the cable you use from the soundcard to the TX can affect this, this needs to be set up using a scope or something like MPXtool so you measure your spectral response using sweeptones and correct if needed.
Website is here: http://www.marian.de/en/products/trace_alpha
but there does seem to some difficulty sourcing these in the US. May need to contact the manufacturer direct. €169 is approx $235 plus there will be some shipping required.
US dealer info is:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PLUS 24
1155 N. La Brea Avenue
West Hollywood
CA 90038
Tel.: +1 323 845 1171, orders: +1 800 330 7753
Fax: +1 323 845 1170
E-Mail: http://www.plus24.net..but I think a previous poster has stated this is a dead end..
[quote author=”PitalokaFM”]PC #1:
ESI Maya 44 will not work (CMIIW)[/quote]ESI Maya is fine, it does only have 96Khz input but this does not matter to us, we only need 192Khz Output and the Maya has this feature. If you can afford it tho, get the Marion Trace Alpha, if you are serious about the project and can afford an extra $50-100 its really worth it and removes the need, hassle and uncertainty of having to set the tilt.
For your automation computer, the Audigy 2ZS you have will be fine for this purpose but not good enough for using in the machine which will connect to your transmitter (the BBP machine). The audio is processed by BBP but the sound coming out of your automation PC does need to be of an acceptable quality otherwise BBP will exaggerate all of the imperfections of your automation PC (noise etc..). The Audigy 2ZS is a nice clean output when used for normal 44/48khz operation. It’s just not very good at the higher samplerates, which is OK, as we are not using these.
