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[quote author=JesseG link=topic=5596.msg19668#msg19668 date=1543233245]
If the distortion had already happened by the time BreakawayOne gets it from the soundcard, then no. That won't do anything at all to reduce distortion, because what's coming from the soundcard is already distorted.What should be done is to re-calibrate the soundcard AND whatever is running into it, so that it's not clipping/distorting anything, and then ALSO given a bunch of headroom (space for the signal peaks to get higher) so that there's room left for mistakes to happen without clipping/distortion before it even gets to BreakawayOne.
Having peaks that are hitting -12 dB FS during normal operation (with music and DJs talking at the same time, or very dynamic music that has higher peaks at the same loudness) is a safe place to start. If it still ends up happening, you can calibrate it so the peaks are even lower. If it just keeps happening, then obviously… there needs to be some training for the gear (mixer/etc) they are using.
[/quote]Thanks for the answer! Maybe I can also convince them to tone down the clipping a bit.
[quote author=Milky link=topic=5596.msg19666#msg19666 date=1543220266]
Has your client even listened to BA1 with a decent preset selected??
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You know how some clients are 🙁I'm setting up a sister regional station for a national station that uses a mod of the Radium preset on an Omnia.9. I ported the Radium +1.5db preset to Breakaway One. To my ears it sounds phenomenal, but the client wants a louder and denser broadcast.
A bummer.
[quote author=JesseG link=topic=5596.msg19664#msg19664 date=1543180078]
If you need a VST to just turn down the audio within the VST path, with a little bit more functionality…https://www.sonalksis.com/freeg.html
Just curious, why do you need to turn down audio within the VST chain?
Spartacus is a VST plugin, but it doesn't have its own window/interface, and BreakawayOne doesn't currently have a default parameter UI of its own to control those VST plugins.
[/quote]The client wants me to keep up with the market and turn up the clipping drive to +5db. Naturally, I warned him about the distortion and the cackling. It doesn’t help that station input sometimes has very high peaks (the Breakaway monitor is in the red). I searched old threads on this forum, and It seems many users were saying that adding an Attunuator helped with the distortion and cackling. What do you think? Any other tip?
