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I have my Final Drive on -3 I debating if to up it more.
This is my set up
Plutonium
final drive -3
range 25
power 100
bass normal
bass shape 0peak ref -0
This is how it sounds on my station http://www.dancevibesradio.me.uk
I have made a few changes
here is how I got it set now
Plutonium
final drive +0
range 40
power 100
speed 50
bass cut -25
shape 0
HPF 45hz
bandwidth 15 khz
phase linear
peak ref -1 dbfsi'd up the range to 50 and bring down the power, but thats just me, your settings do sound good to me but a little loud
OK thanks I lower the power to 50 and up the range to 50 and final drive is on -1 now, bass
Bass Normal now instead of -25, I have change HPF to off and bandwidth full.
The music is being streamed at 192kbps.on Plutonium, the AGC and Multiband already have compression ratios of Infinite:1, so turning the power above 50 doesn't do anything to them. You can see it in the gui because the range of the AGC and Multiband doesn't change above 50. 😉 In some presets of course, it does increase the ratio, up to Inf:1 at 100.
Hi,
If you are online only then final drive is not as important as on FM. On FM, it's all about cramming as much of your sound as you can into the modulation limit without going over. The more you push the final drive, the more you will get distortion, albeit not harsh distortion, but also more loudness on FM within the modulation limits.
If you are on the web, then this is not important, yes you need to ensure you do not go above digital maximum but thats all. If you are 1, 3 or 6 dB below maximum, it doesn't matter, the need to be at maximum modulation does not exist.
For web streaming, I would make it sound "nice", yes use processing to keep it sounding even and powerful but you can afford to also have respect for dynamics and can avoid distortion as you are not trying to cram every last bit of loudness out.Whilst it may seem important to be loud online, it is as daft a concept as the loudness wars on CD, completely unnecessary and making music sound awful.
I'd say your initial setting of -3dB is about right, I certainly wouldn't up it from there in fact I would consider going down until the clipper is not being hit into the red much at all. Your choice of the Plutonium preset is also a very good choice. I tend to leave it set as is but I only adust the speed control, leave it at 50 if you want it to be quite aggressive, for a bit more respect to the dynamics, I back it off, about 20 gives a nice sound.
Yorkie.
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