Stereo Tool

Is it possible to use the new JSON-interface to update the RDS Radiotext? I've been playing around with the json-interface to test it, but couldn't manage to get a working url...

I think it is (and if not it should be). Am stil in Vegas so i can't look now .

Current Gate in AGC is almost useless because it's before AGC. So everything about gate in AGC directly depends on input level. Also Noise Gate..

Isn't that the point?. AGC's job is to put what's presented at the input to a level that everything following can work with. If the gate was set at, say, 30dB below its own output level, then got stopped after some loud passage, it could fail to open back up on something following that was at a reasonable, but low level. The opposite would be true, possibly making the gate more sensitive than intended. Your thought works if something preceding ST keeps levels within a reasonable window... like an AGC before the AGC... but I have a hunch the action would be inconsistent.

Maybe Hans could put yet another option in there (after/before), but I have a hunch it would probably work better as it is.

I assume the following compression filters do reference their action, based on input, but that window has already been narrowed by the AGC. In the case of the second multiband, it would be shortened even more by the actions of the first.

I've seen it implemented both ways in various broadcast products. Yes, the fear you bring up with having the gate after is a concern, as is the reduction of the effectiveness of the gate. Because the AGC can sort of slowly slide up during brief ungated portions of audio. But both approaches have their benefits, as well. I don't think there's a right or wrong way. Just different styles.

I was thinking again.. and no, i still dont see problem with gate after AGC. But i do see one big problem when it's before.