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What I'm trying to say is that FM and HD are far more complicated than internet stream and therefore should be at least some good sounding preset updates and far less complicated settings under the hood. Just like in Orban, Omnia, Breakaway..
I brought my proposal up to Hans for a new addition to V10 awhile back but wanted to see what others thought of my concept:
In Orbans, and even in some Omnias they have "Less/More" sliders or similar adjustments for the more inexperienced to get a sound they like. If you were to bring back the different operating modes like Basic, Advanced, Extreme etc. I was thinking for the default presets in Basic it could just have one slider under processing for Less-More with a number from 1 to 10. 1 would be the least, 10 would be the most. The creator of the preset would decide what # they want their preset on and every step down or up on that slider would just be the creators' modifications to make said preset have more or less to it. This would most likely eliminate the need for additional "Hot" versions of presets. (ex. OVB & OVB Hot) And certain Less-More #'s could be more ideal for certain formats (maybe on say Ohio Valley Blue the lesser aggressive side would be more ideal for laid back CCM/Country, and the more aggressive side would be for CHR) Let me know what you guys think and if that makes any sense.
This function would be more for the people who don't trust their own ears to make the correct adjustments (like me). I feel more comfortable letting the professionals completely build the presets and then being able to make changes to the sound via one slider. When I had an Omnia.Hot, it had three sliders in basic mode, Thrust, Sizzle, and Thunder. No matter what I did even with those three adjustments, I couldn't get a sound I liked. Or I would and then would hear major problems later that I wouldn't in the original preset. Quick Adjust seems good for people who at least have the ear for processing, but the Less/More concept would be for people who would want the professionals to decide what changes would need to made to the sound going up or down on that slider. For Example, maybe the creator of the preset decides one step up in aggressiveness from the default would warrant making the clipper drive slightly more aggressive and the sound slightly thicker by making slight AGC and Multiband and adjustments or whatever is necessary. In OVB, for example, the concept of the sound fits my market, but it isn't quite aggressive enough in certain places. This would allow users to easily say "this needs to be a bit more aggressive," and then slide until they are happy with the product. Like I said too, this could help users who want a certain format sound and would allow users to use the same preset in one market on different formats with slightly different sounds tailored to the format they carry. Example, somebody has a Country station and a CHR. The Country station could use say #4 on the slider, and CHR could use #9. Again, just something I thought of that might be convenient for people who have zero trust in their own ears (like me, lol) to dictate what needs to be changed and where.