Will do John. Thanks! Brian
On 2/1/07, John P Basilotto W5GI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian, Excellent idea. Please post it to the Features request page. Thanks. > > John P. Basilotto > W5GI > Marketing and Product Manager > FlexRadio Systems > Office 512-535-5266 > Mobile 512-608-6727 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: A.R.S. - W5AMI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:45 PM > To: Jeff Anderson > Cc: Edwin Marzan; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Outboard audio equipment > > I have lots of outboard audio gear. Compressor, limiter, mic pre, > eq's, etc. I use that primarily with my old KW AM transmitter, but > have found that just using the mic preamp and a Heil PR-40 into the > Flex sounds GREAT on AM or SSB. I'm not even using the built in EQ > and got some very good audio reports on AM just yesterday. The key is > the transmit bandwidth you use. > > John (W5GI); I do think in addition to the 10 band EQ, it would be > very helpful to have an audio limiter built in for AM use. Is that > possible? Seems that since the code is there to measure mic level > already, that a soft limiter could be coded with a user definable > threshold in dB units... > > 73 > Brian / w5ami > > > On 1/29/07, Jeff Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ed, I use a Heil Pro40 and run it directly into the SDR. No external > > processing equipment is required, and resulting audio using the 3-band > > equalizer, per the "gang" I talk with, sounds great (both on wideband SSB > as > > well as AM). I've also heard several other Heil Pro mics directly driving > > SDRs, and they all sound great, too. > > > > I've set the SDR equalizer as follows: > > > > Low: Midpoint. > > Mid: Midpoint + 1 Tick Mark. > > Hi: Midpoint + 2 Tick Marks. > > > > Mic gain is somewhere in the vicinity of 50. > > > > - Jeff, K6JCA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Edwin Marzan > > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 2:44 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz > > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Outboard audio equipment > > > > > > Sounds to me that a 10 band eq should be able to foot the bill. > > > > I have a Heil PR20 microphone and I hoping to tweak it with the built in > eq > > to get that hi fi sound. > > > > As far as creating user defined features by programming in C#, it's out of > > my league for now. DSP theory is also quite complex. I can do light VBA > > programming and some of the best code I've written was written by someone > > else. Perhaps as some of the programming tools become easier to use and > the > > abundance of coding examples become available more of us will be able to > > contribute to the ever evolving front end of this fantastic radio. But for > > now I must rely on the extremely talented DSP gurus to do the job. > > > > > > > > Edwin Marzan > > AB2VW > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "John P Basilotto W5GI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "'Edwin Marzan'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<flexradio@flex-radio.biz> > > >Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Outboard audio equipment > > >Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:27:06 -0600 > > > > > >PowerSDR has most of the features needed to sound like a broadcast > station. > > >The most important feature is the ability to set filter width, which is > the > > >primary factor is sounding like a commercial station. External audio > gear > > >like the W2IHY boxes and other products typically used by serious > > >audiophiles will enhance the audio quality of any radio including the > > >SDR1K. > > >I have a professional software defined audio system, which is overkill > for > > >amateur applications but it's certainly fun to play with. We are > planning > > >to add a 10 band EQ to the PowerSDR but beyond that there are no plans to > > >add additional audio applications. The beauty of our product is that if > you > > >know how to write software you can develop your own software defined > audio > > >tools within PoerSDR. > > > > > >John P. Basilotto > > >W5GI > > >Marketing and Product Manager > > >FlexRadio Systems > > >Office 512-535-5266 > > >Mobile 512-608-6727 > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Marzan > > >Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 2:15 PM > > >To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > > >Subject: [Flexradio] Outboard audio equipment > > > > > >Hardware defined versus software defined. > > > > > >Do FlexRadio Owners really need outboard equipment (equalizers, > > >compressors, > > > > > >noise gates etc) in order to get that high fidelity sound on AM and SSB? > > > > > >Can all of the parameters that create the hi fi sound be created in > > >software? Since our radios are software defined shouldn't that be the > case? > > > > > >I was thinking of purchasing the eight band eq from W2IHY. Is there > > >something that this product delivers that cannot be delivered via > software > > >if not now perhaps in the near future? > > > > > >I noticed a few ads on QTH.com stating they are selling their eq because > > >they are switching to the Flex. Do these folks know something that I > don't? > > > > > >Thanks again... > > > > > > > > > > > >Edwin Marzan > > >AB2VW > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. 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