[Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Question from new Flex3000 user

2011-10-05 Thread Bill Ackerman
I have carefully followed the directions for Audio Gain Distribution contained in this item: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/msg42531.html I adjusted everything to the suggested readings with my face about 12 away from the microphone (Heil PR-40 through external A/D

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Question from new Flex3000 user

2011-10-05 Thread K0DAN
See if any of the postscripts, here http://flexradiowiki.com/frsradoiowiki/index.php?title=Setting_Audio_Gain help you with your situation. 73 dan k0dan -Original Message- From: Bill Ackerman Sent: October 05, 2011 04:05 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] TX Audio

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Question from new Flex3000 user

2011-10-05 Thread Steve Sterling
Hi Bill-- interesting problem. Not an expert here, but have used the VAC input a fair amount. When using the VAC input instead of the microphone, I've been told that many of the audio chain components are bypassed. VAC is intended primarily for digital modes or use by those expensive external

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Question from new Flex3000 user

2011-10-05 Thread Bill Ackerman
Thanks, Steve. That all makes sense. I think tomorrow I will start with a clean TX profile, connect a dummy antenna load, and play around with all the different parameters to learn which ones are part of the VAC audio chain. I assume (hope, pray) that the phones port on the 3000 with MON

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Question from new Flex3000 user

2011-10-05 Thread Bill Ackerman
Dudley, Thank you for that info. I use the Heil PR-40 with Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere Pro, Cubase, and Skype. The PR-40 is such a great microphone, I really like the idea of using it for ALL my audio work, including with the Flex radio. Now that I'm getting the hang of the controls of the

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread William H. Fite
-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:38 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Is the Mixer dropdown in the console the very first gain stage in the Flex5000A and if so, what is the decending order of variables...does it follow

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Tim Ellison
-radio.bizmailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.bizmailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:38 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.bizmailto:flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Is the Mixer dropdown

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Ken Buser
-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain I'm reminded of the line from Spiderman, With great power comes great responsibility. As the power of SDR has emerged, we are finding that we can do many more things to tweak and tune and modify our radios than we ever could do with conventional knob

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread William H. Fite
] *Sent:* Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:40 AM *To:* Tim Ellison *Cc:* Mike; flexradio@flex-radio.biz *Subject:* Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain I'm reminded of the line from Spiderman, With great power comes great responsibility. As the power of SDR has emerged, we are finding that we can do many

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Ross Stenberg
Tim, have you considered running as an elected public official :^) Most people are far more enamored with their own voices than the rest of us are. 73 Ross K9COX On 5/11/2011 9:30 AM, Tim Ellison wrote: Disclaimer: The following is my personal opinion and is not necessarily the views

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Tim Ellison
To: Tim Ellison; William H. Fite Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain I have been following the thread on the Audio Adjustments, Setting, and procedures. I am not opposed to going thru the drill, I have many times in the past. But it occured to me, the alignment

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Dave Beumer WØDHB
advice on other adjustments for VAC/Digital ? Dave W0DHB -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of W1AEX - Rob Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:17 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Larry

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread W1AEX - Rob
Hi Dave, I would hesitate to give any advice on setting up VAC levels as I am a neophyte VAC user. I'm pretty sure from the description of the way you set yours up that you and I are doing the the same thing by using the GUI sliders in the PowerSDR front panel controls to set up the levels

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Ken Buser
could then be set if opted to do so by the Operator. Then saved as a TX Profile on their system. The same could be run again for an other Microphone and then saved under a new TX Profile. Thanks for the input also Tim Ken W9YNI Subject: RE: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain The only problem

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Tim Ellison
: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:53 PM To: 'W1AEX - Rob'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Rob This is great stuff, Thanks. I'm not clear on where VAC comes into the audio chain and which of these adjustments would impact VAC audio input. Per a prior knowledge base article

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Dave Beumer WØDHB
Thanks Rob and Tim -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:21 PM To: Dave Beumer WØDHB; 'W1AEX - Rob'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain VAC bypasses all of the audio processing stages (as it should

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Jack Haverty
-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Rob This is great stuff, Thanks. I'm not clear on where VAC comes into the audio chain and which of these adjustments would impact VAC audio input. Per a prior knowledge base article, I've just been setting the drive to 100, the meter

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Tim Ellison
-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain How about the VAC RX chain? IIRC, VAC RX audio (e.g., from PSDR to MMTTY) is affected not only by the RX/TX Gain sliders in the VAC panel, but also by the sliders - L/R faders and level sliders - in the MultiRX panel. So there's a similar question

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Bill Ockert
. 73 de Bill ND0B - Original Message - From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com To: William H. Fite omni...@gmail.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Disclaimer: The following is my personal opinion

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Tim Ellison
[mailto:bock...@ockert.us] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 5:05 PM To: Tim Ellison Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain At the risk of being shot, drawn, quartered, tarred and feathered I am going to comment on this one. I concur 100% with Tim's comments that the best

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-11 Thread Bill Ockert
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 4:39 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain The ACL did not move. It was the placement of the filter that corrected the intermittent overshoot problem. If you are having issues, you should start out with a clean default database

[Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread Larry Otto
Hello All: Have been reading K0DAN's explanation of the many adjustments points in the TX audio chain. At the risk of seeming too Amateurish is there a Knowledge Center article that sets out a step by step procedure in setting up good quality audio? I must confess I basically plugged in the

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread W1AEX - Rob
Larry, I emailed a step-by-step article to Neal today for consideration as a possible addition to the Flex Wiki. Most people do exactly what you and I did, plug in a mic, adjust the mic slider in the GUI, and run with it. The necessary information is spread throughout the manual, but as I

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM, W1AEX - Rob w1aex.f...@cox.net wrote: Larry, I emailed a step-by-step article to Neal today for consideration as a possible addition to the Flex Wiki. Most people do exactly what you and I did, plug in a mic, adjust the mic slider in the GUI, and run with

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread Ted Trostle
I think these are excellent instructions and advice !! Ted, WB2LOU On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:16 PM, W1AEX - Rob w1aex.f...@cox.net wrote: Larry, I emailed a step-by-step article to Neal today for consideration as a possible addition to the Flex Wiki. Most people do exactly what you and I

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread Neal Campbell
I put the great article by Rob on the Flexradoiowiki.com site so its there if you ever need it again! Thanks Rob for the excellent work, Neal On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Ted Trostle tctros...@gmail.com wrote: I think these are excellent instructions and advice !! Ted, WB2LOU On Tue,

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread Bob McGwier
Thank you Rob! Bob N4HY On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:16 PM, W1AEX - Rob w1aex.f...@cox.net wrote: Larry, I emailed a step-by-step article to Neal today for consideration as a possible addition to the Flex Wiki. Most people do exactly what you and I did, plug in a mic, adjust the mic slider in

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread Larry Otto
Thanks Rob - Very well written. Are Flex folks great, or what? 73 Larry - Original Message - From: W1AEX - Rob w1aex.f...@cox.net To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Larry, I emailed a step-by-step article

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread Alfred Green
On 5/10/2011 12:16 PM, W1AEX - Rob wrote: I emailed a step-by-step article to Neal today for consideration as a possible addition to the Flex Wiki. Most people do exactly what you and I did, plug in a mic, adjust the mic slider in the GUI, and run with it. The necessary information is spread

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread Mike
: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Larry Otto Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 5:37 PM To: W1AEX - Rob; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Thanks Rob - Very well written. Are Flex folks great, or what? 73 Larry

Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain

2011-05-10 Thread Tim Ellison
-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:38 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Chain Is the Mixer dropdown in the console the very first gain stage in the Flex5000A and if so, what is the decending order of variables...does it follow in sequence