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Info wanted on Texar RCF-1 modification on Orban Optimod 8100
I have recently come over a used Optimod 8100 whitch is modified with
the Texar RCF-1 unit. Anyone have any info on the Texar mod? Any info would be helpful. Robert |
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John Higdon wrote: In article , (Robert Zachrisson) wrote: I have recently come over a used Optimod 8100 whitch is modified with the Texar RCF-1 unit. Anyone have any info on the Texar mod? Any info would be helpful. The most helpful advice I can probably give you is to attempt to return the unit to stock Orban and throw the Texar away. The RCF-1 card is needed if you're using the Texar Prism for pre-processing before the Orban. I know Mooretronix at 800-300-0733 often carries used Prisms and can probably get you data if you really need it, and I know that Gentner took over all the Texar stuff and may have docs. But I agree with Jon. Unless you're into massively overprocessing your audio, get rid of the RCF-1. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
You people who always slag the Texars....it's pretty obvious that you don't
know how to use them. In the times when I used Texars, in just this sort of configuration, it was little trouble to have the LOUDEST signal on the dial (with no overmod) yet sound so much like the source that it was virtually impossible to differentiate between the source and the air product. Before the Texar was the big rage it was in the mid 80's, it was virtually a secret weapon in the processor wars that were running in Pittsburgh....although it's worth noting that most of my competition had them, too...they just couldn't make them sound as good. Computers are pretty worthless tools when one doesn't know how to use them, either. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there's nothing that offends you in your community, then you know you're not living in a free society. Kim Campbell - ex-Canadian Prime Minister - 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For direct replies, take out the contents between the hyphens. -Really!- "John Higdon" wrote in message ... In article , (Robert Zachrisson) wrote: I have recently come over a used Optimod 8100 whitch is modified with the Texar RCF-1 unit. Anyone have any info on the Texar mod? Any info would be helpful. The most helpful advice I can probably give you is to attempt to return the unit to stock Orban and throw the Texar away. -- John Higdon | Email Address Valid | SF: +1 415 428-COWS +1 408 264 4115 | Anytown, USA | FAX: +1 408 264 4407 |
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"Bob Haberkost" wrote: You people who always slag the Texars....it's pretty obvious that you don't know how to use them. Oh, please. In the times when I used Texars, in just this sort of configuration, it was little trouble to have the LOUDEST signal on the dial (with no overmod) yet sound so much like the source that it was virtually impossible to differentiate between the source and the air product. Yes, I've heard that one before. Unfortunately, the sound of the stations don't ever seem to back them up. Before the Texar was the big rage it was in the mid 80's, it was virtually a secret weapon in the processor wars that were running in Pittsburgh....although it's worth noting that most of my competition had them, too...they just couldn't make them sound as good. Is that why stations sounded so bad on the east coast back then? Thanks for clearing that up. Computers are pretty worthless tools when one doesn't know how to use them, either. That doesn't mean Texars aren't crap. -- John Higdon | Email Address Valid | SF: +1 415 428-COWS +1 408 264 4115 | Anytown, USA | FAX: +1 408 264 4407 |
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It's good to see that the unfettered ego is still alive in audio processing.
While you're right...the east coast and Pittsburgh, in particular, sounded like crap...still does, for that matter. But one station did stand out for quality and loudness...mine. You don't have to believe me, and I have nothing that requires that you do. But...if you want to believe that your inadequate skills have no relationship to your inability to get an audio processing chain to sound decent and loud with as little discernable tradeoff, it's no skin off my nose. Just because you can't make them sound good, doesn't make them crap, either. Just admit that you don't know how to make them sound good, since others have no trouble showing that it's not impossible to do. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there's nothing that offends you in your community, then you know you're not living in a free society. Kim Campbell - ex-Canadian Prime Minister - 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For direct replies, take out the contents between the hyphens. -Really!- "John Higdon" wrote in message ... In article , "Bob Haberkost" wrote: You people who always slag the Texars....it's pretty obvious that you don't know how to use them. Oh, please. In the times when I used Texars, in just this sort of configuration, it was little trouble to have the LOUDEST signal on the dial (with no overmod) yet sound so much like the source that it was virtually impossible to differentiate between the source and the air product. Yes, I've heard that one before. Unfortunately, the sound of the stations don't ever seem to back them up. Before the Texar was the big rage it was in the mid 80's, it was virtually a secret weapon in the processor wars that were running in Pittsburgh....although it's worth noting that most of my competition had them, too...they just couldn't make them sound as good. Is that why stations sounded so bad on the east coast back then? Thanks for clearing that up. Computers are pretty worthless tools when one doesn't know how to use them, either. That doesn't mean Texars aren't crap. -- John Higdon | Email Address Valid | SF: +1 415 428-COWS +1 408 264 4115 | Anytown, USA | FAX: +1 408 264 4407 |
John Higdon wrote:
In article , (Scott Dorsey) wrote: But I agree with Jon. Unless you're into massively overprocessing your audio, get rid of the RCF-1. It is easy to make a station loud. The trick is to keep people from tuning out from fatigue. The Texar is the most easily-recognizable bad processing in the industry (second only to the infamous Audimax/Volumax). I don't know anyone who cannot spot one instantly on the air after ten seconds of listening. I don't call that "transparency". There are plenty of PDs who don't want transparency, and in fact who want processing that specifically puts their fingerprint on the sound and makes it sound different than everything else on the dial. Not necessarily better, just different. I don't get it, but then I think the whole loudness war thing is silly anyway. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
Scott Dorsey wrote:
There are plenty of PDs who don't want transparency, and in fact who want processing that specifically puts their fingerprint on the sound and makes it sound different than everything else on the dial. Not necessarily better, just different. Is anybody still using reverb on the microphone channels? -- "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --FZ Hi, Scott! |
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