[Lowfer] MP with compression / limiting applied

[Douglas D. Williams]

I can certainly see the difference. What compression software were you
using?

IIRC, Todd Roberts was doing something similar with an analog outboard
unit, with good results.

Doug KB4OER

On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49203948/MP%20with%20compression%20-%20limiting.jpg
>
> Just for the fun of posting it.. Static is a beast tonight, TA on 136 KHz
> wasn't
> gonna happen. I dropped in on " MP " to see how he was coming thru.. The
> signal
> was coming out of a fade in the far left of the capture.. The 3 " MP "
> sequences
> were all very close to equal signal strength.. I have a software
> compressor/limiter
> feeding audio to Spectran.. You can see in the capture the difference with
> each
> compression level setting.. I set the peak limiting at 3 dB and left it
> there.. Each
> time I increased the compression level; I readjusted the stage gain to
> keep the
> audio level into Spectran consistent... It is not a trick of the eye; look
> at the
> " snow " in the waterfall from left to right side.. You will see a subtle
> decrease
> in the snow intensity level... The compressor reduced the background noise,
> along with leveling the audio from " MP " for a bolder line in the
> waterfall..
> Of course the software can't do anything about the signal fading under the
> noise,
> but when it's there; it does make it stand out... Just having fun here
> tonite, for
> what it's worth...
> 73 all: - Andy - KU4XR
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