[BC] Cobalt Blue card for 8100

[Robert Orban]

At 09:00 PM 7/3/2005, you wrote:
>From: Goran Tomas <goran.tomas at email.htnet.hr>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Cobalt Blue card for 8100
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>--- At 02.07.2005.w 09:42, DANA PUOPOLO wrote: ---
> >2. You absolutely need pre-processing in front od an Optimod with a Cobalt
> >Blue card. I've successfully used Texar, Aphex , and Orban AGC's.
> >
> >3. Generally speaking, HALF the normal card 5 meter indications  is about
> >right. The Cobalt card produces a very dense, yet listenable sound. It's 
> very
> >easy to use too much of it. Too much can cause long term tune out.
>
>Thanks for the info!
>
>I guess it wouldn't go well with XT limiter?

While I haven't tried this, I wouldn't expect it to. Card #5 has jumpers 
that change the 8100's 2-band compressor into a 2-band AGC by greatly 
slowing down the attack times of the compressors. It was tuned to work well 
with the XT/XT2's time constants.

Bob Orban