Radio sound (Radioklank) is a full audio processor for your whole broadcast. It handles bass, mids and highs separately and keeps the peaks neatly under the ceiling. The result sounds full and dense, like a broadcaster.
You'll find it under Instellingen & opgave → Instellingen, in the Geluid block.
The difference first, because that's where it goes wrong
There are two things on this screen that look alike.
Volume levelling (gelijktrekken) makes every track equally loud. A quiet and a loud record then sound the same.
Sound processing (klankbewerking) is about the whole: how your station sounds. There are three choices:
- Geen (none): the sound goes out the way it came in.
- Ingebouwd (built-in): firmer, more even sound. Costs nothing extra and works in every plan.
- Radioklank: the full processor, full and dense.
You can switch levelling and sound processing on and off independently.
Setting it up
Choose Radioklank and then a Klank (sound) that fits your programme:
| Sound | For |
|---|---|
| Algemeen (general) | mixed music |
| Hits & dance | more bass, tighter |
| Praat & nieuws (talk & news) | an intelligible voice |
| Akoestisch & rustig (acoustic & calm) | more dynamics |
The level and the headroom to the ceiling stay the same for every sound.
With Radioklank you can also pick a louder target level: -11 or -12 LUFS, as loud as the big stations. They're only offered with Radioklank, because you only get that loud without distortion with a processor that keeps the peaks in check.
If you want your live broadcasts to go through the processor too, switch on Ook je live-uitzendingen bewerken. Leave it off if your studio already has a processor: processing twice is audible.
Before you report a fault
"I can't hear a difference." Sound processing takes effect at the next restart of your station. Restart it from the overview.
"It sounds too loud or flat." Pick a calmer target level (-14 or -16 LUFS) or the sound Akoestisch & rustig.
"My live show sounds different from the music." If Ook je live-uitzendingen bewerken is off, the studio doesn't go through it.
Not in your plan?
Radioklank needs about five times as much from the server as Ingebouwd, so it's only in Stage. Without Stage, Radioklank is shown but can't be chosen. Ingebouwd works in every plan.
If your station was already on Radioklank before you changed plans, it stays on and you can save the rest of your settings as usual. If you then choose a different processing, you can't go back to Radioklank.