Have you ever thought about building your own audio processor? Where would you start? Perhaps it seems like something impossible to do,

or maybe it’s still a project floating in your mind. Recently, while browsing the Internet, I came across an audio processor built by Cornelius

Gould. It occurred to me that it might be interesting to learn what set Cornelius on this project, and how he managed to put it together.

While his processor is not quite the same level of complexity as the digital units found in some stations, the thought processes and considerations

that went into construction certainly should be useful in your understanding of what goes into

processing audio for broadcast. [Ed.]

(Listening to the difference between “line” and “air” makes us highly aware of the value of the audio processor in the chain. What is inside turns out to be more than some filters and combining networks. In this series, Cornelius

Gould explains what goes on inside an audio processor.)

Listening to the difference between “line” and “air” makes us highly aware of the value of the audio processor in the chain. What is inside turns out to be more than some filters and combining networks. In this installment, Cornelius

explains what goes on inside an audio processor. [Ed.]

[As we look at the parts of an audio processor, this time Cornelius “limits” his consideration to the peaks of the audio signal. Ed.]