They all patch relatively the same way with VAC. Breakaway Live looks like a good all around candidate to me outside of the broadcast version. The lower end products may achieve your the goals especially if you keep the PowerSDR leveler control enabled as the final limiter. If you are marginal with PowerSDR you may introduce noticeable artifacts into your audio if the CPU is running out of steam. Remember, all these products (including Stereo Tool) need a relatively fast computer processor to do their DSP job to manipulate audio.

It depends what you want out of it and how much you want to spend. I have tested that version quite a bit and it does appear to perform the functions and have the sound of a standalone broadcast processor costing over $10K. The broadcast product designed to feed a AM, FM, SW broadcast transmitter.

As you step up through the products the amount of latency and control of your audio increases. All appear to have fully functional demos that insert an ad in the audio every half hour so you can do quite a bit of experimentation. Barry N1EUĬlaesson Edwards has a whole array of products that overlap. I find that the result is noticeably cleaner sounding tx audio than when I use the software processing, even using top shelf ($$) software. I regular see +125% and -100% modulation. I just use the Leveler and EQ in PowerSDR along with an REA Modulation Monitor and am happy with the results. I take my mic audio directly into my computer with Focusrite 2i2 USB interface and then into PowerSDR with VAC. Are you EQ'ing the audio that you feed to Broadcast Breakaway? If so, are you doing it with hardware or software EQ? After using Audiomulch Plus VST Plugins for a while, I changed courses. Broadcast Breakaway relies on finding a preset that achieves your goal. One thing that I like about JB Broadcast Processor is that it exposes ALL the controls for you to precisely adjust the audio. If you do that, you get fantastic results. Carmine, my experience is that for best results, Broadcast Breakaway requires carefully EQ'ing your mic audio before feeding it into Broadcast Breakaway.

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