The SOUND4 FIRST - PCIe Card offers a full set of the most important features required from an FM/HD processor in a small, compact PCI Express card.
 
Powerful, yet affordable, it produces clear audio of unrivalled quality. It is 100% autonomous in terms of resources and only requires power from your PC. This PCIe card gives you intelligent and highly efficient 2-band processing, a digital stereo generator and an IMPACT Clipper in one single product.
 
Among its most important advantages are an HD Limiter, a Low Distortion Bass Clipper and a Low Distortion FM Limiter. SOUND4 FIRST comes equipped with Analog, Digital and AES-67/Livewire inputs and outputs, as well as an MPX FM output and a streaming output fully compatible with all standard servers, including HLS. Additionally, it solves the so-called “blending problem” resulting from the switch of receivers from stereo to mono, bringing you a constant level of clear audio. The product is fully BS-412 compliant and has a reliable backup source which ensures an uninterrupted audio stream.
 
What is especially worth mentioning are the software options that customers can choose from, depending on their specific requirements. These options include Basic and Full RDS, PCI Radio Driver In/Out, Streaming Extension, IP TX + RX and Dual IP TX + RX.
All of this makes SOUND4 FIRST your essential PCIe card and a guarantee of superb performance.
 
SOUND4 FIRST Fields of Application
 
The SOUND4 FIRST is a three-band processor and the smallest device in the FM product line. It is particularly well-suited to the following uses:
For small radios, as a principal processor. It is fully compliant with radio broadcast standards while at the same time having a strong, clear and balanced sound.
For transmitter finalization, with a SOUND4 FIRST located in the studio. All radio standards are met.
For radios seeking natural but powerful tonalities.
As a web radio processor, thanks to its algorithms, specially optimized for this kind of application. Furthermore, its low cost makes it affordable for any radio station wishing to set itself apart from other stations.
As a small standby processor.
The SOUND4 FIRST can thus be used as an audio broadcaster thanks to the PCIe entry driver, as a processor thanks to the processing functions and as an Audio streamer thanks to the streaming option.
 
A Highly Versatile Processor
 
The SOUND4 FIRST is the first small processor that has been specifically developed for new radio markets. The outputs can thus be used simultaneously for FM and HD, DAB, DRM or, of course, WebRadio.
 
An Integrated Backup Solution
 
Much more than a mere processor, the SOUND4 FIRST has Audio Backup functionalities. Due to the capacity of its hard disk to store audio files, it is the first processor that guarantees continuity of the on-air program, solving the problem of radio silence.
 
An Integrated Basic RDS Encoder
 
In addition to being a high-quality processor and offering a backup audio source, the SOUND4 FIRST also provides the option of a basic or a full RDS encoder, the latter being UECP-compatible.
 
Fully Compliant with All Standards
 
With the SOUND4 FIRST, clients can be sure that they have a product which meets the various radio broadcast standards worldwide. It thus fulfills the following criteria:
Excursion in frequency - once the output level is fixed at 75kHz, it will never go beyond this maximum limit.
Multiplex Power - valid mainly in Europe, the ITU-R 412 recommendation is applied perfectly in accordance with the requirements of the radio broadcasting authorities.
 
Software Options Available *
Basic RDS Encoder
Full RDS Encoder
PCI Audio Driver In
PCI Audio Driver Out
Streaming Extension
IP Tx
IP Tx2
IP Rx
IP Rx2
IP RX + Tx
Dual IP Tx + RX
IP Pass Through
Breakout cable for FM/HD processors and IP CONNECT (PCIe In-Card)
 
 
* All Software Options are subject to an additional payment.