Density Compensation®: Many studios today are unmanned and it’s up to the AGC to know the difference between amplitude and dynamic range in order to manage levels properly. Neuron’s two-band windowed pre-processor and five-band AGC utilize a proprietary Density Compensation® algorithm for real-time analysis of the pre- and post-processed audio as well as data from the user’s control settings to invisibly manage spectral balance and program density as incoming program content changes

Spectral Processor: Neuron’s patented Spectral Processor technology applies human psychoacoustic characteristics to perform fine-grained peak control. By grouping frequencies into 1/3 octave ‘critical bands’ that model how the human ear perceives sound, peak limiting is applied to only the narrowest frequency band possible without affecting nearby frequencies. Limiting in this way lets you drive the processor for optimum loudness and still get a richer, fuller sound out the other end. The result is uncannily transparent and musical audio completely devoid of the usual artifacts related to peak limiting.

Bass Extra: Add bass texture without overdriving modulation and driving up clipping IM distortion. Bass is sidechained in the Neuron so you can get the bass you want without adding amplitude to the overall signal.

Pre-emphasis Optimization: In more traditional audio processing designs, pre-emphasis is either managed by specialized limiting or carefully designed clipping that merely tolerates the pre-emphasis curve. The Neuron’s FM peak control technology reconstructs the audio after pre-emphasis is applied to reproduce vibrant highs.

Super Smart Settings: You don’t need to be a processing pro or spend weeks getting the ideal sound. Neuron gives you simple controls on the front or GUI, many working with  associated controls on the back end for exponentially enhancing the sound. Start with any one of the dozens of factory settings, and create your own signature sound in minutes, not hours or days, with a few adjustments.

Multipath Mitigator: This user control helps mitigate the audible effects of multipath as well as reduce receiver-induced stereo blend by managing the stereo image for a more consistent and predictable sound.

Unified, Smart Processing: Using Unified Processing®, the Neuron shares information between ALL stages. iAGC, compression, and limiting/clipping work together no matter which control a user adjusts. Changes are made automatically, in real time, in ways never envisioned (or heard) before.

Stereo Generator Included: A DSP-based stereo generator generates the stereo multiplex signal and provides for two separately adjustable “TX” outputs to feed (for instance) main and backup transmitters.

SCAs included: The two analog subcarrier inputs are digitized at 192 kHz, mixed with the stereo MPX signal in the digital domain, and will accept subcarrier signals up to 80 kHz.

Full RDS/RBDS Generator Included: Neuron includes a fully featured RDS/RBDS generator that is compliant with nearly all playout systems, includes advanced RT+ tagging and provides all the tools needed for either a static or dynamic listener experience.

Wheatstone® baseband192: Wheatstone® baseband192 digitizes the entire multiplex spectrum up to and including the RDS/RBDS, doing away with an analog composite interface between processing and transmission. A single AES/EBU cable carries the digitized signal between this baseband192-equipped processor and any FM transmitter equipped with a digital baseband input, bypassing the need for multiplexing in the exciter and eliminating the resulting signal overshoot and its associated loudness tradeoff.

Separate FM and HD/DAB+ Paths:  The FM and HD/DAB+ signal paths share the four-band parametric equalizer, two-band windowed pre-processor, five-band AGC/leveler and multiband Spectral Processor. Post Spectral Processing, the FM and HD/DAB+ paths have their own specialized program aware peak controllers optimized for their respective broadcast mediums.

Daypart Scheduler: A fully configurable daypart scheduler allows scheduled preset changes or RDS/RBDS dataset changes.

WheatNet IP Connectivity: Neuron is WheatNet IP compatible, making it easy to manage settings remotely though the WheatNet IP audio networked studio.